AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for November 21st

AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show for November 21st with Guests; Tom Weisenbach and Bill Pappas.

The AutoSportRadio.com 2023 Show was recorded in front of a live audience at Green Street Pub and Eatery in Brownsburg, Indiana with Host and Executive Producer Don Kay with help from Cameraman and Producer Ted Howlett, with production assistance from Speedway Community Television's Brian Pearce and Bill Pea.

For all you grass roots and IndyCar fans this program shows what is being done to improve safety at the short tracks and what's new for IndyCar.

The Autosport Radio 2023 Show video will be available today, November 21st, on www.autosportradio.com. the Don Kay FB page, the Autosport FB page, also Rumble and Twitter(aka X). You can also find on the autosportradio YouTube page.

Guests....
- Tom Weisenbach;

Experience
President
T-Bach Sports Marketing, Inc.
Mar 2006 - Present 17 years 9 months
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
*Business Development
*Project Management
*Event Planning
*Team Building
*Recruitment

Clients have included the Monroe Custom Utility Bodies, International Council of Motorsport Sciences, National Transportation Center, the Bob & Tom Radio Network, Motorsports Safety Education Foundation, Speedway Motors/AFCO Racing, 180 Skills and the Indiana Motorsports Association.
* Executive Director
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF MOTORSPORT SCIENCES INC
Jun 2020
- Present 3 years 6 months
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Team Consultant
Lamkin Racing
Nov 2022
- Present 1 year 1 month
Fishers, Indiana, United States
Nolan Lamkin Racing is part of Tom Wood Powersports and competes in the MotoAmerica Series.
- Bill Pappas

With Hybrid coming to the NTT IndyCar Series. How and why will be explained by Bill so we can all understand what it will do for the Series.
Packaging this unit in the current IndyCar chassis – when the engine has already been refined by both manufacturers over 12 years to the point it’s as finely packaged as you can expect – has been a challenge, as you can imagine.
The super-capacitor is significant because most series use batteries to store energy, but the super-capacitor helps to keep the weight of the IndyCar down and the amount of space taken up to a minimum, which was vital in retrofitting a hybrid system to the current IndyCar.
Super-capacitors are not good for long-lasting power. But this hybrid will be used as part of IndyCar’s push-to-pass system in 2024, which suits the super-capacitor’s upside of being good at short, sharp and powerful boosts of energy.
It also has certain safety benefits – it can be less volatile than alternatives, which is good when IndyCars reach speeds of 240mph.
The end result of the package is that the stored energy is used to power IndyCar’s new push-to-pass system.
Currently, on road and street courses, IndyCar drivers have a boost of 60bhp for 200 seconds and they can decide when and where to use that over a race. It’s a more flexible alternative to Formula 1’s DRS.
With the new system, there will be an extra 150bhp on tap from the hybrid, and it can be used repeatedly through the race without a time limit. The only limitation is how good drivers and teams are at figuring out how to recharge their push to pass.
IndyCar still hasn’t confirmed exactly how regenerating the push to pass will happen. It’s usually done under heavy braking.
Using hybrid power on pitlane is common in other series, but how the hybrid gets used outside of the push to pass in IndyCar is still to be confirmed and, perhaps more importantly, clarified.
In addition to Bill working with the administration of the Series, he also has 3 Indy 500 championship rings as a competitive team member.