{"id":1820,"date":"2009-06-04T00:16:24","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T07:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/NASCAR-Analysis-RP-amp-PLM-at-Hendrick-Motorsports\/ba-p\/333958"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:12:45","slug":"nascar-analysis-rp-plm-at-hendrick-motorsports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/nascar-analysis-rp-plm-at-hendrick-motorsports\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Analysis, RP &#038; PLM at Hendrick Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Jim Wall, director of engine engineering at Hendrick Motorsports, presented at PLM Connection on analysis and PLM in NASCAR.<BR \/><BR \/>I caught up with him after his presentation for this <A href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jqXkceTn4yg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">video clip<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/><IFRAME width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jqXkceTn4yg\"><\/IFRAME><BR \/><BR \/>Jim noted that one of the biggest design challenges they face is \u201ckeeping up with the pace of change\u201d to be a winning team.<BR \/><BR \/>One of the more interesting parts of his presentation was the use of stereolithography rapid prototyping. They produce a full scale resin V8 engine that can fire.<BR \/><BR \/>He noted that there is so much data created in their business that a big challenge is to manage that data along with the \u201ctechnical memory\u201d of their team. They leverage a wireless Teamcenter web client that allows them to record an issue right on the track that instantly creates a workflow so they can begin improvements as soon as possible.<BR \/><BR \/>Some compelling stats:<BR \/><UL>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>600 engine builds\/year<\/LI><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>71 CAD users<\/LI><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>237 PDM users<\/LI><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>37 GB data vault<\/LI><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>2,200 problem reports<\/LI><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/>\t<LI>(see more on <A href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/SiemensPLM\/analysis-plm-at-hendrick-motorsports\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">slide 8 via SlideShare<\/A> below)<\/LI><BR \/><DIV id=\"__ss_1530852\" style=\"width: 425px;text-align: left\"><A title=\"Analysis &amp; PLM at Hendrick Motorsports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/SiemensPLM\/analysis-plm-at-hendrick-motorsports?type=powerpoint\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Analysis &amp; PLM at Hendrick Motorsports<\/A><BR \/><DIV style=\"font-size: 11px;padding-top: 2px;font-family: tahoma,arial;height: 26px\">View more <A href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">OpenOffice presentations<\/A> from <A href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/SiemensPLM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SiemensPLM<\/A>.<\/DIV><BR \/><\/DIV><\/UL><BR \/><\/P><DIV id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:154b3b98-0eed-4389-84f8-faf23987ca40\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\" style=\"padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;float: none;padding-bottom: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/plmconx\">plmconx<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/PLM+Connection\">PLM Connection<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Siemens+PLM\">Siemens PLM<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/PLM+World\">PLM World<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hendrick\">Hendrick<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/NASCAR\">NASCAR<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/SLA\">SLA<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/RP\">RP<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Teamcenter\">Teamcenter<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/NX\">NX<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Jim+Wall\">Jim Wall<\/A><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Wall, director of engine engineering at Hendrick Motorsports, presented at PLM Connection on analysis and PLM in NASCAR.    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