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Team on 12 April 2006
Autodesk raring to go in touring car
season
Autodesk is again to sponsor Triple Eight Race Engineering in the 2006 British Touring Car Championships.
In time for the start of the 2006 British Touring Car Championships (BTCC), Autodesk is to sponsor Triple Eight Race Engineering, regarded as one of the most successful engineering companies in the UK motorsport industry Triple Eight Race Engineering is famous for doing the triple (winning the drivers', teams' and manufacturers' championships) four years in a row in its race modified Vauxhall Astra Coupe, developed using Autodesk manufacturing design software, including Autodesk Inventor 3D mechanical design software
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 8 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Last year, it introduced the Vauxhall Sport Hatch and won the manufacturers' title.
Since the team was created in 1996, and out of 126 races, it has stood on the podium 220 times and has clocked up 80 race wins.
As part of the sponsorship, Triple Eight is extending its use of Autodesk manufacturing design software to ten licences of Autodesk Inventor Professional and one of Autocad Electrical to its existing Inventor base.
It is also planning to implement Autodesk's incremental data management system Autodesk Productstream and take part in a complete design review process to assess processes carefully, looking at the re-use of data throughout the whole operation by automating design data management processes and flows.
"Autodesk Inventor has enabled us to design faster, while at the same time enhance our design creativity, allowing us to model conceptually and trial different scenarios early in the development process", said John Morton, Triple Eight Engineering's Technical Director.
"Now we are looking forward to adding to these benefits with the rich functionality of Inventor Professional".
Kevin Ison, Sales Director, Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions Division, said: "We're delighted to further our relationship with such an exciting and innovative team and feel sure it will be building on its already considerable record during the coming year".
The team has announced that its 2006 driver line-up will include BTCC race winner Tom Chilton and Italian and European champion Fabrizio Giovanardi with Gavin Smith filling in the third race seat for his second season with the team.
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