Truck racing has long been popular in Europe, where a host of manufacturers, including ZF and Caterpillar, sponsor trucks. Truck racing will give component and vehicle manufacturers practical experience in developing and perfecting better truck aerodynamics, safety systems and stress analysis for weight reduction in Class 8 trucks. All of these systems will improve as a result of racing Wolfgang Schmidt, marketing director, ZF, agrees. Trucking has long suffered from an image problem. Now more than ever, thanks to economic factors, it needs a boost.
Truck racing is a good way to show the public that trucking is vibrant and vital to our society.
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