Case Study: Richard Petty Motorsports achieves 50% faster design-to-track turnaround with Dassault Systèmes PLM (CATIA, ENOVIA SmarTeam, DELMIA)

Speeds new designs to the track 50% faster with Dassault Systèmes PLM

Richard Petty Motorsports, a four‑team NASCAR outfit formed in 2008, needed powerful 3D tools to speed virtual design, engineering and manufacturing so it could react instantly to rule changes and shorten development cycles. To meet that challenge the team adopted Dassault Systemes PLM solutions, notably CATIA, ENOVIA SmarTeam and DELMIA.

Dassault Systemes delivered an integrated PLM environment—CATIA for 3D modeling and FEA, ENOVIA SmarTeam for data and project management, and DELMIA for robotic welding simulation and programming—enabling rapid iteration, CNC programming and knowledge reuse. As a result, Richard Petty Motorsports cut development cycle times by about 50%, reduced robot programming time by 40–50%, avoided data translation issues with OEM models, and accelerated time‑to‑track while improving fit, analysis and manufacturing repeatability.

Richard Petty Motorsports

Kelton Sprinkle

Design/Manufacturing Engineer