CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
16 March 2007
Implementation Investments
Hendrick Motorsports Continues Winning Legacy: UGS Technology Helps Team Finish 1-2 at the NASCAR® NEXTEL Cup Series Race in Las Vegas to Reach the 150-Win Milestone
UGS Corp., announced UGS-sponsored racing team Hendrick Motorsports - whose cars are developed with the help of UGS® PLM technology - won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and seized its 150th NASCAR® Nextel Cup Series win.
Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jimmie Johnson, the 2006 NEXTEL Cup champion, and Jeff Gordon, a four-time NEXTEL Cup champion, finished 1-2. This was Johnson's third straight win at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Since 1984, Hendrick Motorsports has garnered six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series (formerly Winston Cup) championships, three NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series titles and one NASCAR Busch Series crown, making it one of stock-car racing's premier organizations. Rick Hendrick is just the second team owner in NASCAR's modern era to earn 150 Cup Series victories.
"UGS congratulates Hendrick Motorsports and Jimmie Johnson on this milestone win," said Dave Shirk, executive vice president of Global Marketing for UGS. "Winning 150 races in the highly competitive NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series requires unsurpassed consistency and commitment to excellence, qualities which are at the core of Hendrick Motorsports and UGS. UGS is proud of our relationship with the racing teams and is pleased to know that our solutions help the teams succeed."
UGS technology helps Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) maintain a competitive advantage over the competition. HMS uses NX® software, UGS' comprehensive digital product development solution, to evolve engine and chassis design to continually enhance efficiencies within the engineering department. HMS also uses Teamcenter® software, UGS' digital lifecycle management solution, as its product data management (PDM) platform. Teamcenter enables HMS to harness the power information consolidated from the entire organization - this includes data from computer-aided design (CAD) models, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programs, digital simulation results, engine dynamometer, chassis dynamometer, wind-tunnel tests, track test results and marketing and licensing materials - everything that goes into developing winning engines and cars. Teamcenter gives HMS secure anytime, anyplace access to data - from the track, the shop or on the road - to create and test new ideas and car configurations to rapidly solve problems and win races.
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