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Further increasing its motorsport commitment, the Blue Oval cut the ribbon off an all-new technical support facility in Concord, North Carolina, which will serve as a center for teams to develop and test their race cars for competition.
With a 33,000 square-foot building footprint, the facility is an investment in advanced Ford Racing technical tools and solutions, providing enhanced support for the broad array of teams competing in NASCAR, the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, NHRA and IMSA, Rally and Global RallyCross series.
Expected to be fully operational until the end of August, the state-of-the-art facility will also support the development of next generation Ford performance vehicles thanks to its wide array of specialized tools and performance know-how.
“Motorsports and product development at Ford are interlinked, and this new center will house advanced tools that will serve both our race teams and the development of future Ford performance vehicles,” declared Raj Nair, group vice president of Ford global product development.
The building's centerpiece is represented by a full-motion platform simulator inspired by the ones used in Formula 1. Ford Racing teams will have the possibility to optimize their setups for individual track configurations, while drivers can practice realistic driving conditions on a circuit ahead of an upcoming race weekend.
Ford's new technology center will also serve as a parts distribution warehouse. Various pieces of precision test equipment include a kinematics machine, chassis torsional twist rig, vehicle center of gravity machine and a coordinate measurement machine.
Expected to be fully operational until the end of August, the state-of-the-art facility will also support the development of next generation Ford performance vehicles thanks to its wide array of specialized tools and performance know-how.
“Motorsports and product development at Ford are interlinked, and this new center will house advanced tools that will serve both our race teams and the development of future Ford performance vehicles,” declared Raj Nair, group vice president of Ford global product development.
The building's centerpiece is represented by a full-motion platform simulator inspired by the ones used in Formula 1. Ford Racing teams will have the possibility to optimize their setups for individual track configurations, while drivers can practice realistic driving conditions on a circuit ahead of an upcoming race weekend.
Ford's new technology center will also serve as a parts distribution warehouse. Various pieces of precision test equipment include a kinematics machine, chassis torsional twist rig, vehicle center of gravity machine and a coordinate measurement machine.
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