Modern open-wheel race cars are incredibly impressive machines, festooned with wings and diffusers that suction them to the racetrack, allowing them to tear around tracks at a blistering pace. But if ...

J.R. Hildebrand, a former IndyCar racer, has created a radical rethinking of what he believes open-wheel racing should look like. The Blackbird 66 Mk. 1 eschews complex wings, moving away from ...