Technical Session Schedule

Wednesday, April 17

Panel Discussion: Does Motor Sports have an Relevance to the Automobile Industry Today? If so, what is it?
(Session Code: MSEC100)

Room M3-32  2:00 p.m.

This is an ongoing question, particularly in the era of tight budgets and intense competition within the industry. Other factors are now in play, such as the challenging future fuel economy requirements and the ongoing interest in hybrids and electric vehicles. This is compounded by the desire for cost containment trend within motor sports and the entry of hybrid race cars from both Audi and Toyota in the 2012 Le Mans Endurance race.

Organizers - Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering Univ.; David A. Finch, Raetech Corp.; Raymond Leto, TotalSim LLC; Wiley R. McCoy, McLaren Performance Technologies; Thomas N. Ramsay, Honda R&D Americas Inc.; Michael Royce; J. Kirk Russell, Performance Events Promotion LLC; H. Robert (Bob) Welge, Robert's Engineering Development
Moderators - John McElroy, Blue Sky Productions
Panelists -
Jamie Allison, Ford North America Motorsports
Scot Elkins, IMSA
Ralph Gilles, Chrysler Corp.
Robert Larsen, OboTech. LLC
Pete Spence, Toyota Racing Development USA

Planned by Motorsports Engineering Activity / EMB Land and Sea Group