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Brian Jones is the Vice President of Engineering at Hennessey Special Vehicles and Hennessey Performance Engineering. He oversees all engineering and development applying his experience and expertise to advanced Powertrain development integration, testing, regulatory certification, and manufacturing of the Hennessey Venom F5 hypercar plus the range of high-performance vehicles modified by Hennessey Performance at the company’s Texas production facility. Before joining Hennessey Brain had over 3 decades of experience and served as the Chief Engineer at Vehicle Development and Integration at Multimatic Special Vehicle Operations (MSVO) There he led engineering in a range or road and race car programs – most notably the Mercedes-AMG ONE and the Ford GT. Prior to that Brian worked at AeroDyne Wind Tunnel with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and General Motors.
SHOW SPONSORS
American Collectors Insurance • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
There have been a lot of people in Brian’s life most noticeably his experience at General Motors after meeting Charles Mathews at an SAE conference. Charles was an important early mentor to Brian who helped formulate his path to race engineering.
CHALLENGE
Not being afraid to keep going when one encounters a challenge is paramount. In Brian’s time as part of a race team he learned a lesson about talking to press during a race.
SPECIAL VEHICLE
The second generation Ford GT, a car Brian worked on from the start.
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Skunkworks by Ben R. Rich
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Keep at it and don’t give up.
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