Case Study: Team Penske achieves faster development and race-winning performance with Proto3000

Team Penske uses Additive Manufacturing to Boost the Performance of their Vehicles

Team Penske, the championship-winning racing organization, needed to shave development time and extract more performance from their cars faster than competitors. To accelerate innovation and shorten design-to-track cycles they partnered with Proto3000, deploying additive manufacturing/3D printing solutions (including FDM and PolyJet technologies) across wind-tunnel models, jigs and fixtures, composite tooling and on-car components.

Proto3000’s 3D printing program let engineers rapidly print, test and iterate multiple designs, enabling parts that were once prototypes to be used directly in competition — for example, a printed carbon monoxide filter originally intended for carbon fiber. The result was faster iteration and time-to-track, increased design freedom and reliable, race-ready components, giving Team Penske a measurable competitive advantage through shorter development cycles and quicker car updates.

Team Penske

Tim Cindric

President