DRIVEDRIVE LINELINE News and Updates From Jasper Engines & Transmissions August 2005 In This Issue... Travis Kvapil Claims Pocono ARCA Customer Profile: Win for Penske-Jasper Racing Cape Auto Body In his first-ever ARCA RE/MAX group of guys who are responsible and Service pg. 2 Series event, Travis Kvapil, driver for Ryan Newman’s NASCAR of the #27 Kodak/Jasper Dodge, Busch Series effort. They work took the checkered flag in the well together and kept their heads JASPER’s New ARCA Pocono 200 June 11th, after in the game all day.” Diesel Test starting the 80-lap race from the “We came to Pocono to help pre- Rooms Up pole position. pare Travis for his Cup Series effort and Running pg. 3 Kvapil was entered in the 200- and it looks like we’ve done that. mile event in an effort to help the Hopefully, he learned where he can NASCAR Nextel Cup Series rookie pass and where he needs to set the On The Water gain experience and familiarity other competitors up. I know they with JASPER Pro with the 2.5 mile triangle. Kvapil won’t be shifting tomorrow, but any Jimmy Ward pg. 4 was a quick study, leading four bit of seat time and gained knowl- times for a total of 56 laps. edge goes a long way.” Moving Targets “What can I say about this car, The #27 Kodak/Jasper Dodge it was fast," Kvapil said. “The claimed the pole with a speed of Helps Draw New Kodak/Jasper Dodge Charger felt 166.257mph. Kvapil was strong Customers to Your great. It was a little tight in the throughout the race, and he crossed Business pg. 5 turns, but nothing we couldn’t the finish line 2.017 seconds ahead handle.” of six-time ARCA Series champ 2006 Calendar “Travis drove a great race Frank Kimmel. At one point during Contest Deadline today,” says Penske Racing South the race, Kvapil opened the lead by chief engineer Roy McCauley, who 18 seconds. September 1st pg. 6 led the ARCA Series effort. “This “It felt good to be in a car that Kodak/Jasper team is the same strong,” Kvapil said. “It is a testa- Doug Bawel: ment to the strength we have under For Those Of Us the hood. The Penske-Jasper engine shop gave us a great engine. Over 50... I couldn’t have wanted more.” Congratulations! pg. 7 McCauley’s race strategy played out during the first caution period when he called Kvapil to pit road just prior to the green flag, and top off the tank with Sunoco fuel. “I knew at that point we were Published by: going home from there,” McCauley Jasper Engines & said. “The intent was to get Travis Transmissions Travis Kvapil emerges from his race car victo- some seat time but no one said we P.O.Box 650 rious in the ARCA Pocono 200, beating series couldn’t win the thing. Whenever Jasper, IN 47547-0650 veteran Frank Kimmel by over two seconds. (Image courtesy of Penske Racing (continued on page 6) Phone: 1-800-827-7455 South/Steve Rose, MMP.) Fax: 1-812-634-1820 www.jasperengines.com Cape Auto Body and Service Cape Auto Body and Service, in automotive technology and located at 53 Samoset Street in repair. Plymouth, Massachusetts, is a fami- Cape Auto Body and Service is ly-owned facility that takes care of very customer-friendly, with loaner mechanical and body repair and is a vehicles available and vehicle pick- fleet service specialist. up and delivery. At Christmas time, Owner Dave Gallerani is the they send out free oil change certifi- third generation of his family to run cates to qualified customers. the business. Dave’s grandfather Cape Auto Body and Service has immigrated from Italy in the early used the quality remanufactured 1930’s and started the business as engines, transmissions and differen- Alfonso’s Auto Body. The name was tials of JASPER since 2001. As a changed in 1952, and was known as third-generation business, Cape Cape Auto Body. Dave took over the prides themselves on partnering business in the late 1970’s and added with industry leaders. “The #1 rea- the word “Service” to the name, son we use JASPER is the support,” reflecting the facility’s expansion into says owner Dave Gallerani. the mechanical service market. “Partnering with a long term, fami- Today, mechanical repairs make up ly-owned company just makes sense 50% of the business at Cape Auto for our long term, family-owned Body and Service. business.” In the last ten years, business Gallerani, and Parts Manager has doubled, and so has the shop. Mark MacKinnon, agree that Most of the expansion has taken JASPER simply makes their shop place on the mechanical side of the more competitive with the local business, with 7,000 square feet of