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San
Diego, August 17, 2000 – JBA and its 2001 Ford Focus
set a new land speed record for G-Production vehicles when
it averaged 141.803 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in
Utah.
On
its final run on the fourth day of racing during Speed Week,
the JBA Racing Ford team succeeded in breaking the second
oldest standing record at Bonneville, set back in 1973 by
a rotary-powered Mazda. Piloted by driver Bruce Tucker,
the Focus set a new class record in G-Production.
JBA
Automotive, the engineering arm of JBA Headers and a subsidiary
of Automotive Engineered Products, Inc., developed the 2001
Ford Focus station wagon for competition in this year's
Bonneville time trials. Working together with Ford Motor
Company, the program demonstrates the performance potential
of the new Focus platform and showcases the new products
currently available from JBA and other automotive aftermarket
manufacturers and suppliers.
“We
are very excited about the record set yesterday morning,”
said J. Bittle, President of JBA. “It is important
that we were able to demonstrate the capabilities of our
products. We look forward to going back and reengineering
our Focus for competition in higher speed classes for 2001.”
JBA,
for 15 years a mainstay in the domestic V8 market, entered
the small vehicle market with an aggressive development
program to offer street legal performance products to the
public. This program has yielded many new components and
systems that owners can use to personalize their vehicles.
JBA products are available across the United States and
Canada.
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