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Racing Toward Perfection

Penske Technology Group and Nikon Metrology partner to develop precise and repeatable best practices

John Moloney
Fri, 10/05/2012 - 12:49
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Engineering and advanced manufacturing technology are critical to motor sports. The power to control part design and manufacture in-house has a direct affect on race day. Winning the race on the track often starts by winning the race in the engineering department, wind tunnel, and shop floor.

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I have a background in aerospace engineering and spent time at Cape Canaveral working on some large-scale projects. After some time in crash testing, instrumentation testing, and data analysis in the automotive segment, I was brought on by Roger Penske to help make Penske Technology Group operational. This included designing and building the world’s most advanced moving-ground plane wind tunnel, high-performance, seven-post vehicle dynamics rig, and an array of supporting technology for reverse engineering, computational fluid dynamics, and other advanced data analysis tools in support of Penske Racing.

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