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May 23, 2019

Team Penske Uses 5G Video Transmission to Find Opportunities at Indy 500

Team Penske is one of the more decorated Indy 500 teams in recent years, having claimed two titles since 2015 and seven since 2000. As it prepares to compete at...

May 29, 2018

Indycar Strikes Data and Analytics Deal With Hookit

Indycar, the U.S.-based open-wheel racing series, announced a long-term partnership with Hookit that will make the analytics platform its official data supplier. As part of the deal, Hookit will supply analytics capabilities to both Indycar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which hosted the Indy 500 this past weekend and will host a leg of the […]

May 25, 2018

Salesforce Builds Analytics-Powered Indy 500 Experience

Salesforce, a provider of customer relationship management technology, will host an interactive experience this weekend at the Indy 500. The activation will provide fans with deep-dive analyses of historical driver and race data. Using the computing power of its Einstein Analytics product, Salesforce will enable fans to explore data from past Indy 500 races held […]

Mar 16, 2018

Indy 500 Winner Hired To Improve AI In Self-Driving Cars

As the human race slowly accepts artificially-intelligent, self-driving cars, it’d be nice to know they’re safe. Coast Autonomous is going to an extreme length to make sure of that. The creators of a range of self-driving vehicles have recruited one of the best drivers in history, Dario Franchitti. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner will serve […]

May 27, 2015

For First Time Indy 500 Telecast Used Tech To Show Driver’s Heart Rate And Calories Burned

In many ways, last Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 was a revisiting of past years—Juan Pablo Montoya won for the second time and the race was once again held at iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. However, this year’s 99th Indy 500 was the first to use some groundbreaking technology, which attempted to give the viewer a closer look […]