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Or Maybe You Get All ThreeĬost sensitivity isn’t just a feature of spec-racing, it’s a central factor. Yeah, the instrument panel isn’t our responsibility, but we’re there to help wherever we can.” Our engineer was able to get the panel up and running in time for the session. “Recently one of the teams had the instrument panel on its car go blank on the false grid. White cited as an example the integration of Ind圜ar’s timing service with a more helpful formatting that AER makes available to the teams. “Each year we have noticed the quality of service getting better and the communication is more efficient.” “AER has really stepped up their customer service and support for our team throughout the past two seasons,” said Ricardo Juncos, whose Juncos Racing team is the defending Indy Lights champions. “We don’t just look after the engines in isolation, but provide broader support.” “We take a systems engineering approach,” White said. Today there are five engineers working out of a fully-equipped technical support trailer. White noted that during the 2015 season AER’s trackside engineers were based in the Andersen Promotions transporter. (Series owner and promoter) Dan Andersen and his team have been terrific partners for us to work with and we see how sensitive they are to the needs of the teams and drivers.” But we couldn’t have done that on our own. “Over the past four years those relationships have grown stronger and that is reflected in the engine and the quality of trackside service we are able to provide.

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“The key to AER’s long-term success is our working relationship with the series and the teams,” said Mike White, the company’s North American Programs Manager. In addition no team has filed a “down-on-power” report. And in the three and a half seasons that AER has been involved, the engine program continues to strengthen, as evidenced so far in the 2018 season with 21,000 miles of usage and zero loss of track time to any engine-related technical matters. The series has seen its past five champions graduate to the Verizon Ind圜ar Series, with 25 of the 33 starters in the 2018 Indy 500 being Indy Lights graduates. Developing and manufacturing the engine is just the start.ĪER is in the fourth season of supplying its Mazda MZR-R turbocharged 2-liter four-cylinder for the Dallara IL-15 chassis used in the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires series, the top rung of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder. It’s far different and more complicated of course in the real world of racing. BASILDON, ESSEX (24 July, 2018) – On the face of it, being the engine supplier for a spec racing series ought to be a simple proposition: Build the requisite number of engines, ship them to the series organizer, supply at-track support and freshen up the engines at the specified mileage.