Latest Jerico® News:
July, 2003 - Jerico Gets a 5-Axis CNC Machine
 Everyone knows that CNC machines are used in state-of-the art machine processes. They allow input from programs and do most of their work automatically. These machines vary vastly from 1 to 7 axis - each axis representing a direction in which the cutter can move. For example, if a drill bit can move up and down along the Z-axis, that's one axis (not really of much use, but a good example). If the drill bit can move up and down the x-axis and rotate about it, then you have a two axis machine. In our case with the 5-axis Haas 710 IPM, we are allowed to move up and down X,Y and Z and two rotary directions. This allows us great freedom in producing some of the best high-performance parts around.
June, 2003 - Jerico to be at PRI Trade Show in Indianapolis
At Jerico, we like to show off our innovative racing 2, 3, 4, and 5 speed transmissions and driveline products at trade shows around the world. This year will be no exception. Having won the coveted Circle Track Racing Expo's New Product Showcase Award in 1999, there's sure to be products there that will shift your attention. The show will take place in the Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN from December 5, to December 7, 2002. We will be located in the three booths where we've been at this event for the last several years: booths 1934, 1936 and 1938. Please stop by and gaze at our transmissions for a while!
May, 2003 - Take a Virtual Tour of Jerico Performance
The Jerico facility in Concord, NC allows our machinists and technicians the space to produce the
winningest transmissions in Winston Cup. Click HERE to take a picture tour.
April, 2002 - Jimmy Spencer Never Forgets to Visit Jerico
Jimmy spencer a.k.a. "Mr. Excitement" stopped in during one of his few race-free weeks to pay a visit to Jerry Hemmingson (left) and Bob Park (right).
March, 2002 - Jerico Shows Presence at Gator Nationals
This 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier piloted by Jerry Hemmingson posted a scorching 7.19 second, 190.23 mph 1/4 mile run in Gainsville Florida. Jerry shifts with a clutchless air-actuated 5-speed. He also builds his engines in-house.
Thunder Road Museum Poised to Open In Dawsonville, GA
From steel and concrete to an incredible state of the art motorsports attraction, Thunder Road USA is racing toward the finish line. The newest and most exciting attraction ever to speed into Georgia - Thunder Road USA -Georgia’s Official Racing Hall of Fame will be opening soon!
Dan Elliot is the director of marketing for the museum. Check it out! www.thunderroadusa.com
February, 2002 - Check out the new 2, 3 and 4 speed Oval Racing Transmission Catalog!
November, 2001 -
Jerico® Opens Racing Driveline Service Center
Put our powertrain knowledge to work for you.
Service to match our products -
Jerico Performance products is proud to announce it has opened a new Racing Driveline Service Center. Now race teams can have at hand all the full service operations of a dedicated transmission
and gear shop, without the costly expenses of overhead for people, parts, shop space, and turnaround time. The start-up and business costs of an in-house transmission and gear shop are substantial, but Jerico can now
supply teams a cost-effective and timely alternative backed by our 35 years of motorsports powertrain experience.
Who could know the inspection, repair, and maintenance of power management products like our transmissions, better than the experts who design and manufacture them? No one.
And now our powertrain expertise is available to keep your Jerico transmissions and 9-inch third members race-ready at a very
reasonable cost. We can service single units, or schedule a regular service agreement contract for all of a team's weekly requirements
to keep powertrain parts ready without downtime.
To bring our new racing driveline service to race teams we've hired two of the most experienced powertrain men in motorsports.
Veteran racer Bob Park manages the staff of our new Racing Driveline Service Center. Bob has over 35 years experience
in the OEM and racing industry ranging from racing and winning in Modifieds, managing race teams, and being
the father of Winston Cup racer Steve Park. We've also hired famed and respected Winston Cup crewchief and winning engine builder Waddell Wilson to be our field representative.
Waddell is our point man who will work directly with teams to oversee nearly 75 years of racing and winning, and they are as hands-on
as any racer can be. Each delivers the same, no compromising commitment to keeping your powertrain parts in peak condition as we do when we
first manufacture them.
Trust all your Jerico transmission and 9-inch third member service needs to the Jerico Racing Driveline
Service Center because it has the specialists, inventory, expertise, and dedication
required to keep them ready for winning. Put our powertrain knowledge to work for you now.
May, 2001 - New Products!
December, 2000 - Gibbs Racing Claims Championship!
Congratulations to all of Joe Gibbs Racing and Bobby LaBonte for winning the 2000 Championship!
It has been an awesome year for us too, here at Jerico®. Out of 35 WC Races, 23 wins were with our Jerico Transmission. We have so many people to thank for making our Jerico Transmission their choice. Thanks, we have truly been blessed!
-Jerry and Cheryl
October 20th, 2000 - Jerico® the Official ASCAR Transmission!
The official ASCAR press release:
We have selected Jerico® as the official transmission for the new ASCAR World
Stock Car Series and I am confident that we have the best product and backup support on the market. Jerico
® has powered so many winning race cars that the decision was really quite simple,
if I wanted piece of mind in my choice of an exclusive transmission for ASCAR, it had to be Jerico
®, anything else would have been a compromise.
Mike Schmidt
ASCAR Managing Director
October 3rd, 2000 - Zeiss CMM
Our new Zeiss Contura CMM has arrived! We are VERY excited about this new instrument, pictures of it can be seen HERE.
September 18th, 2000 - Wadell Wilson
Jerico®
Performance Products is proud to announce legendary Winston Cup championship crew chief and team manager;
Wadell Wilson has joined the Jerico® staff.
Wadell's decades of successful hands-on experience in racing's toughest divisions afford him a clear
understanding of what it takes to win in modern racing. His unique blend of experience and understanding
will allow Wadell to work closely with race teams to ensure they are getting the products and services they need to succeed.
Jerico® Performance Products has always strived to bring the finest in products
and services to their customers. The addition of Wadell Wilson adds an unprecedented level of expertise to our customer
service that reaffirms Jerico's role as the leader in top-quality racing transmissions. Wadell Wilson will work out of
Jerico's® Concord, North Carolina facility. Jerico®
Performance Products has been the undisputed leader in racing transmission innovation and production. With the lowest frictional
losses, lowest rotating weight, smoothest, most positive shifting and legendary reliability, Jerico
® transmissions have been the choice of winners and champions for over 20 years.
July 5th, 2000 - AARRF Announcement
This from Christopher Baye, AARRF Executive Director:
"The All American Road Racing Federation is pleased to announce the selection of Jerico Performance Products
® as the exclusive supplier of dog ring and straight-cut gear transmissions to the AARRF
Series. Part of the AARRF vision is affordability. By giving [our] competitors the option of selecting the Jerico
® transmission. We give them the ability to save money and gain flexibility by using the
most reliable transmission available in the high performance marketplace. The Jerico transmission gives our competitors the peace
of mind and confidence in their equipment that wins races!"
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