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September 14, 2010

SAVE MONEY ON REPAIRS AND GET FREE TECHNICAL INFORMATION AT UPCOMING OCTOBER EVENTS!

J.W. Performance Transmission is preparing for a very busy October event schedule.  J.W. Performance hits the Northeastern United States to meet with street enthusiasts and drag racers at the  NHRA Toyo Tire Nationals held October 7th to 10th.  J.W. Performance distributor Lee’s Speed Shop and Tracy Winters, Vice President of Sales and Marketing will be on site at Hyatt Racing Services display trailer to provide technical, sales and racer support services.   The following weekend begins the busy Florida racer support schedule at Bradenton Motorsports Park for the Outlaw 10.5 Radial Tire Championship October 15th to 17th.   Car enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see J.W. Performance Transmission founder, John Winters restored 1967 Camaro at the Hot Rockin Nights Car show on October 23rd.  The last weekend of October brings lots of fun events will take place including the World Street Nationals held in Orlando, Florida October 29th to 31st, Grace Fellowship Car Show held in Rockledge, Florida on October 30th where John Winters Sr. will provide a technical seminar on the J.W. Performance torque converters and finally J.W. staff will be on hand Saturday evening at the popular Mudi-Gras event held in St. Cloud, Florida.  You can save money by dropping of transmission and torque converter repairs at the October 15-17th event held in Bradenton, Florida; October 23rd event held in Rockledge, Florida and the October 29th to 31st held in Orlando, Florida.  Plus, transmission rebuilders will be on site to assist customers with transmission repairs at these events.  

JOIN J.W. PERFORMANCE AT THE ACTION PACKED UPCOMING NHRA US NATIONALS!

J.W. Performance Transmission will be present at the NHRA US Nationals to visit with spectators, racers and J.W. car enthusiasts.  This event will be packed with activities including the drawing for a free Roy Hill Drag Racing School on Saturday, September 4, 2010.  The winner will receive one day free of the dial in bracket car school free.   Entrants must be 16 years or older. At this event a free technical guide on how a torque converter works and a torque converter selection guide to help you select the right torque converter for your combination. Plus, you can get a recommendation from John Winters Sr. on your torque converter at this event.   J.W. Performance Transmission will participate in the treasure hunt hosted by NHRA.  Winners of the Saturday and Sunday treasurer hunt contest can win a $200 J.W. Performance Transmission gift certificate, J.W. Performance log book and J.W. Performance hat.  Last but not least spectators, racers and car enthusiasts will have the rare opportunity to meet J.W. Performance Transmission founder, John Winters Sr.. Friday through Monday at J.W. Performance Transmission racer support trailer.  The J.W. Performance Transmission racer support trailer will be located on the sportsman side of the facility.   

July 30, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE JOINS FACEBOOK!

J.W. Performance Transmission Inc. has now joined FACEBOOK.  The FACEBOOK page will be a means of providing education to the end user and warehouse distributor on the various product lines.  One specific product line will be focused on each month with educational information on the applications available for this product line.  A technical tip will be included for the specific product line featured.  During the month of August, “Ultra-Case” transmissions will be featured and during the month of September, Competition race torque converters will be featured.  Check out our FACEBOOK page and find out more.  

July 6, 2010

Tim Butler takes the third straight win at Bradenton Motorsports Park  bracket E.T. events.  Over the past month Butler has earned over $4,000 bracket racing at Bradenton Motorsports Park.  Butler is a veteran racer and relied on J.W. Performance Transmissions products since the mid 1990’s.  Butler is equipped with a complete J.W. Performance Transmissions drive train unit.

J.W. PERFORMANCE CELEBRATES FLORIDA RACERS IN JUNE AND JULY

During the month of June and July J.W. Performance Transmissions celebrates Florida racers with gift certificates offered at local tracks during these months and a 10% discounts off labor and parts for torque converter and transmission rebuilds.  This discount is only offered to Florida residents and end December 1st, 2010.  Certificates will be given out on June 26th at Bradenton Motorsports Park, Immokalee Regional Raceway and Gainesville Raceway on June 26th.  While, certificates will be given out at Palm Beach International on July 3rd Night of Fire and Orlando Speed World is tentatively scheduled for September 11th Summit E.T. bracket E.T. racing.

June 15, 2010

TIM BUTLER WINS $2,500

      SUPER PRO RACE 1!

Tim Butler wins $2,500 Super Pro Race 1 at Bradenton, Florida on May 29th.  Tim Butler is a veteran bracket racer and part of the J.W. Performance Transmissions race team since the mid 1990’s. 

