A.J. Foyt: Newly-designed IndyCar ‘very ugly’ (Amen)

The Butt Bumpers have turned the already hideous looking Dallara into a monstrosity. AR1 suggests they be removed from the cars altogether

A.J. Foyt won't mince words when he talks about the current Dallara DW12 Indy Car.

"I think the cars are very ugly," said Foyt, owner of A.J. Foyt Racing and motorsports legend. "They are not open-wheel cars. Hopefully the series will do away with them."

Foyt, who runs Takuma Sato and Jack Hawksworth in the Verizon IndyCar Series, was talking at Belle Isle before Sunday's Race 2 of "Chevy Dual in Detroit."

Today's Indy Car rear wheels are semi-enclosed by the body work, not open, as in the traditional mold of a single-seat formula car.

Foyt, winner of four Indy 500s, drove classic open-wheel roadsters and rear-engine race cars.

"To me, they look more like sports cars," said Foyt, 80. "I don't like them."

Foyt said he'd also like engine builders to build engines and team to build their own cars.

As it is, Chevrolet and Honda supply the series with engines and body aero-kits.

Foyt, who fields the Honda/Dallara, isn't impressed.

"I think the motor manufacturers need to build the motors," said Foyt. "I don't think Honda should be in the body business." Detroit Free Press