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More Information on Swift Concept Story posted - Feb 08 2010 3:11 PM 
SWIFT CONCEPT: SWIFTLIGHTS (patent pending)
"As we listened to the IZOD IndyCar Series they also challenged us to help evolve the fans' racing experience," Mark Page, Swift's chief scientist said. "The Mushroom Buster will promote closer racing and passing, but we also wanted to help communicate the car's critical information in real time to the fans. To-that-end, we are pioneering a new lighting technology which we've dubbed 'SwiftLights'. SwiftLights will display car information like throttle, brake and fuel levels as well as race position. Our light sheets are made from a 1 mm thick clear plastic which can be molded over complex shapes like an IndyCar's bodywork. SwiftLights are light-weight, efficient, inexpensive, safe and extremely bright. TV-like sheets have also been demonstrated with this technology, offering amazing possibilities for team and series sponsors."
| Just wanted to pass along a couple more things about the Swift concept. They have some ideas for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series machine that seem fairly interesting, and that I neglected to get into the original posting.
Here are the notes from Swift on these concepts:
SWIFT DESIGN CONCEPT: MUSHROOM BUSTER (patent pending)
"Whatever our final IndyCar concept design Swift will incorporate its pioneering new technology to improve passing, which we've named 'Mushroom Busters' in reference to the mushroom shape of a car's aerodynamic wake signature," states Swift chief designer, Chris Norris. "The 'busters' sweep up the wake behind the leading car, thus improving the handling of the following car. We have already effectively utilized Mushroom Busters in our Formula Nippon car design, the 017.n and believe we can now take this technology much further on the IndyCar."
SWIFT CONCEPT: SWIFTLIGHTS (patent pending)
"As we listened to the IZOD IndyCar Series they also challenged us to help evolve the fans' racing experience," Mark Page, Swift's chief scientist said. "The Mushroom Buster will promote closer racing and passing, but we also wanted to help communicate the car's critical information in real time to the fans. To-that-end, we are pioneering a new lighting technology which we've dubbed 'SwiftLights'. SwiftLights will display car information like throttle, brake and fuel levels as well as race position. Our light sheets are made from a 1 mm thick clear plastic which can be molded over complex shapes like an IndyCar's bodywork. SwiftLights are light-weight, efficient, inexpensive, safe and extremely bright. TV-like sheets have also been demonstrated with this technology, offering amazing possibilities for team and series sponsors."
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