['The', 'Evolution', 'of', 'the', 'Indy', 'Car', '4-4-4', 'With', 'man', 'reaching', 'the', 'moon', 'in', '1969,', 'Indy', 'car', 'racing', 'adopted', 'space', 'age', 'technology', 'during', 'the', '1970s.', 'Aerodynamics,', 'and', 'the', 'use', 'of', 'front', 'and', 'rear', 'wings,', 'created', 'the', 'concept', 'of', "'downforce'", 'which', 'literally', 'held', 'the', 'car', 'to', 'the', 'track.', 'With', 'speeds', 'approaching', '200', 'mph,', 'or', 'faster', 'than', 'a', 'jet', 'at', 'takeoff,', 'wings', 'were', 'utilized', 'in', 'reverse', 'fashion', 'from', 'an', 'airplane.', 'One', 'man', 'who', 'saw', 'the', 'concepts', 'clearly', 'enough', 'to', 'create', 'a', 'competitive', 'advantage', 'was', 'Roger', 'Penske,', 'who', 'owned', 'the', 'car', 'Mark', 'Donohue', 'qualified', 'for', 'the', '1971', 'Indy', '500.', 'Wings', 'were', 'allowed', 'for', 'the', 'first', 'time', 'in', '1972', 'and', 'coincidentally,', 'Donohue', 'won', 'the', 'race,', 'the', 'first', 'of', 'a', 'record', 'nine', 'for', 'Penske.', 'Later', 'in', 'the', 'decade,', 'designer', 'Jim', 'Hall', 'would', 'bring', 'his', 'Chaparral', 'ground', 'effects', 'to', 'Indy', 'car', 'racing.', 'In', '1980,', 'Johnny', 'Rutherford', 'won', 'his', 'third', 'Indy', '500', 'in', 'a', 'Hall', 'prepared', 'Chaparral.', 'Rutherford', 'would', 'also', 'be', 'one', 'of', 'the', 'first', 'drivers', 'to', 'wear', 'the', "'Darth", "Vader'", 'style', 'helmet,', 'which', 'surrounded', 'everything', 'but', 'the', 'eyes.', 'Technology', 'once', 'again', 'tackled', 'the', 'problems', 'of', 'safety', 'and', 'speed', 'during', 'the', '1980s,', 'Primary', 'concerns', 'involved', 'the', 'strength', 'of', 'footboxes', 'and', 'tubs.', 'Both', 'gave', 'the', 'driver', 'a', 'greater', 'degree', 'of', 'security', 'within', 'the', 'race', 'car.', 'Crash', 'tests', 'proved', 'the', 'cars', 'could', 'sustain', 'major', 'damage', 'while', 'still', 'protecting', 'the', 'driver.', 'With', 'chassis', 'and', 'engine', 'manufacturers', 'like', 'Chevrolet,', 'Porsche,', 'Buick,', 'Alfa', 'Romeo,', 'Honda', 'and', 'Reynard', 'building', 'Indy', 'car', 'components', 'during', 'the', 'last', 'decade,', 'more', 'trained', 'minds', 'focused', 'on', 'the', 'speed', 'and', 'safety', 'issues.', 'By', 'the', '1990s,', 'speeds', 'continued', 'into', 'the', '235', 'mph', 'range', 'but', 'the', 'frequency', 'of', 'injury', 'dropped.', 'In', 'the', 'race', 'to', 'win,', 'technology', 'has', 'often', 'triumphed', 'over', 'rule', 'makers', 'just', 'like', 'daring', 'can', 'overcome', 'fear.', 'But', 'if', 'the', 'evolution', 'of', 'Indy', 'cars', 'can', 'point', 'to', 'one', 'overall', 'success,', 'it', 'is', 'the', 'ever', 'advancing', 'concept', 'of', 'safety', 'in', 'the', 'face', 'of', 'ever', 'advancing', 'speed.', 'HitH', '86128500,']