Penske Racing tops Indy League, thanks to engineering software

Helio Castroneves, driving the No 3 Team Penske Dallara/Honda alongside teammates Will Power and Ryan Briscoe, captured his third Indy 500 title. Earlier in the month, Castroneves had also won the Peak Performance Pole Position for the Indy 500. Penske Racing president Tim Cindric says that, with the pressure on to find any competitive edge, the slightest design modification can shave crucial seconds off a driver's lap time – and hence the credit for its integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE, and its productivity tools. "We use PTC Pro/Engineer as the standard for the Team Penske race cars because it enables us to design, test and deliver to the track, a competitive Indy race car under the challenging constraints of the Indy series," says Cindric. And Penske technical director Ron Ruzewski adds: "Pro/Engineer allows us to design, prototype and test in a virtual world before we ever produce a part. This gives us the confidence to produce parts quickly in our ever changing competitive environment. "Pro/Engineer allows us to develop, design and quickly integrate with manufacturing components that are pivotal in our success on the track. The powerful simulation and virtual prototyping capabilities allow us to literally stay at the front of our competitors."