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JMS racing was started in 1973
by founder and President Don Johnson in the rear of a NAPA parts
store. While attaining his degree in mechanical engineering
Don toured the country racing boats in the Grand National division.
He was joined by his oldest son Mike in 1974 and again by his
youngest son David in 1975. They moved their shop in 1978 to
a 2000ft facility and acquired new equipment and expanded their
customer base. Five years later they again moved to a 7000ft.
facility and again expanded the machining capabilities of the
business. In 1994 they moved to the 1500ft facility they now
reside in. At this time they added state of the art equipment
including a new 1500 horsepower DTS dyno and cell. JMS is now
capable of doing all machining in house. "We are one of
the few shops in the country that doesn't send any part of an
engine out" states Mike Johnson. JMS now does machine
work for some of the top engine builders in the state.. "By
dealing with other builders we can relate a lot of the new technology
out there and it speeds up the R&D process."
For the last 25 years, JMS has
been building some top engines in the country. Bonneville speed
records, NHRA national event winners, and in 1998 they helped
Butch Gilliland win the Winston West Championship. Also, in 1998
they built and tuned Keith Clark to win the IRRRA road racing
stock car championship. To win two championships in one year
was not only a lot of work, but also very satisfying. The crew
at JMS takes great pride in their workmanship and tends to stay
for long periods of time. JMS doesn't just build engines for
the track, they build high-end engines for street rods, boats
and motor homes. JMS has the years of experience to engineer
custom engine programs for just about any engine application
known. If you have an engine program that you would like help
on, feel free to email or fax JMS with your questions and they
will try to help any way they can.
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