SCORE Journal - The Official Publication of SCORE Off-Road Racing
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NEWS SCORE JOURNAL 12 Jimco was also the breeding ground for some of our industry's greats, such as ORMHOF inductee John Marking and Alumicraft founder John Cooley. The late great Hall of Fame inductee Robbie Pierce purchased Jimco in 2018, and the company was later acquired by the Navarro family. Frank Currie-An Air Force aviation mechanic from Southern California, Frank Currie began building rear ends for chicken carts. He then moved into building Bonneville speedsters, championship rock crawlers, and dragsters. Building axles expanded to the street and track scene, and in 1964, he opened his first brick-and- mortar shop, Currie Enterprises. The company became a household name in the drag racing, hotrod, and Jeeping communities, synonymous with premium axles and components. An enthusiast at heart, his mantra of supporting clubs, organizations, and events was handed down to his sons, and the Currie name continues to be ubiquitous on sponsor rosters. He passed away in 2016, but conveying this message was a job done well. Multiple generations of Curries continue to embrace his professional ethos, as well as playing in the dirt and on the track the world over. Bob Fox-The founder of The FOX Factory and an engineer by trade, Fox was an amateur motocross racer on weekends. He realized that the big-travel suspension movement of the 1970s presented an opportunity for someone who could build a better shock absorber. He designed and manufactured his first shocks in a friend's garage and called them Fox Airshox. FOX had helped motocross icons Kent Howerton, Brad Lackey, and Marty Smith win AMA Motocross Championships and the Motocross Grand Prix, and sales went from 200 to 10,000 units that year. During the 1980s, the company expanded its product lines to include shocks for four-wheeled vehicles, snowmobiles, and a new craze called mountain biking. Later, FOX developed damping devices for OEM offerings, such as the Ford Raptor, as well as prosthetic limbs for water and snow skiers, and, of course, motocross riders. Whether it has been King of the Hammers rock racing, SCORE Baja events, Indy 500, CART World Series, or AMA Championships, Bob's grassroots upstart from the 70s has worked hand-in-hand to help teams achieve not only their dreams, but top rungs on the podium.