Sentences with phrase «from racing engineers»

These successes were a sign of things to come and transferred Newey's status from race engineer to designer.

You'll often get a message from your race engineer mid-race to ask if you'd like to keep the current strategy or switch to a new one they've devised, which goes a surprisingly long way toward making you feel like real driver in the cockpit of an F1 machine.

Not exact matches

After serving in the Air Force for three years, Berthold graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1985 with a degree in mechanical engineering and went to work in professional car racing.

Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour titles and banned for life from bicycle racing in 2012 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after it accused him in a report of engineering one of the most sophisticated doping schemes in sports.

Leaders from Michigan's universities unite to highlight engineering, supply chain expertise and other skills in race for Amazon's second headquarters.

But within weeks Roush was looking like the smartest owner in NASCAR.As soon as Roush engineer Wally Brown replaced Bob Osborne as Edwards's crewchief, Edwards's season took off: He moved from 22nd to 13th in points over thenext three races.

Compounding matters is the three - race West Coast swing that prevents crew chiefs and engineers from spending significant periods of time in the shop implementing what they've learned through the early weeks of the season.

It's always been at the head of the pack when it comes to creative engineering, from bringing the turbodiesel to endurance racing in 2006 to the radical weight reduction and aerodynamics of this year's R18 e-tron quattro.

We doubt that oblong - shaped vehicles get any more staggering or worthy of attention than this specially - built Iveco Domino transporter, a nod to an era dominated by Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, a place where he no doubt had countless meetings with engineers and also enjoyed moments of peace away from the flurry of the paddock after winning races.

Mr. Van Scoyoc got more than 60 percent of the vote, according to the board of elections website, and Ms. Burke - Gonzalez was the top vote - getter in the town board race, with a nearly 15 - point lead over her nearest Republican challenger, Paul Giardina, a nuclear engineer who retired last year from a post at the Environmental Protection Agency.

You might not expect it from a sport that evolved out of bootleggers racing their moonshine down twisty Appalachian roads, but modern racing teams use computational fluid dynamics simulations, wind tunnels, and the highly technical know - how of engineers to eke milliseconds out of each driver's lap time.

This year's race pitted 24 teams from the U.S. and abroad — including those from Italy, Russia and Canada — against one another in the areas of presentation, engineering design, acceleration, maneuverability and endurance.

Charlotte is «NASCAR country,» so even before the racing concentration came into existence, students from all over the United States flocked to UNC Charlotte's mechanical engineering program to pursue their high - octane dreams.

Late this past summer researchers and engineers from France, Italy and Russia extracted three ice cores from France's Col du Dôme Glacier in a race to preserve valuable information about climate change before rising temperatures wash it away.

As Galileo raced away from Earth, NASA's space - flight engineers began to scratch their heads.

New Horizons is currently so far from Earth that transmitting data to or from the spacecraft that radio signals racing through space at over 186,000 miles a second, take nearly five hours to travel between the interplanetary observatory and mission engineers on our home planet.

From the early years of flight until the late 1930s, air racing was the single most important testing ground for engineering advancements.

Unstoppable (PG - 13 for profanity and scenes of peril) Action thriller about a train conductor (Chris Pine) and an engineer (Denzel Washington) in a race against time to prevent a runaway locomotive with a cargo of toxic chemicals from running off the tracks.

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera.

The Guardians have gotten themselves into trouble, while aiding The Sovereign (a gold tinted, female led, genetically engineered race) then stealing from them.

This short film is actually a Honda ad, but it makes its point beautifully, describing how innovation only comes from willingness to try new things and take risks — illustrated by interviews with engineers, designers, and race car drivers.

Lift the outer shell from the Toyota Sleeper Camry, and you'll see that the engineers (read: evil geniuses) at Toyota Motorsports Technical Center hid inside a race - prepped drag car.

The car is remarkably light too; just over 1500 kg at the kerb (a 599 weighs 1688 kg), and this despite what must be a fairly sizeable contribution from the massively strong steel box - section chassis with honeycomb flooring and a couple of heavy duty roll - hoops designed by race - car engineer Max Boxstrom whose credits include the Aston Martin AMR - 1 sports racer that raced at Le Mans in» 89.

``... we combined what is usually impossible: the quality and performance of a racing car with the practicality and durability expected from a road - homologated supercar which can be used as a day - to - day vehicle», said Phillippe Gautheron, Chief Engineer of Campos (who provided the Sandracer's roll cage and chassis).

