DETROIT, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SAE is pleased to announce that Two-time
CART FedEx Series Champion and Winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500, Gil de
Ferran, has been confirmed as a speaker in the SAE 2004 World Congress, to be
held at Cobo Center in Detroit, MI, March 8-11.
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The charismatic Brazilian native will join an all-star group of racing
experts in a session entitled "Passion for Performance" - The Transfer of
Technology from Racing to High Performance Cars, to be held on Tuesday, March
9, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. in the Dana Technical Innovation Forum, part of the SAE
World Congress Exhibition. The session will examine the synergies between
motorsports and commercial vehicle engineering and will highlight the impact
of racing technology on production vehicles.
The session will be moderated by Peter Schoeggl, AVL LIST GmbH, and will
include the following panelists:
- Jeff Carter, Marketing Director - Europe,
- Dana Glacier, Vandervell Bearing;
- Herbert A. Fishel, CEO, Business of Motorsports;
- Andrew L. Randolph, Director, Engine Development, Hendrick Motorsports;
- Peter W. Spence, VP & Technical Director, Toyota Racing Development;
- Gil de Ferran, Retired racing champion
Additional information pertaining to this program and all of the
proceedings at the SAE World Congress is available at http://www.sae.org/congress .
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