Well, I've perused the lengthy PDF from the good people at Swift Engineering and looked at the photographs therein. After my deep analysis (or brief glance) of the release, two things stand out to me.
First, the half-covered engine gives all concepts a totally awesome throwback look and, in the words of Swift, shows off "the engine and some of the 'jewelry'". Plus, the name of the engine manufacturer can go...ON THE ENGINE! What a truly novel concept that is.
Second, the SwiftLights (patent pending) are something that has been long been missing from major motorsport and would be a great tool for the fans. I grant you, I'm fairly certain the lights for the accelerator and brake traces will be fairly useless, especially at the pedal-to-the-metal ovals. I'm also pretty sure the fuel level trace won't be too popular with teams trying to strategize and it would actually decrease what excitement there is in the fuel mileage races because the drama of waiting for someone's car to sputter to a halt will be lessened.
HOWEVER, the position light on the roll hoop is something that absolutely must be implemented -- tomorrow, if at all possible. This is the part of the SwiftLight concept that could be a game-changer in the world of major auto racing. It's too bad that no one has ever thought of something like this as a service to the fans before...
...OH WAIT!
ALMS beats everyone to the punch yet again! Not only do those lights signify first, second, and third places, but they are also different colors for each class. Great help in the chaos of sports car racing, and would be especially fantastic on the IICS twisty races.
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