Don Halliday (Don) is a veteran race car design engineer who has worked successfully in all levels of auto racing including Formula 1, Indycar, IRL, CART and Champcar since 1977. He currently is President of Halliday Technologies Inc., an automotive engineering company he founded in 1994, specializing in vehicle and roadway safety.
Halliday Technologies holds several patented designs in auto safety related areas, including the Grip Evaluation and Management (GEMTM) Device – a breakthrough technology that determines measurable levels of grip between individual tires and the road surface. This technology has been used in auto racing and by Firestone in the development of race tires. Halliday, in collaboration with Ohio DOT, also designed & developed the RT3TM, a device sold globally which measures roadway grip and tire performance. Applications of the device include winter road maintenance, tire performance evaluation and runway surface management. Currently the Swedish Road Administration is exclusively using the RT3TM for all related programs.
Don’s Inventions
| 1994 | Filed first patent for “System of Measuring Grip Performance of a Vehicle” - GEM™ |
| 2000 | Filed patent for “Measuring Liquid Volume in a High Acceleration Environment” |
| 2000 | Filed patent for “Measuring Bearing Load in Machinery particularly Petro-Chemical Equipment” - BLIS |
| 2003 | Filed patent for “Measuring Roadway Grip & Runway Friction” – RT3™ |
| 2007 | Filed patent for various road car safety enhancements and a method for a vehicle to read road grip |
Halliday Racing Career
| 2012 | Chief Engineer – AJ Foyt Racing |
| 2011 | Chief Engineer – Dale Coyne Racing |
| 2007 – 2009 | Chief Engineer – Newman Wachs Racing |
| 2004 – 2006 | Chief Engineer – Team Rahal/Letterman |
| 2003 | Chief Engineer Team Rahal/Letterman with driver Kenny Brack |
| 2000 – 2001 | Chief Engineer – Team Rahal with driver Kenny Brack |
| 1998 – 1999 | Technical Director – Team KOOL Green with drivers Dario Franchitti & Paul Tracy |
| 1994 – 1997 | Director of Engineering – Tasman Motorsports Group with driver Andre Ribeiro |
| 1993 | Chief Designer – Team Rahal for Rahal/Honda Indy car |
| 1989 – 1992 | Chief Designer – Truesports Racing – designer of Truesports Indy car |
| 1987 – 1988 | Team Owner – European F3000 as Barcelona MR (sponsorship requirement) |
| 1985 – 1986 | Chief Designer – Kraco Racing – designer of Kraco Indy car |
| 1982 – 1984 | Race Engineer/Assistant Designer – Brabham & ATS Formula One Teams |
| 1980 – 1981 | Chief Engineer Group 6 Sports Car team for Alan DeCadenet |
| 1977 – 1979 | Worked for McLaren Formula One Team |
| 1977 | Winner of New Zealand Formula Vee Championship in a car he designed and drove |