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Jamie Allison, New Director of Ford NA Motorsports

After serving Ford for more than 22 years in engineering, product planning and marketing, Jamie Allison has been named director of Ford North America Motorsports. Allison joined Ford Motor Company in 1987 and has most recently been Ford Performance Group Manager.

“I’m excited about the challenge of helping take Ford’s racing program forward,” said Allison, who has been part of the Ford Racing management team for just over six years. “For a kid who wanted to work for Ford Motor Company, to help carry forward a tradition that Henry Ford himself started is something special."

Allison will replace current director Brian Wolfe, who has been named to a new position in global product development. Under Wolfe’s direction, the company launched the NASCAR Nationwide Series Mustang and secured official vehicle sponsorships with the NHRA and American Drag Racing League.

Moreover, the European Fiesta was brought to a successful racing debut in North America, with a second-place at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and a 1-3-4 finish in its X Games rally competition debut. Wolfe also helped bringing the Cobra Jet Mustang sportsman drag racing car back to the track after 40 years, along with Ford’s re-entry into NHRA Pro Stock.

“Brian Wolfe really made a great difference in the program in his time as director, opening up so many opportunities to reach out, not just the professional racers, but to the grassroots and sportsman racers as well. He installed a philosophy that we were going to be ‘racer-friendly’ in all that we do, and we as a team will carry that forward,”
concluded Allison.
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