NASCAR Mobile Technology Center Debuts At NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge

NASCAR Mobile Technology Center Debuts At NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge

NASCAR will introduce a new state of the art Mobile Technology Center (MTC) during the running of the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, Saturday, May 20 (FX, 7:00 p.m.). The NASCAR MTC will serve as the ongoing at-track home base for NASCAR’s Timing and Scoring system and provide a platform to launch additional technology initiatives. The MTC – a data center on wheels – establishes a consistent high-tech work space for NASCAR to collect and process timing and scoring data and opens up opportunities for continuous technological advancement within the sport. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), the Official Technology Partner of NASCAR and Tissot, the Official Timekeeper of NASCAR, are consulting with NASCAR to refine its timing and scoring system with an eye toward integrating each company’s advanced technology.

In addition to the role the MTC will play in timing and scoring, NASCAR plans to explore the impact this new technology could have on ongoing safety, competition, and cost-saving initiatives at NASCAR’s Research and Development Center; streamlining and improving the security of the event-credentialing process; serving as the hub for NASCAR’s race-day statistical unit; and deploying new scanning and computer modeling technology that could expedite and advance the inspection process.

The MTC hauler, branded with the logos of AMD and Tissot, will be situated in the TV compound at each NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series event. An additional hauler is currently under construction that will be utilized at NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series stand-alone events. “The Mobile Technology Center will serve as NASCAR’s at-track technology hub, and we’re excited about all of the opportunities it will provide in advancing our sport,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president for competition. “The MTC gives us a starting point for improving the systems providing accurate and immediate race data, processing that data for more sophisticated NASCAR statistics, announcing results, and sharing race information with fans and media. At the track, the MTC will help NASCAR to operate even more efficiently.”

AMD helps improve NASCAR’s official timing and scoring systems by powering the servers that process more than a half million data points at each NASCAR race, providing accurate results as quickly as possible. Within the MTC, more than 40 AMD Opteron™ processor-based servers and AMD Turion™ 64 Mobile Technology-based laptops provide for quicker timing and scoring updates and help enhance the NASCAR experience for the drivers, teams and fans.

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