2006 BorgWarner Louis Schwitzer Award Winner
May 19 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The 40th annual
Louis Schwitzer Award honors Penske Racing, Inc. engineers Thomas
German, Justin Horning, and Tom Janiczek. The annual award
recipient is selected by engineers and presented to engineers for
innovative engineering excellence in the field of race car design.
Penske Racing, Inc. has successfully developed a method to quickly
adjust the rear wing angle on the race car during a pit stop. A
mechanism to permit movement of the wing was designed, as well as a
novel battery operated power tool that allows a tire changer to
make the adjustment within a two second window of opportunity. The
rear wing adjustor tool functions much like a cordless nut driver.
The device is a straight power tool, about 400mm long, and includes
commercially available components housed in a billet aluminum body
with a carbon fiber battery case. The device is self contained, and
the prescribed rotation is activated upon engagement with the wing
adjustor screw. The motor and clutch are sized to deliver
sufficient torque to move the wing in actual race conditions. This
prestigious award is sponsored by BorgWarner and presented by the
Indiana Section of SAE International in honor of early racing
pioneer and past Indiana Section Chairman Louis Schwitzer. This
year BorgWarner has doubled the winner's cash prize to $10,000. SAE
International has added a $1,000 scholarship to the engineering
school of the winners' choice, with a promise to double the
scholarship for any winners who were past Formula SAE participants.
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE:BWA) is a
product leader in highly engineered components and systems for
vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company
operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 62 locations in
17 countries. Customers include Ford, VW/Audi, DaimlerChrysler,
General Motors, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, Hyundai/Kia, Honda, BMW,
Caterpillar, Navistar International, and Peugeot. The Internet
address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/ . Statements
contained in this news release may contain forward-looking
statements as contemplated by the 1995 Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act that are based on management's current
expectations, estimates and projections. Words such as "expects,"
"anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates,"
variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to
identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which
are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the
Company, that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed, projected or implied in or by the forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties include: fluctuations in
domestic or foreign automotive production, the continued use of
outside suppliers by original equipment manufacturers, fluctuations
in demand for vehicles containing the Company's products, general
economic conditions, as well as other risks detailed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including the Risk Factors identified in the Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The Company does not undertake
any obligation to update any forward-looking statement. DATASOURCE:
BorgWarner Inc. CONTACT: Martha Avery of BorgWarner Inc.,
+1-317-275-2782 Web site: http://www.bwauto.com/
http://www.borgwarner.com/
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