{"id":181469,"date":"2019-10-02T14:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=181469"},"modified":"2019-10-02T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T21:02:35","slug":"indy-car-racing-ready-for-new-aeroscreen-protector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=181469","title":{"rendered":"Indy car racing ready for new aeroscreen protector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-431x287.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-862x575.jpg 862w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Aeroscreen-262x175.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(AP)\u00a0 Scott Dixon and Will Power say IndyCar\u2019s new aeroscreen is \u201cready to race.\u201d The two drivers spoke after the first extensive test session for the cockpit protection that will debut next season.<\/p>\n<p>The aeroscreen has been developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies and the safety piece virtually covers the open-air cockpit with a clear screen anchored by and on a titanium framework. Its purpose is to protect drivers from flying debris.<\/p>\n<p>IndyCar has been working toward improved cockpit safety since 2011 when Dan Wheldon died from a head injury suffered when his car sailed into a fence at Las Vegas. The exposed cockpit left Wheldon\u2019s head vulnerable will the car hit the fencing.<\/p>\n<p>Four years later, Justin Wilson was killed when a piece of debris hit his helmet during a 2015 race at Pocono.<\/p>\n<p>Aeroscreens are scheduled to be delivered to all IndyCar teams before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Darron Cummings)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP)\u00a0 Scott Dixon and Will Power say IndyCar\u2019s new aeroscreen is \u201cready to race.\u201d The two drivers spoke after the first extensive test session for the cockpit protection that will debut next season. The aeroscreen has been developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies and the safety piece virtually covers the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181477,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181469\/revisions\/181477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/181470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}