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1972 Parnelli Indy car. Designed by Maurice Phillipe whose latest race design was the Lotus 72. These race cars were originally presented with the mid dihedral wings. Visually sort of pleasant enough. The problem was they really never worked. A conventional rear wing was added and the cars were tested this way. Eventually the dihedral wings were abandoned and the cars raced with the super wide rear wings that were allowed in USAC in 1972 and 1973. I remember the first photos we saw of this design in early 1972 when I was a Junior in High School. It seemed really cool, but alas, no real success. The cars were driven by Mario Andretti, Joe Leonard, and Al Unser. Colored Pencils on Strathmore Mixed Media thick paper and is about 12 by 18 inches.

Description
1972 Parnelli Indy car. Designed by Maurice Phillipe whose latest race design was the Lotus 72. These race cars were originally presented with the mid dihedral wings. Visually sort of pleasant enough. The problem was they really never worked. A conventional rear wing was added and the cars were tested this way. Eventually the dihedral wings were abandoned and the cars raced with the super wide rear wings that were allowed in USAC in 1972 and 1973. I remember the first photos we saw of this design in early 1972 when I was a Junior in High School. It seemed really cool, but alas, no real success. The cars were driven by Mario Andretti, Joe Leonard, and Al Unser. Colored Pencils on Strathmore Mixed Media thick paper and is about 12 by 18 inches.