dealers due to JASPER’s warranty, work space, 14 lifts and 20 work and they can achieve a higher level bays. Cape Auto Body and Service of customer satisfaction by offering recently separated its body shop into all levels of automotive repair. its own 8,000 square foot facility Being in business as long as they with 15 bays, a spray booth and two have, Cape Auto Body and Service frame machines. has established a very good cus- There are 19 employees at Cape tomer base of people they care Auto Body and Service, including about. The customers want their nine ASE-Certified technicians. The car fixed right, and the customers company covers the cost for their want Cape Auto Body and Service technicians to attend all locally- to be successful as well. In the end, offered clinics and classes to keep up it’s a Win-Win situation for both! to date with the latest advancements Customer Cape Auto Body and Service in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has been a family owned auto body repair and service center since the 1930’s. 2 Profile JASPER’s New Diesel Test Rooms Up and Running The Engine Division at Jasper Engines & Transmissions has BEFORE undergone a facelift, as five new diesel engine test rooms are online. One room is being used to spin test JASPER’s line of complete diesel engines. The other four rooms house dynamometers. Two are eddy-brake (electrical) systems; the other two are water-brake sys- tems. Each dynamometer is fully computer controlled. Planning for the new test rooms began in October of 2004. Con- struction started the first week of February of 2005. All of the test rooms were completed in early June. “These new dynamometers will allow us to be monitoring a lot more of what’s going on with the AFTER engine,” says Matt Weinzapfel, JASPER Engine Division Manager. “The operators will actually be able to hook up the engine, and the com- puter will run the engine through a specific test, giving us more consis- tency in our dyno pulls, because everything will be run an exact amount of time, and the exact same parameters on each and every engine will be monitored.” With the new dynamometers, computer sensors can detect prob- lems instantly and either warn the operator of a potential problem, or shut down the engine entirely and stop the test. “As for the dyno rooms them- Instead of overhead hoses as visible in the old diesel test areas (above), the new test rooms have the piping routed through the floor and up to the proper engine location. selves, the biggest change is from Each dynamometer is fully computer controlled (inset). the outside looking in,” says Weinzapfel. “You would look at our short hook-ups, the area is a lot that’s ready for installation,” says old dyno rooms and see a maze of more user-friendly.” Weinzapfel. “What they will give pipes, water tanks and oil tanks. It also makes for a very neat us are some enhanced features, It really was a poor working and clean appearance. “It’s a lot such as more detailed emissions environment. more appealing to the eye for our testing and other engine smoke “With these new dyno rooms, customers who come in on tour issues that we have not been able nearly everything is piped under- and see what they should see, an to monitor closely in the past.” neath the floor and brought up to engine on a dyno,” said As for the original dyno rooms, the proper location of the engine on Weinzapfel. they will be disassembled to make the test stand. Operators will no “These new test rooms will give way for additional diesel assembly longer have to wrestle with long customers a continuation of what space. tubes and exhaust hoses. With the they already see, a diesel engine 3 On The Water with JASPER Pro Jimmy Ward Question: What’s yellow and Wal-Mart BFL, Empire Division red, turns heads wherever it goes, July 9th Ticonderoga, NY Perseverance Is A and appears at professional bass “Secret” When Fishing fishing tournaments across the July 30th Romulus, NY Perseverance is a “secret” northeast? It’s the Jasper Engines among top anglers, according to & Transmissions Fishing Team lead August 20th Clayton, NY JASPER Pro, Jimmy Ward. Talk by professional bass angler Jimmy to enough professional tourna- Ward. September 24th Ticonderoga, NY ment anglers and you realize that Next time Jimmy is in your even the finest fisherman in the area, check out his rig, a Ranger October 20th Henderson, NC world go long hours without a Z21 Comanche boat, powered by a bite, despite having the best Mercury 225 Pro XS engine.