Hennessey Performance Engineering, the tuner/supercar builder from Sealy, Texas, has announced that the company is expanding its business and bringin in another parter. This positive news flies in the face of the bad news and drudgery that we’re confronted with each day, so we’re all for it.
No concrete reasons are given for the expansion of the company or what’s been driving its growth, but one thing is for certain, John Hennessey is now able to offer tons more activities, like a tuner school, for his clients.
Here’s the release from HPE:
Sealy, Texas — Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has joined forces with California-based C&D Performance. The new partnership will bring together HPE, Lonestar Motorsports Park and the newly established Tuner School — all under the same management group. Effective immediately, C&D Performance CEO Don Goldman assumes the role as CEO of HPE, Tuner School and Lonestar. Goldman will be tasked with handling the companies’ business operations. HPE founder, John Hennessey, will remain president of HPE with focused interest on new product design, development and marketing.
“This is a tremendous opportunity for HPE, Tuner School and Lonestar,” said Hennessey. “While other companies in the automotive business have substantially cut back or gone out of business, HPE has been experiencing growth with all three of our companies. The new partnership gives us the additional resources and talent needed to better meet the needs of our clients as well as to substantially expand our operations. Don’s strong track record in business growth will give us the depth in management that is needed to move our companies to the next level.”
To meet HPE’s growing needs the group has planned a number of improvements, including increasing the main HPE facility from 24,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet, as well as the addition of an all-wheel-drive chassis dynamometer and a 4-wheel suspension alignment machine. HPE also plans to increase production staff and capacity as well as parts inventory.
HPE has also launched the new Tuner School, which features nationally recognized automotive experts as adjunct instructors to expand curriculum, offer career guidance and teach driving/testing techniques. The Tuner School has full utilization of Lonestar Motorsports Park and will provide hands-on education utilizing both RWD and AWD chassis dynamometers. The new school has necessitated the need for increased classroom size and larger workshop space within the HPE facility as well as the addition of a 1.1-mile road race course linked to existing 1/4-mile dragstrip and the addition of a dedicated 0.8-mile karting track.
