Tag Archives: NASCAR

Creo Customer: NASCAR High-Speed Redesign

By Lindsey Christensen | Published: May 9, 2012

In NASCAR, drafting helps cars go faster on the race track. Running tandem, one car butts up against its lead car and “pushes” it around the track. In this way, cars can gain almost a 15mph advantage. Drafting is the best strategy for winning a race. It’s also boring. For fans, watching drivers jockey for […]

ArnoldIT: PLM Takes the Checkered Flag

By Admin | Published: Jan 24, 2012

“Penske Racing uses Parametric Technology Corporation’s (PTC) Windchill PLM software along with CreoCAD software to help “the team and third-party collaborators work together to manage the engineering process from concept to completion.” PLM is important to them because ’Whether work is being done in machine shops, at Penske’s Mooresville, North Carolina, racing facility, or at tracks around the country, […]

Posted in Creo reactions | Also tagged ArnoldIT, CAD Software, Concept design, Creo, PLM | 1 Comment

FOX Sports: Every second counts at Penske Racing

By Admin | Published: Dec 27, 2011

“According to Pickett, PTC’s Windchill product lifecycle management(PLM) software helps the team and third-party collaborators work together to manage the engineering process from concept to completion. Whether work is being done in machine shops, at Penske’s Mooresville, North Carolina, racing facility, or at tracks around the country, theweb-based business collaboration software helps Penske Racing manage, […]

Posted in Creo reactions | Also tagged 2D drafting, 3D Direct Modeling Tools, 3D Parametric Modeling, Creo, FOX Sports, PLM, Windchill | Leave a comment

Creo Customers: NASCAR Nose Redesign Puts the “Stock” Back in Stock Car Racing

By Geoff Hedges | Published: Jun 28, 2011

Here’s a design challenge: Take a tricked out race car, make it look more like a production sedan, but don’t take away any of its performance. That’s what designer Bill Ferguson was asked to do with the 2011 nose redesign of the Ford Fusion and Chevy Impala for NASCAR. Unfortunately, some of those race car […]