May 21, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE TO OFFER ONE DAY FREE ROY HILL DRAG RACING SCHOOL!

Rockledge, Florida – J.W. Performance Transmissions has teamed up with Roy Hill Drag Racing School to offer a ONE-DAY free “DIAL IN – BRING YOUR OWN CAR” experience valued at $1,000.  The school is a two-day school where you bring your own car to dial the vehicle in. The winner will be responsible for payment of the second day of the school. No purchase is required and you may enter to win at Hyatt Racing Services on manufacturers midway starting June 3rd, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. Anyone over 16 years of age with a valid drivers license can enter at all NHRA Nationals events and all participants in the JEG’S US OPEN BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP held June 17th to 20th, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  The winner will be drawn at J.W. Performance Transmissions racer support trailer at the NHRA US Nationals held in Indianapolis, Indiana September 1-6, 2010. For details on Roy Hill’s drag racing school visit www.royhillsdragracingschool.com or www.racewithjw.com.  You can also e-mail to J.W. Performance Transmissions at jwperf@racewithjw.com.  

Racers can also get the popular “Ultra-Case” and “Ultra-Bell” recertified and pick up select flex plates at Hyatt Racing Services at all NHRA National events. 

EDITORS: Contact Tracy Winters of J.W. Performance Transmissions at 321-632-6205 extension 13 or tracyw@racewithjw.com.

May 12, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE TO BE PRESENT AT NHRA UPCOMING RACES TO SUPPORT RACERS
AND DRAW!

J.W. Performance Transmissions, Tracy Winters, VP of Sales and Marketing will be present working with Hyatt Racing to provide racer support and meet with warehouse distributors at the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia May 14th to 16th, 2010; NHRA United Association Route 66 Nationals in Chicago, Illinois June 4th to 6th in Chicago, Illinois and NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio June 25th to 27th.  Winters will also be present to support DRAW at their annual auction held Saturday, June 5th in conjunction with the NHRA National event held in Joliet, Illinois and at the NHRA event in Norwalk, Ohio for an quarterly DRAW Board of Trustees meeting.   Winters has served on the D.R.A.W. Board of Trustees since 1991 and hosts a monthly column for D.R.A.W. at www.dragracingonline.com titled The DRAWing Board.

May 4, 2010  

  RACING COUPLE WIN IHRA QUICK ROD AND SUPER ROD!

Cocoa, Florida – J.W. Performance Transmission race team members Debbie and Wayne Bogle have started off with a great season boasting two wins and two runner up earnings.  During the IHRA Summit Racing Equipment Pro-Am Tour at West Palm Beach, Florida April 25th Debbie Bogle won the quick rod class and Wayne Bogle won the super rod class.   Earlier in the year Wayne , earned a runner up position at the Gainesville, Florida Southeast Super Gas Association race and Debbie earned a runner up in Quick Rod at the IHRA Nitro Jam on January 31st in West Palm Beach, Florida.  J.W. Performance Transmissions supplies Debbie and Wayne Bogle with complete automatic transmissions, torque converters and flywheels. (Picture shown from Southeast Super Gas Association Gainesville, Florida event where Wayne Bogle placed runner up.)

April 26, 2010  

JOHN LABBOUS JR. WINS 3 DAYS OF THE INAGRUAL K & N SPRING FLING 20’S BRACKET RACE!

 J.W. Performance Transmissions race team member, John Labbous Jr. won the first 3 days of the Inagrual K & N Spring Fling 20’s bracket race. John Labbous Jr. defeated 200 of the best bracket racers in the country to win the first 3-days of the Inagrual bracket race.  Labbous Race Cars of Goodletsville, TN. is an authorized J.W. Performance Transmissions distributor. The Labbous family racing team currently includes six competition vehicles: 3 super comp/bracket style dragsters, 2 super gas/bracket style entries and footbrake race vehicles.   John Labbous Sr. and John Labbous Jr. are equipped with a J.W. Performance Transmissions “Ultra-Bell” bellhousing and the popular flywheel “The Wheel.” 

April 7, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS NOW OFFERS SFI RECERTIFCATION OF “ULTRA-BELL” AND “ULTRA-CASE” AT ALL NHRA NATIONAL EVENTS!

April 1, 2010

J.W. Performance Transmissions founder, John F. Winters Sr., will display his restored 1967 Camaro at the City of Rockledge and Hot Rockin Rodders car show.  The vehicle competed in NHRA competition during the late 1970’s to early 1990’s.   The car show will take place on Saturday, April 2nd from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at McLarty Park in Rockledge, Florida.

