--- title: "Ride Onboard With Scott Dixon as He Tests the New Indycar Windscreen" description: "The four-time Indycar champion tested the 0.4-inch-thick windscreen at ISM Raceway in Arizona this week." date: "2018-02-11" modified: "2018-02-11" authors: - name: "Jerry Perez" job_title: "Deputy Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/jerry-perez" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/18395/ride-onboard-with-scott-dixon-as-he-tests-the-new-indycar-windscreen" categories: - "News" tags: - "Chip Ganassi Racing" - "Indy 500" - "indycar" - "racing" - "Scott Dixon" --- # Ride Onboard With Scott Dixon as He Tests the New Indycar Windscreen ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Whether you like it or not, protected cockpits are coming in one way, shape, or form. After several tests of the so-called ["halo"]() in Formula 1, this week it was IndyCar's golden boy, Scott Dixon, who tested the series' solution to protecting racers from flying debris. The [test]() took place at ISM Raceway, a one-mile oval with banked turns ranging from 10 to 11 degrees located near the city of Phoenix, Arizona. Dixon's testing program included three primary runs that would explore the windscreen's performance under three different lighting conditions. The first and second runs were performed under sunny and overcast conditions, with the third taking place at night with the oval's Musco Lighting systems turned on. https://youtube.com/embed/6sjcoieAYTo The construction of the 0.4-inch-thick windscreen is being championed by PPG Aerospace while the design and execution are being developed and tested by [Dallara]() at its American headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. As these [videos]() by IndyCar show, Dixon didn't take it easy on track just because it was a testing session. Actually, it was quite the contrary as he can be seen applying the right amount of opposite-lock as he rockets in and out of turns. https://youtube.com/embed/dAN59VLV\_Ww This test merely represented one of the many steps ahead of the windscreen's journey to homologation, albeit a very important one. After the design is refined and tested by several drivers in real life and [computer simulations](), the windscreen will have to be crash-tested before potentially being mandated in 2019 or 2020. ## Author Jerry is responsible for upholding The Drive's ethos as an audience-first, enthusiast-driven car blog that serves up industry-leading news, reviews, culture, and motorsport coverage. Overseeing a staff of writers and editors from his home base in Indianapolis, he helps curate the site's daily rundown, as well as its medium- and long-term content strategies. Jerry joined The Drive in 2018 as a writer and worked as news editor and managing editor before becoming the deputy in 2023. As a lifelong car enthusiast and racing fan, Jerry believes that all cars are cool, but the people behind the machines are even cooler. This belief often gives The Drive a slightly different focus from most other car sites, where we explore the humanity behind the machines. When he's not obsessing over the day's biggest stories or hanging out at a race track, Jerry can be found behind the wheel of a car, most likely sharing a laugh with his teenage son or daughter. ### Author social links [Instagram]()