Indy Cars 1981

#12 (March) actually made the race - #2 was originally Phoenix car .

So did #68 - Mears drove his backup car at Indy.

#24 practiced as 22T.

Cars #26,#41 and 85 were not on track.

Sala1977 wrote:
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Any idea what the weird contraption on the engine cover is for? I suppose it must be some kind of air intake, but it looks very unusual.
This #2 car is also completely different to the #2 car in the opening post of the thread. Did car numbers change throughout the month of May or is one of the pictures from a different year perhaps?

Travis Daye wrote:

Sala1977 wrote:
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Any idea what the weird contraption on the engine cover is for? I suppose it must be some kind of air intake, but it looks very unusual.

Hi Travis, I'm not sure but I Would say it's an early type of inboard camera. It's huge for today's standards but rather small if you consider it was '81

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