With Ilmor on board and under almost complete secrecy, it started a program of engine development that would result in the Mercedes-Benz powered PC23 ‘Beast’ Ind圜ar that dominated the 1994 ‘500. The story goes that at a dinner prior to the 1993 race, Penske and Morgan discussed a recent Indy Car rule tweak which, in theory, would give a potential advantage to pushrod engines at the 1994 race.īecause the United States Auto Club (USAC)-officiated regulations for the ‘500 differed slightly to the full-season CART regs, a loophole was found that benefited cars running the old-school technology compared to the more advanced, four-cam turbocharged engines that were the standard fare at the time.īasically, pushrod engines were allowed to be bigger capacity and run more boost – a surefire way to add speed when it came to lapping the Speedway at an average of nearly 230 Miles per Hour. Patrick is the son of Paul Morgan who, along with Mario Illien, was one of the engineering brains behind famed engine company Ilmor. We believe the first formal discussion between Dad, Mario and RP took place over dinner on March 30 1993.- Dawn Treader February 18, 2021 To cover some of it here, we will start at the beginning. The story of the PC23 Beast is laid out in book of the same name.
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