March 6, 2010

MEET J.W. PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS FOUNDER AT THE NHRA GATORNATIONALS!

February 17, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE TRANSMISSIONS GEARS UP FOR BUSY EVENT SCHEDULE!

Rockledge, Florida – J.W. Performance Transmissions is gearing up for a busy event schedule to support their expanding customer base.  On February 19th to 21st J.W. Performance Transmissions will be on site for racer support at the NHRA Division 2 event in Gainesville, Florida to work with local J.W. distributor Rollins Automotive of Gainesville, Florida.  The following weekend the racer support staff will travel to Cecil, Georgia for the heads up racing event titled, “ORTC - Lights Went Out In Georgia – radial tire race.   March 11th through 14th racers and car enthusiasts can visit J.W. Performance Transmission on the manufacturers midway at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.  The last weekend of March J.W. Performance Transmissions will travel south to attend the SHRA Heads Up Racing at PBIR in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A complete event schedule will be available the first week of April.

January 12, 2010

J.W. PERFORMANCE ANNOUNCES EVENT
SCHEDULE AND NHRA REPRESENTATIVES!

Rockledge, FL. – J.W. Performance Transmissions announces NHRA Divisional Representation and event schedule for January to April 2010.

J.W. Performance Transmissions will renew their contingency postings for the NHRA Divisional and NHRA National events on “The Wheel” and “Ultra-Bell.”  The total posting for NHRA are $263,450.  The NHRA Divisional Representatives are:

NHRA DIVISION ONE: Stalba Racing
NHRA DIVISION TWO: J.W. factory direct and J.W. Performance Race Team Members
NHRA DIVISION THREE: Mulligan Motorsports
NHRA DIVISION FOUR: RTD Inc, (Melvin Curry and Abbot Racing)
NHRA DIVISION FIVE: Oldani Motorsports
NHRA DIVISION SIX: (not filled at this time)
NHRA DIVISION SEVEN: Dudley’s Transmission

J.W. Performance Transmissions Division Two Race Team Members include: Wayne Bogle, Tim Butler,  Glen Carmichael, Scott Fifeild, John Joiner, Scott Lamar and Chuck Trotter.

J.W. Performance Transmissions event schedule for January to April 2010 is available online at www.racewithjw.com.  Racers can save shipping by dropping off transmission and torque converter repairs at the J.W. Racer Support Trailer.   The popular “Ultra-Bell” and “Ultra-Case” can be re-certified on site, the fees are listed at www.racewithjw.com. For more details call 321-632-6205 or e-mail to jwperf@racewithjw.com.

October 20, 2009

The last NHRA Division-Two event of the season held in Reynolds, Georgia offered a chance to win NHRA titles and the opportunity to win a free J.W. Performance Transmissions “Ultra-Bell.”  Everyone who entered the NHRA Division Two race in Reynolds, Georgia and the NHRA Division Five race in Earlville, Iowa had the opportunity to enter to win a free J.W. Performance Transmissions “Ultra-Bell.”  The lucky winner was drawn on Saturday October 17th in the presence of the infamous announcer Hasley Hood and NHRA staff members.  The winner of the free “Ultra-Bell” was none other than Instant Karma Racings, Karma Hopper of Walton, and Kentucky.   The J.W. Performance Transmissions free “Ultra-Bell” giveaway is part of the “Ultra-Case” is back promotion.  

NHRA Division Four and NHRA Division Seven racers will have a chance to win a free “Ultra-Bell” at the last NHRA Divisional event of the season.  The winner will be drawn during the NHRA Division Seven race held in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 6th to 8th, 2009.  

September 19, 2009

NHRA LUCAS OIL DIVISIONAL RACERS CAN WIN A FREE
“ULTRA-BELL”!

Rockledge, Florida - J.W. Performance Transmissions offers NHRA Division 2,4,5 and 7 racers a chance to win a free “Ultra-Bell” at their last NHRA Divisional event of the year.  Racers who attended the Earlville, Iowa NHRA Division 5 event last weekend were offered to complete an entry form to win a free “Ultra-Bell”. Racers who attend the October Reynolds, Georgia Division 2 race can enter to win the free “Ultra-Bell”.  The winning entry for NHRA Division 5 and 2 will be drawn Saturday, October 17th in Reynolds, Georgia.

Division 4 and 7 racers can enter to win the free J.W. Performance “Ultra-Bell” at the Noble, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, Nevada.  The winners will be drawn Sunday, November 8th in Las Vegas, Nevada.  For details contact J.W. Performance Transmissions at 321-632-6205 or e-mail to jwperf@racewithjw.com.

