Transmission Technologies in Motorsport

Transmission Technologies in Motorsport

Every bit of delay in gear shifting can cost racers the victory. Therefore, engineers involved in the process of the transmission development for racing cars frequently come up with unusual solutions to gain competitive advantage. In this section, you will learn about Racing Transmissions, Performance Torque Converters, Lubricants, Transmission Parts, and other peculiar technologies implemented in racing cars.


It is hard to believe that a modern racing car, breaking records in one of the most entertaining race series, owes its transmission design to a unit that was installed in the road car back in the '50s. But don’t be surprised because we are talking about NASCAR, where the only allowed transmission solutions still have to look like a legendary BW ST10, firstly used by GM more than six decades ago.