Ganassi Racing can also benefit from the collaboration between Roush Yates Racing Engines and Ford, who work closely together developing the best possible engine with both production and racing engineers on hand at the Ford Dynamometer Lab in DeaRacing can also benefit from the collaboration between Roush Yates Racing Engines and Ford, who work closely together developing the best possible engine with both production and racing engineers on hand at the Ford Dynamometer Lab in DeaRacing Engines and Ford, who work closely together developing the best possible engine with both production and racing engineers on hand at the Ford Dynamometer Lab in Dearacing engineers on hand at the Ford Dynamometer Lab in Dearborn.

This project is merely showing what could happen to the hatchback if engineers were liberated from racing regulations.

Honda Racing Development (HRD) began the GT3 program in Japan, but «it was then decided to transfer it over to HPD (Honda Performance Development), because of American Honda's extreme interest and from a brand image aspect,» noted NSX GT3 chief engineer, Lee Niffenegger.

Peugeot Racing Engineers 3: Ernest Henry Sébastien Faurès — Fustel de Coulanges continues this series of articles by focussing on Ernest Henry / Villa d'Este — Simon Moore reports from this prestigious concorso d'eleganza / Rippon Bros: Coachbuilders of Renown — Jonathan Wood outlines the story of this Huddersfield coachbuilder / Amilcar CGS: an ultra-rare Duval coupé / America, Top to Toe — Photographer Dirk Dahmer recounts an epic journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego at the wheel of a 1952 split window Volkswagen Beetle / Back on the Road — In the latest instalment of his series, Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1935 two - seater Wolseley Hornet Special

The engineering of this ultramodern car is absolutely unreal: a monocoque built from carbon - fiber - reinforced plastic; a racing - type weight distribution of 43 percent front / 57 percent rear; rear tires that are each over a foot wide; a plug - in hybrid powertrain with electric motors on each axle that delivers 19 miles of range in full - electric mode; a seven - speed PDK transmission; and a 4.6 - liter V - 8 engine that revs to 9150 rpm and makes 608 hp.

Former race boss Jean Todt had just become CEO of the car division too, so the transfer of ideas, technology and engineering from F1 to the road car programme — always present as a strong undercurrent at Maranello — had gained a new, arguably defining, impetus.

Not surprisingly, the engineers from SRT - Street and Racing Technology, Chrysler's sporting subsidiary - reckon they've made the new coupe 30 per cent stiffer than the soft - top, and all for a modest weight increase of 19 kg.

When Honda decided to take its adorable N360 across the Pacific, it used tricks gleaned from decades of campaigning in Grand Prix motorcycle racing to build a new, high - output, low - displacement air - cooled engine for the U.S. Engineers pried 45 horsepower from an all - aluminum, 598 - cc parallel - twin with a 9,000 rpm redline — better than 1 horse per cubic inch.

BMW is expected to supply a small - displacement four - cylinder engine, front - wheel electric motors (for all - wheel drive) and lightweight technology derived from Project i, while Toyota will engineer the car's torque vectoring and supercapacitor technology sourced from the TS030 LMP race car.

Data collected from these endeavors can have a major impact on road - car development as well, as engineers across the automaker spectrum have used racing as a laboratory for supercar development.

Speaking about the new models, Christian Samson, responsible for Product and Development at Polestar said, «The engineers from Polestar and Cyan Racing have worked collaboratively on engineering developments for existing Polestar road cars for many years.

Instead, Joest will begin setting up shop near Atlanta and also begin testing in Europe, further developing the car with help from Multimatic, the Canadian based race - engineering company.

Now, after more than a half - century of building road cars, the crew from Sant» Agata Bolognese is finally getting serious about motorsports, and the brand's entry - level offering, the $ 237,250 Huracán — the first model in company history engineered from the ground up for race duty — is at the center of its efforts.

«It's another way of speeding things up a bit,» says Tom Snowball, the fresh - faced lead development engineer from RML Group, the racing outfit that developed the Nissan Juke - R and the Nissan ZEOD RC race car.

Williams has enjoyed plenty of success outside Formula 1, too, tackling everything from Group B rally monsters to Le Mans - winning prototypes, achieving considerable success in touring cars, and working with the newly reformed Jaguar Racing to engineer one branch of motorsport's future: Formula E cars.

