John Force Racing and Hurco Announce Multi-Year Deal

The chief executive officer of John Force Racing Inc. (Brownsburg, IN) and 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, along with Cory Miller, the general manager of Hurco North America (Indianapolis, IN), announced an initial five-year agreement between the Indianapolis-area based companies that will continue to enhance the development and production capabilities of JFR and its Force American Made (FAM) machining company. FAM will be adding the latest Hurco product technology with six state-of-the-art CNC machining and turning centers, plus all support equipment to the machine shop area.

“I am excited about this agreement with them because having technology like these machines will translate to wins on the racetrack and take us to the next level. Not only are we getting high quality machines but we are also getting the experts to help us run them and train our engineers. It was great to work out this deal with Cory and I know all the guys in the shop are excited to get these machines in here and start putting them to work,” said John Force. “We are looking forward to entertaining customers here at our shop, as well as working with them at the IMTS and PRI shows. We are also going to be using our FAM shop as a showcase and training facility for their products.”

“They are a legendary brand in the world of NHRA and we are proud to partner with them. We often say the world of racing and machining are a lot alike because the name of the game is speed, power, and precision. The JFR team and their facility, which is just down the road from our international headquarters, are top notch and the ability to showcase our CNC machine technology at their machine shop will be very beneficial. I know the sophisticated technology of our CNC machines will serve them well,” noted Miller.

Hurco engineers will be assisting John Force Racing with the set-up and training of their new machines. With more than 60 active patents, the company is focused on continuous innovation that makes machinists more productive and machine shops more profitable. They are installing the most technologically sophisticated CNC machines at the FAM shop, including the 5-axis VMX42SRTi and the TMX10MYSi slant-bed lathe with live tooling and sub-spindle in addition to other CNC machines from the VMX Performance Series.

All of these CNC machining centers are equipped with UltiMotion, the motion system Hurco invented that significantly reduces cycle time as well as machine jerk while improving surface finish quality of parts. All of these CNC machines are equipped with the integrated MAX5 control powered by WinMax software, considered one of the most versatile in the industry with its intuitive conversational programming, Industry Standard NC, and NC/Conversational Merge that blends both programming methods for increased productivity.

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