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This method involves using the Lagrange multiplier form of the constrained equations of motion to assemble a set of differential algebraic equations that characterize each model's dynamic response. The response of these models to a band-limited random tire displacement time array is then simulated using a Hilber-Hughes-Taylor integrator. The models are constructed to match the dynamic response of a state-of-the-art quarter-car test rig that was designed, constructed, and installed at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) for the Performance Engineering Research Lab (PERL). Attached to the experimental quarter-car rig was the front left McPherson strut suspension from a 2004 Porsche 996 Grand American Cup GS Class race car. This quarter-car rig facilitated acquisition of the experimental reference data to which the simulated data is compared. After developing these models their optimal parameters are obtained by performing system identification. 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