Seems to me every US open wheel series bans barge boards, and every european series has them. also seems they are a pretty useful device, which makes me wonder why our cars cant have them. What I especially dont understand is why with brand new rules FB outlawd them. From what ive seen with the phenoix prototypes and from other cars, cooling and drag are of main concern, thus the sidepods on the phenoix seem to as small as possible primarily for drag reasons. Seems like a barge board would be a perfect fit. I would really like to see one american single seat series come into 21st century aerodynamics.