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NEWS: 2007 Champions using SM AeRodynamic Techniques and/or Wingshop wings

Congratulations are due to Steve Hartley on retaining his FIA Historic F1 World Championship crown for a second successive year. With the aerodynamics of the Arrows A6 Cosworth well sorted during 2006 with SM AeRodynamic Techniques' assistance, Steve was invincible in Class D again, and challenged for top overall positons against the ground effect cars at several races.

And many congratulations too to Ed Hollier on winning the British Hillclimb Leaders Championship in the OMS SC1 sports racer prepared by father Bob. The car was already running an SM Designs 183 dual element wing, but over the winter of 2006/07 the Holliers made a raft of aerodynamics improvements, based on SM AeRodynamic Techniques recommendations, and fitted a full house Hayabusa 1600cc engine with which to compete in the up to 2000cc sports libre class. Ed took a host of class wins and a few class records too along the way, as well as enduring a few bureaucratic headaches after an off at Prescott in mid-season. Well done for coming throuigh to a well deserved championship title.

Wing Shop wings and SM AeRodynamic Techniques selected by BBC TV's 'Top Gear' programme!

For its recent assault on the Britcar 24 hour at Silverstone on September 8/9th 2007, the BBC's Top Gear team contacted the Wing Shop to request a rear wing package to go on the BMW 330D for the event. And the splitter and wing concept came about from associate producer Grant Wardrop's researches in Simon McBeath's book, Competition Car Aerodynamics. The wing kit was delivered and fitted in double quick time by DJ Racecars to meet the incredibly tight timescale of the car build, and the splitter was also installed by DJ. Simon McBeath attended the first test on the Wednesday prior to the event to ensure the package was balanced to The Stig's liking (The Stig is the famous yet anonymous racing driver on the Top Gear Team) and wing tuning data was available. And DJ personnel were in attendance for the duration of the event. Team Top Gear finished third in class (out of five) and 39th overall out of the 60-odd cars that entered. Keep an eye out for the story when the new series of Top Gear returns to BBC Two in October 2007.

The Stig takes the BMW out for its first runs at Silverstone prior to the Britcar 24 Hours on September 8/9, 2007

Double British Hillclimb champion Graeme Wight Junior chose Wing Shop wings for his fantastic 3.0 V10 powered Predator. Now GW Racing is building the Raptor hillclimb racecar and is an SM-Designs licensed wing manufacturer, with wings becoming available from mid-2007.

Highly successful sports racer constructor Juno Racing uses SM Designs rear wings, manufactured by DJ Racecars.


*A Wing Shop* *three-element rear wing in the MIRA wind tunnel*	The Wing Shop designs racecar wings for motorsport and track day applications. Manufacturing in carbon composite is carried out by manufacturing partners DJ Racecars Ltd, ReVerie Ltd and, from mid-2007, GW Racing. *Also offered is a 'whole car' aerodynamics advisory service, known as SMART* (SM AeRodynamics Techniques...). Please browse this first page and go to the links on the left to discover more.**

