Champ cars to carry onboard starters by 2005

[Dave S]

From Autosport:
Champ cars to carry onboard starters by 2005 season, CART official says
CART vice president John Lopes cringed as he watched several cars stall their engines in practice and qualifying and sit quietly waiting for help following adventures on the Australian streets. Champ cars do not carry onboard starters, although Lopes said they will by 2005. “People see a stopped car and they don’t know why nothing’s happening,” he said. “That would cut our yellow [periods] in half.”
Fernandez Racing co-owner Tom Anderson called on CART to consider making the cars narrower when they’re redesigned for 2005 (and likely to get normally aspirated V10 engines). “We can’t make some of these tracks any wider, so I think we have to make the cars narrower,” Anderson said. “Every little bit gives the drivers more room to make a pass.”
Lopes said he and CART technical director Lee Dykstra are not opposed to such a redesign. “It would also help us in shipping these things,” he said.

[macdaddy]

Good idea, and good idea.

[Jay]

Indeed! An excellent move! In fact, I'd try for 2004!

[Liz]

"Tom Anderson said that they should turn the Champ Cars everyone loves into the modern Formula One cars, which are ugly as Satan choked in sin, and use the horrible engines that sound like overloaded washing machines. The fact that the fans are deserting Formula One because they hate the things should not be considered."

[macdaddy]

But the fact that Europeans seem to dislike the lengthy yellows should be considered. And the fact that the ChampCars are emerging into a street-racing series, and the tight confines found therein, leads me to also believe that it may be better to fit two cars around a corner than 1-1/2.

The V-10 thing is something that I'm sure we'll be strongly debating soon enough.

[Tailwind]

I like the idea of adding starters to the cars. I can’t count the number of times a car has stalled on the circuit and sat as a hazard to the next car coming barreling down the track. The drivers are always frantically waving for somebody to give them a push so they can get back into the fight. I say it’s a good move.

I don't get to watch many F1 races, but do they have starters on their cars?

[Liz]

Well, Stallone will like it because now that street racing scene in "Drivel" makes 1% moe sense.

[The Snout]

Starters are a top idea. And I agree go for 2004 if possible.

[f1manoz]

On-board starters is the only sensible idea I've read in this thread so far (concerning ideas, not opinions).

I don't agree with thinning the cars and adding V10 engines. Won't this just turn CART into F1 Jr/Lite????

I like the big, wide cars with chunky tyres. Look like real open-wheelers, kind of what like F1 cars USED to look like, before the circus clowns really fooled around with it.

[FastCar5]

I totally agree f1manoz. I feel the big wide tires remind me of GV blasting around and over all curbing in his way. Thats when power was power and shredding rubber really meant something!