Special Motorsports Event - PRI - Optimum G Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Seminar - The Perfect Tune-Up For Race Industry Week

ORLANDO, September 30, 2011: Long-time race engineer Claude Rouelle will bring his “Advanced Vehicle Dynamics & Data Acquisition” seminar to Orlando, Nov. 28-30, as an ideal tune-up for this year’s Race Industry Week.

The Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Seminar joins the AETC as one of two kick-off events to the largest-ever Race Industry Week - the week-long racing business extravaganza leading into this year’s PRI Trade Show.

The seminar is designed to help teams and designers not only learn about finding the correct setup, but also about understanding why a setup change is working or not working, and knowing how to quantify this advantage. It will aid in understanding how, why and how much certain factors affect vehicle behavior, rather than relying on experience and intuition.

“Racers around the world today are charged with two challenges, number one is to go faster – and number two is to do it more cost-effectively,” said Steve Lewis, PRI Trade Show producer. “Claude’s seminar is about how to find the best set-up possible, while knowing how to reduce the time and money spent to get there.”

Rouelle's career includes experience as technical advisor and manager on dozens of circuits and rallies, including the European Rally Championship, European Touring Car Championship, French Formula 3, Japanese F3000, Formula One and the CART series. In 1997, he created OptimumG, a consulting company that specializes in race car engineering and data acquisition through software development, consulting services and seminars.

Topics scheduled to be addressed in the three-day seminar include Tires; Aerodynamics; Kinematics; Steady state weight transfer; Shocks; Ride and transient weight transfers; Data acquisition; and Car design, tuning modification and chassis setup. There is a fee to attend.

The Optimum G Vehicle Dynamics seminar will join the AETC as the opening events for this year’s Race Industry Week. Overall, no less than six events will take place in conjunction with this year’s PRI Trade Show, which will run Dec. 1-3 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.

“With so many race teams, designers, parts builders and drivers coming to Orlando, it’s a terrific opportunity to be able to attend an event like the Vehicle Dynamics seminar while also attending the PRI Trade Show,” said Lewis. “It allows you to gather both new information on how to make your car go faster, as well as having access to the latest technological advances, all in one exhibit hall at one time.”