Dallara announces deal on spare parts

Throughout 2012, one of the team owners' major complaints was the cost of spare parts on the Dallara DW12, which came in decisively overbudget. At one point, the owners called for a 40 percent reduction on the price tag from the Italian chassis-maker after reportedly rejecting a smaller, 10-20 percent reduction.

But that '10-20 percent' range is what they'll have to live with after all, as Dallara has announced a 14-percent reduction on its spares and a price freeze that will stay intact until March 2014. Per SPEEDTV.com's Marshall Pruett, that adds up to an estimated savings of $50,000 to $60,000 annually.