	NEWS: 2007 Champions using SM AeRodynamic Techniques and/or Wingshop wings Congratulations are due to Steve Hartley on retaining his FIA Historic F1 World Championship crown for a second successive year. With the aerodynamics of the Arrows A6 Cosworth well sorted during 2006 with SM AeRodynamic Techniques' assistance, Steve was invincible in Class D again, and challenged for top overall positons against the ground effect cars at several races. And many congratulations too to Ed Hollier on winning the British Hillclimb Leaders Championship in the OMS SC1 sports racer prepared by father Bob. The car was already running an SM Designs 183 dual element wing, but over the winter of 2006/07 the Holliers made a raft of aerodynamics improvements, based on SM AeRodynamic Techniques recommendations, and fitted a full house Hayabusa 1600cc engine with which to compete in the up to 2000cc sports libre class. Ed took a host of class wins and a few class records too along the way, as well as enduring a few bureaucratic headaches after an off at Prescott in mid-season. Well done for coming throuigh to a well deserved championship title.
	Wing Shop wings and SM AeRodynamic Techniques selected by BBC TV's 'Top Gear' programme! For its recent assault on the Britcar 24 hour at Silverstone on September 8/9th 2007, the BBC's Top Gear team contacted the Wing Shop to request a rear wing package to go on the BMW 330D for the event. And the splitter and wing concept came about from associate producer Grant Wardrop's researches in Simon McBeath's book, Competition Car Aerodynamics. The wing kit was delivered and fitted in double quick time by DJ Racecars to meet the incredibly tight timescale of the car build, and the splitter was also installed by DJ. Simon McBeath attended the first test on the Wednesday prior to the event to ensure the package was balanced to The Stig's liking (The Stig is the famous yet anonymous racing driver on the Top Gear Team) and wing tuning data was available. And DJ personnel were in attendance for the duration of the event. Team Top Gear finished third in class (out of five) and 39th overall out of the 60-odd cars that entered. Keep an eye out for the story when the new series of Top Gear returns to BBC Two in October 2007.
		The Stig takes the BMW out for its first runs at Silverstone prior to the Britcar 24 Hours on September 8/9, 2007
	Top Gear's front man Jeremy Clarkson reckoned the rear wing was 'awesome'. Here he is telling The Stig he can't believe how much downforce is available! (OK, so we made the last bit up...)
	The wing profiles, designed by SM Designs's Simon McBeath ( author of "Competition Car Aerodynamics" ) have either been evaluated in the MIRA full scale wind tunnel, and/or by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Analysis of all this information has provided valuable technical support and development data. We also have university-based R & D projects enabling ongoing product improvement. And we are now using Fluent's Flowizard (TM) software for in-house mapping and development. NEW! Dowforce and drag data is now available. Please go to Facts and Figures and follow the link to aerofoil data. Wing Shop/SM Designs wings have won championships in single seater and sports racing categories as well as finding applications on track day and even road cars. In 2006 the Lotus Cadena Team won the British GT Championship with one of our wings, and many other Wing Shop customers can boast of wins and records as well as just plain old performance improvements! Also offered is a 'whole car' aerodynamics advisory service, known as SMART (SM AeRodynamics Techniques...). If you want to join the growing band of competitors who have found extra competitiveness by using this service, check out the Advice page. Get aerodynamic! Get SMART!!

	The DJ Firehawk, with DJ Racecars-manufactured SM-Designs wings. DJ has been manufacturing a range of our design wings since 1999, and can provide set ups to suit single seaters (front and rear), sports racers, saloons and sports cars. DJ is now tooled up to supply high downforce set ups to suit hillclimb and SCCA Autocross applications, developed by SM-Designs using FloWizard.	Double British Hillclimb champion Graeme Wight Junior chose Wing Shop wings for his fantastic 3.0 V10 powered Predator. Now GW Racing is building the Raptor hillclimb racecar and is an SM-Designs licensed wing manufacturer, with wings becoming available from mid-2007.

	ReVerie Ltd now makes wings designed by SM-Designs. These designs are exclusive to ReVerie and have been manufactured primarily as retro-fit items for Lotus Elise/Exige models. Available in a range of spans (widths), with either a curved (shown above) or straight planform shape (which could be deployed on most car makes), the single element design features an efficiency-enhancing end plate that makes a substantial reduction to aerodynamic drag with minimal effect on downforce. A dual element design is also available.	Highly successful sports racer constructor Juno Racing uses SM Designs rear wings, manufactured by DJ Racecars.
	These carbon composite aerofoils feature a market leading blend of strength, rigidity, lightness, damage-tolerance and aerodynamic performance, and as such offer excellent value for money. They also look great! So why shop anywhere else? Click on Facts for more information For sales and manufacturing enquiries, please see the Contacts pages and speak to one of our manufacturers to discuss your requirements in more detail. SM Designs can also help with advice on wing selection and deployment. Also check out our 'whole car' aerodynamics advisory service, SMART, on the Advice page.
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