page_title: IndyCar Series
section_title: Cockpit and safety components
hierarchical_section_title: IndyCar Series / Car history and current specifications / Cockpit and safety components
caption_attribution_description: 2019 Indianapolis 500
context_page_description: The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the premier level of open-wheel racing in North America. Its parent company began in 1996 as the Indy Racing League, which was created by then Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George as a competitor to CART. In 2008, the IndyCar Series merged with CART's successor, the Champ Car World Series. The series is self-sanctioned by its parent company, INDYCAR, LLC.
  The series' premier event is the Indianapolis 500.
context_section_description: All NTT IndyCar Series cars use carbon-fiber shell driver's seats with 6-point safety restraints. The cars' steering wheels are designed by Cosworth with a system of buttons that allow the drivers to make adjustments to their cars mid-race. All IndyCar Series cars were equipped with Pi Research Sigma Wheel to Display data display units from 2001–2017 until they were replaced by Cosworth's Configurable Display Unit 4.3 display from 2018 onwards.
  The cockpits of all IndyCar Series cars are still open but protected by zylon, a foot protection bulkhead, and cockpit padding.
  From the 2020 season onwards, the IndyCar Series will implement a cockpit protection system. This consists of a combination of the Halo mandated in F1 and a reinforced windscreen dubbed the "aeroscreen", provided by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, to lessen the probability of traumatic head injuries from flying debris.
caption: Cosworth CCW Mk2 steering wheel in the cockpit of Sage Karam's car.
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