FARO and Corvette Racing Shift into High Gear for Le Mans
Tuesday June 10, 10:45 am ET
LAKE MARY, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO - News) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, has provided its latest equipment in an effort to help the GTS-champion Corvette Racing Team win the most grueling race of the season -- the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place this weekend.
Gary Pratt, Vice president of Pratt & Miller said, "We use the Quantum FaroArm, FARO Gage and FARO Laser ScanArm in order to design, construct and analyze 'virtual' components, CFD (computational fluid dynamics), systems, and complete cars -- every facet of a project from initial conception to the finished product. The combination of our team's expertise and FARO's portable, computerized measuring technologies offers a total design solution, so we have unmatched time and cost efficiencies, accuracy, and performance."
As the most successful team in American Le Mans Series (ALMS) history, Corvette Racing, which is run by Pratt & Miller on behalf of General Motors, has used FaroArms in the design, quality control and race-specification compliance of their vehicles; the Gage validates parts in their precision machine shop; and the ScanArm reverse-engineers components. This allows the company's engineers and technicians to accurately and efficiently produce everything from small, individual components and sub-assemblies to complete turnkey road and racecars.
In 2001, Corvette Racing earned major international success with an outright victory in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, followed by a one-two finish in the GTS class of the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. Since then, Corvette Racing has typically won nine of 10 ALMS races every year since then, except in 2004. That year they were undefeated, as they are thus far in 2008.
