Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR) and AVL RACETECH have entered right into a technical partnership forward of the 2026 IndyCar Collection season.
In what started as a collaboration in 2021, the brand new part of the alliance sees AVL RACETECH because the Official Dynamic Car Simulation Associate for ECR. By the partnership, ECR’s engineering capabilities obtain a lift with the elevated utilization of AVL’s simulation applied sciences. On the core of the cooperation is AVL VSM™ RACE, AVL RACETECH’s totally dynamic automobile simulation platform.
“Partnering with AVL RACETECH strengthens each a part of our program,” mentioned ECR founder and co-owner Ed Carpenter.
“Their experience offers us instruments to push deeper, innovate sooner, and elevate the efficiency customary we count on at ECR.”
At ECR’s fingertips is a software program system that can enable the group to guage setup ideas for upcoming races in a exact, data-driven digital surroundings. By leveraging AVL’s cloud computing capabilities, massive volumes of laps may be simulated inside a really brief time.
“Partnering with AVL RACETECH offers us entry to world class simulation and growth instruments that elevate each facet of our engineering program,” mentioned Matt Barnes, Vice President of Competitors for ECR. Their experience aligns completely with our dedication to steady enchancment, and collectively we’re unlocking efficiency positive aspects that can make an actual distinction on observe.”
Final yr noticed a resurgence at ECR, Christian Rasmussen incomes his first profession win – and first for the group since 2021 (Rinus VeeKay, Indianapolis street course) in North America’s premier open-wheel championship. Each Rasmussen and 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi will look to additional that because the season will get underway at this weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
“IndyCar represents one of the demanding environments in international open-wheel racing,” mentioned Ellen Lohr, Director Motorsport, AVL Record GmGH. “The truth that we at the moment are remodeling our collaboration with ECR into an official partnership underscores the mutual belief between us. Collectively, we wish to obtain measurable efficiency benefits on the observe with state-of-the-art automobile simulation.”
Michael Peinsitt, Crew Chief Racing, AVL Record GmbH, added, “With AVL VSM™ RACE, we provide ECR a exact, totally dynamic simulation surroundings to validate setup selections based mostly on top quality simulation knowledge, and to make growth processes extra environment friendly. Particularly contemplating the massive number of tracks IndyCar races on, demanding vastly completely different setups, and the very restricted observe time, it is a clear aggressive benefit.”
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