Red Bull Cheever Racing and Cisco Systems, Inc. have developed a new wireless and Voice over IP (VoIP) technology, which seeks to push the No. 51 Toyota powered Dallara driven by Alex Barron and the No. 83 Toyota/Dallara driven by Patrick Carpentier into victory lane.
source: redbullcheeverracing.com "Cisco is changing the way our team communicates and analyzes data," said Eddie Cheever Jr., owner of the Red Bull Cheever Racing team. "For example, using the Cisco solution at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, we were able to get nearly double the amount of coverage in the transmission of data from the car to the engineers in one lap around the track compared to any other team." Greg Akers, Senior Vice President of Cisco's Global Government Solutions Group, echoes Cheever's excitement about the new technology. "Cisco is excited to be teaming with Red Bull Cheever Racing to bring this first-of-its-kind technology solution to IndyCars," he said. "By utilizing Cisco wireless and VoIP technology, Red Bull Cheever Racing can be more mobile, have real-time access to data, and finally, optimize its race car performance." In the past, on larger race tracks like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, much of the data that was transmitted to the engineers and mechanics would get lost because of the shear size of the data and the lack of range the technology possessed. "If before we could extract three telephones books worth of data, now we're extracting about thirty," said Cheever. "This complete footprint of the track means we get crucial information when it happens, without delay."
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