TRD and Microsoft work designing touch applications using Windows 8. This application will be used first in the circuit Daytona Florida this weekend, as revealed Erwin Visser, general manager of Windows commercial marketing at Microsoft. Microsoft and TRD team will look at how the Trackside application, can improve the performance of the drivers and team Toyota at NASCAR races.
If before, the driver, crew chief and team engineer must record the racing performance data with the software on the laptop. Therefore drivers must stop and got out of the car racing to analyze the results and explain what is happening in the circuit.
With Trackside application, data can be obtained easily and then distributed to the entire team in real time. Thus, mechanics can more quickly make adjustments / fine-tuning the race car to improve performance. Data was also crew chief and driver used to analyze and explore data so that appropriate strategies can be taken while on the track.
"Trackside operates in SurfacePro, means more time spent on the circuit and less time spent talking," said Steve Wickham, vice president of operations TRD chassis. "The team can more quickly return to the circuit, thus giving more time to determine the most optimal racing car setup. By utilizing the advancement in technology, we can collect data more quickly, which translates into faster cars on the circuit, "he said.
