Dallara highlights engineering, aerospace and education partnerships in Speedway
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Summary
Stefano Deponte, CEO of Dallara IndyCar, told the Town of Speedway’s state-of-the-town audience the company has expanded local engineering and manufacturing work, signed a Purdue partnership for motorsports engineering education and is pursuing aerospace and esports projects tied to its Speedway facility.
Dallara IndyCar CEO Stefano Deponte detailed 15 years of local growth and new partnerships at the Town of Speedway’s state-of-the-town address, saying the company now performs engineering, technical support and some manufacturing for major motorsports series in North America out of its Speedway building.
Why it matters: Deponte said the company’s work in Speedway has moved from distribution and parts to design and manufacturing, creating local engineering jobs and drawing partnerships with universities and other industries that the speaker said leverage skills developed in motorsports.
Deponte told attendees Dallara has transferred engineering and some manufacturing work from Italy to its Speedway facility and now supports IndyCar, Indy Lights, NASCAR and IMSA. “In 02/2025 in this building, we are taking care for engineering. So that means designing, technical support, and manufacturing of all the motorsports in North America racing series,” Deponte said. He added Dallara has engaged with two major manufacturers “including Cadillac and BMW.”
Deponte said the company is expanding beyond racing into aerospace and defense work. “We are designing a building component for the Dragon 9 capsule of SpaceX in behind this building,” he said, noting that work must comply with export-control rules (ITAR) and that both aerospace components and defense seating work are being done at the Speedway site.
The CEO announced local educational and esports partnerships. Deponte said Dallara will host a Purdue University motorsports engineering course starting summer 2025 and described a partnership with European esports firm AK Esports to create an academy and simulator-based programs tied to education and competition.
Deponte thanked the town and residents for support and said the company has approved further investments to expand internal engineering and technician work at the Speedway location; he described that plan as “approved lately” and said the company is “looking forward to start on that.”
Ending: Deponte closed by urging the town to continue hosting future events at the Dallara facility and thanked Speedway residents for their support.
