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Software helps build a 244-mph stock car.

Publication: Machine Design
Publication Date: 21-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Driver Russ Wicks with American Challenge Inc., Bellevue, Wash., recently set the world stock-car speed record by hitting 244.9 mph in a Nascar Daytona Series 2007 Dodge Charger on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This shattered the 222.623-mph record he set last year. Wicks credits software from Autodesk Inc., including online collaboration and design-review packages, for getting the car in shape for its run.

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