What Is Push To Pass On Indy Cars

Although changes to indycars push to pass boost this year were well received and are likely to be retained for 2018 the system may be deemed unnecessary beyond that according to president of competition jay frye.
What is push to pass on indy cars. Push to pass tweak among indycar changes for 2017 season. For 2017 indycar drivers were given a total time allowance of turbo overboost per race instead of a total number of uses per race. Indycar announced that turbocharger boost pressure during push to pass use will increase from 160 kilopascals kpa in 2015 to 165 kpa equating to a gain of approximately 20 horsepower in the chevrolet and honda 22 liter twin turbocharged v 6 engines. The system is designed to make overtaking easier and hence make the sport more exciting to watch.
Push to pass is a mechanism on a race car which provides the driver with the ability to increase the cars power for short periods of time usually via a button on the steering wheel. Indycar is altering its weekend formats at some events and has also confirmed other changes to its technical and sporting regulations. It has switched up the push to pass boost rules for which drivers will now get a time allowance instead of a number of uses.