The big question about the rear attenuator modifications on the Penske cars was whether they offered a performance advantage so I reached out to a bunch of experts to learn about IndyCar airflow and wrote my conclusions in this story for @Motorsport:
https://t.co/ad6KEsRBWU
If the Team Penske cars passed inspection Saturday and qualified legally -- even if something was missed by inspectors -- it doesn't make sense why Power and Newgarden are starting last on the grid for the Indy 500
@DLand91 Basically it means you hand the paper in the moment you join lane 1, but they don’t strike your time until you actually take to the track. It stops you being screwed if it rains or you run out of time or smth
@champwebdotnet I feel like part of it is the aeroscreen being given credit in accidents when maybe it wouldn’t have made a difference. If a crash like Pocono 2019 happened today we would probably say the aeroscreen helped too