(569 N • m) of torque • SRT performance: 0 - 60 mph in the low five - second range, 0 -100-0 in under 17 seconds, 60 - 0 mph in approximately 110 feet • Benchmark braking • World - class ride and handling characteristics across a dynamic range • Functional, performance - oriented exterior design and race - inspired interior appointments • Benchmark performance at the best price PRODUCT CHRONOLOGY 2008 MODEL YEAR EXTERIOR • New color: Steel Blue Metallic Clear Coat INTERIOR • Available Side - curtain Air Bags • Available SIRIUS BackSeat TV ™ • Available SRT - engineered KICKER ® premium surround sound system • New instrument panel cluster • New center console • SRT - exclusive Reconfigurable Display (RCD) • LED lighting in the front cup holders and front - and rear - door map pockets • Dark Slate Gray interior color • Agate - color accent stitching • Carbon - fiber - like pattern door handles and carbon - fiber - like leather - trim steering wheel POWERTRAIN / CHASSIS • New optional 20 - inch aluminum wheel PACKAGES • Super Bee Special Edition — with Surf Blue Pearl Coat 2007 MODEL YEAR EXTERIOR • New color: TorRed INTERIOR • Optional Rear Seat Video system, including KICKER ® Mobile Surround Sound PACKAGES • Super Bee Special Edition — with Detonator Yellow exterior color • SRT Track Experience — Standard 2006 MODEL YEAR New high - performance version of the Dodge Charger with new 6.1 - liter HEMI ® engine EXTERIOR • Colors: Brilliant Black, Bright Silver, Inferno Red • New front fascia with integrated brake duct inlets • Insert in rear fascia • New rear spoiler • Body - color mirrors and door handles (carryover base car) • «SRT8» exterior badge (deck lid) • Mesh grille insert with «SRT» badge • Brake duct system in front belly pan • 16 mm clearance rear fascia to exhaust tips • New hood with scoop, bezel and underhood duct • New hood silencer pad INTERIOR • Colors: Dark Slate / Light Slate Gray • Sport front seats with matching trim on rear seats • Red accent stitching • Carbon fiber leather on steering wheel upper • Satin finish steering wheel spokes (from 300C) • Satin Silver shift bezel and lock knobs (from 300C) • «SRT8» badge below right - hand air conditioning outlet duct • Satin Silver color for center stack bezel POWERTRAIN • 6.1 - liter HEMI ® engine (425 horsepower / 420 lb. - ft.)

In response to the Chevrolet Camaro's success in the SCCA Trans - Am series, Ford engineers developed a new racing engine from the Windsor series small block.

The all - new Honda Civic Type R has been engineered from the ground up to deliver the most rewarding driving experience in the hot hatch segment — both on road and on the race track.

Designed by Alfa Romeo engineers and made at the Maserati plant in Modena, this captivating coupé with two racing bucket seats uses materials and design solutions like carbon, aluminium, and rear - wheel drive derived from the 8C Competizione along with technologies from Alfa Romeo's latest models, all thoroughly revised to maximise the new car's sporting appeal.

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: «I think what we saw tonight may have been the most intense mix of tremendous engineering and strategy from our engineering crew and flawless pit stops all day long by our Corvette RacingRACING PROGRAM MANAGER: «I think what we saw tonight may have been the most intense mix of tremendous engineering and strategy from our engineering crew and flawless pit stops all day long by our Corvette RacingRacing crew.

The Vantage GT3 has been designed from the ground up to offer customers the latest in race - car technology and embraces all the experience Aston Martin Racing has learnt from years of engineering and competing in international sports car racing with the DBR9, DBRS9 and the latest VantagRacing has learnt from years of engineering and competing in international sports car racing with the DBR9, DBRS9 and the latest Vantagracing with the DBR9, DBRS9 and the latest Vantage GTE.

Dodge «Hot Rod» Magnum Developed by engineers from Chrysler Group's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) organization, who also happen to moonlight as SkunkWerks members, the Dodge «Hot Rod» Magnum gets an extra dose of performance.

It has been engineered using data from Cyan Racing's exploits in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), where the team is currently embroiled in a tight title fight.

That's the word from Doug Louth, Corvette Racing engineering manager.

Another particularly interesting thing about the first race of the Aston Martin Rapide will be that it will be driven by a team of engineers from the company's Warwickshire headquarters and will feature leadership from Ulrich Bez, CEO of Aston Martin.

It also features aerodynamic parts engineered using techniques learned from the Ford GT GTLM racing program.