BorgWarner Morse TEC Chain Drives Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 Winners To Championship Performances

CHICAGO, May 28 Sunday marked a championship day for BorgWarner. The company's Morse TEC group designed and produced the high-durability timing drive chains on the winning cars driven by Helio Castroneves in the Indianapolis 500 and Mark Martin in the Coca-Cola 600.

Roush Industries and BorgWarner Morse TEC combined efforts to develop the new-generation multi-indexing Hy-Vo® timing chain set, the latest application of a design that is typically used on global OEM and front-wheel and four-wheel drive transmission and transfer case chain applications. The 9600 chain is twice as strong as a standard production-style roller chain and three times as strong as a timing belt, addressing the durability challenges that race teams have with traditional timing systems. In addition, the efficiency and low friction of the 9600 rocker joint chain at the high RPM of race engines provides more horsepower as well as fuel economy advantages.

The 26 cars powered by Chevrolet IRL engines in Sunday's Indy 500 race were also equipped with the Morse TEC Hy-Vo® 9600 rocker joint chain. Mark Martin's car was powered by a Ford 5.8L NASCAR Winston Cup engine.