August 13, 2009

J.W. EXPANDS CNC FACILITY AS “ULTRA-CASE” MAKES IT BACK TO DISTRIBUTION!

J.W. Performance Transmissions is currently expanding their CNC department with the addition of new equipment and improved production to keep up with the high “Ultra-Bell” product line demand and the “Ultra-Case”.  The “Ultra-Case” is back in production with production runs taking place every four to five weeks. “The company is working hard to put the “Ultra-Case” back on the shelf of warehouse distributors and in the hands of transmission builders.  The expansion is a result of this effort,” said Tracy Winters VP of Sales/Marketing.  During the month of July the product made it ways back to warehouse distributors and transmission builders inventory. 

August 3, 2009

J.W. FOUNDER RECEIVES HOT RODDER AWARD!

Rockledge, Florida - J.W. Performance Transmissions, John Winters Sr., received a special award for this restored 1967 camaro at the August 1st City of Rockledge Cruise on In event held at McClarty Park, Rockledge, Florida.  The camaro was an NHRA competition vehicle during the 1970’s and 1980’s.  Recently, the car has been converted to a hot rod street machine.  Winters, participates in a dozen or so car shows, trade shows and special events each year.  Previous years his vehicle has been featured in the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show and Ecklers Camaro Show.

July 23, 2009

J.W. PERFORMANCE SHOWS SUPPORT FOR TAYLOR RACING PRODUCTS PRO TRUCK SERIES!

J.W. Performance Transmissions will be on hand at Orlando Speed World to support Orlando Speed Worlds Taylor Racing Products Pro Truck Series on Friday, July 24th.  Taylor Racing Products is a Wholesale Distributor for J.W. Performance Transmissions products.  J.W. Performance Transmissions provides circle track transmissions, which include the popular GM “Ultra-Bell” to numerous Pro Truck Series teams.  Some of the customers include Pro Truck Series teams such as Mark Martin Racing and Mark Bordeau of L.B. Racing.  “We are excited to be the guest of Taylor Racing Products and Mark Martin Racing at this event.  It is a great opportunity to show support to our customers and see some exciting circle track racing.”  Said Tracy Winters, VP of Sales/Marketing. 

July 9, 2009     

  The “Ultra-Case” is Back!

Rockledge, Florida – The popular “Ultra-Case” is back and better then ever.  After being down from production for several months the product line is back in production, with a new and improved casting design.   The design includes no additional liner needed for the SFI 4.1 certification, strengthened area include the pan rail, adjustment area and rear of the case.  Plus, this design greatly exceeds the 4.1 specifications.  Over 5,000 “Ultra-Cases” are currently in operation since 1995 with no quality issues, no alignment issues and no porosity issues. 

The original multi-bellhousing design includes Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Chevrolet engines, Small Block Chrysler, Big Block Chrysler, Chrysler 392 Hemi, Small Block Ford, Big Block Ford, Ford 4.6 / 5.4 Modular Engines and even AMC engines.  Over 30 versions of the popular “Ultra-Bell” are now available.  For details visit www.racewithjw.com or call 321-632-6205.  The “Ultra-Case” will be available through distributors worldwide late July 2009.  Production runs will take place every four to five weeks to keep up with customer demand.

June 29th, 2009

By: Eric Secaur – Account Representative

This past Sunday we had the pleasure of visiting and co-sponsoring the Hill n Hole mud race at Bithlo Mud Racing Park (http://www.bithlomudracing.com/) in Orlando, FL, put on by the fine folks at Trucks Gone Wild (http://www.trucksgonewild.com/).  Everyone should try to make it out to one of these races at one point or another.  This has got to be one of the most entertaining forms of motor sport there is.   
 
For those of you not familiar with Hill n Hole mud racing, here’s a quick run-down of what to expect: it is a timed event over the length of about 300 yards. There is a large pit dug out with a series of hills that trucks must crawl, drive or fly over.  Some trucks catch air of 15+ feet, while some trucks get stuck.  There are a wide variety of trucks that compete, and a few classes to make it more of a level playing ground.  Some trucks are designed primarily for speed, and some trucks primarily for digging down deep in the mud.  Most trucks are custom built from the frame up, and usually use axles from old surplus military trucks or construction equipment.  Some trucks are less modified and are based around an OEM design.  Either way you are guaranteed to see some exciting stuff.

On a side note the powerglide Ultra-Case (#92310) is back and better then ever!  We have improved the overall look of the case, and made a few changes to the case to make it even better.  Contact J.W. Performance to get your hands on one of these.