Everspeed

Last updated
Everspeed
FormerlyJN Holding
Type SASU
Industry Automotive
FoundedDecember 14, 2007;13 years ago (2007-12-14) [1]
Headquarters19 rue de Prony, ,
RevenueDecrease2.svg € 2.213.700 (2016 [1] )
Decrease2.svg € -1.066.400 (2016 [1] )
Increase2.svg € 1.247.400 (2016 [1] )
Total assets Increase2.svg € 78.253.600 (2016 [1] )
Total equity Increase2.svg € 64.140.900 (2016 [1] )
Website everspeed.fr

Everspeed is a French holding company for motorsport related companies. The company was founded by Jacques Nicolet as JN Holding. The company was renamed as Everspeed in 2016. [2]

Contents

History

France location map-Regions and departements-2016.svg
Red pog.svg
Ecodime
Sportagraph
DPPI Images
Red pog.svg
Everspeed
AOTech
Red pog.svg
Marcassus Sport
Locations of the Everspeed divisions in France

Jacques Nicolet took over Saulnier Racing in January 2007. [3] He later founded JN Holding on 14 December 2007. [1] Saulnier Racing was rebranded as OAK Racing in early 2009. The following year Nicolet and business partner Joël Rivière bought the assets of Pescarolo Sport for €400,000. [4] Until 2013 Pescarolo Sport kept competing in various endurance racing series under their own name. The assets were also use to start Onroak Automotive in 2012.

In 2016 the group bought the struggling engine builder Sodemo. Sodemo was owned by a number of shareholders. The companies founder Guillaume Maillard was a minority shareholder while Luxemburg based private equity firm Finext was the majority shareholder. [5]

Divisions

One of the Ligier JS P3 cars built by Onroak Automotive. DC Racing - LIGIER JS P3 - Nissan (27701416102).jpg
One of the Ligier JS P3 cars built by Onroak Automotive.
One of the Mygale M14-F4 cars built by Mygale. Jamie Caroline 2017 at Knockhill Racing Circuit.jpg
One of the Mygale M14-F4 cars built by Mygale.

Purchases

Throughout the companies existence, Everspeed and its associates have included various companies in its divisions. Most notably:

Pescarolo Sport

After a number of disappointing racing seasons the assets of Pescarolo Sport were sold at auction in 2010. Jacques Nicolet and business partner Joël Rivière, with help from Hervé Poulain, acquired the assets for €400,000. Henri Pescarolo was again placed at the head of the rebranded Pescarolo Team. [4] The team continued until 2014 when it was liquidated. In the meantime, the assets were used to form Onroak Automotive. [6]

Ligier

In 2013 Onroak Automotive formed a partnership with Guy Ligier. Onroak would continue to build Ligier branded Le Mans Prototype racecars and Group CN prototypes. [7]

Crawford Composites

American sportscar constructor Crawford Composites was bought by Onroak Automotive in 2016. Onroak took over construction of the Crawford FIA Formula 4 chassis. [8]

Tork Engineering

French racecar constructor Tork Engineering was bought by Onroak Automotive in 2017. Tork Engineering built cars for the Mitjet Series as well as Dacia ice racing cars. [9]

Related Research Articles

Guy Ligier

Guy Camille Ligier was a French racing driver and team owner. He maintained many varied and successful careers over the course of his life, including a racing driver and Formula One team owner.

Mecachrome SAS is a precision engineering company involved in aviation, the automotive industry, motor racing and industrial engineering, but is most famous for assembling the engines designed by Renault for the Renault Formula One team.

Pescarolo Sport 2000-2012 racing team

Pescarolo Sport was a motorsport team based in Le Mans, France and founded in February 2000 by French racing driver Henri Pescarolo and his friend and partner, French publisher François Granet. They raced in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In October 2007, Henri Pescarolo purchased Jacques Nicolet's Saulnier Racing and created Pescarolo Automobiles, with the racing team becoming a division of the new company. The Pescarolo Automobiles went into receivership on 15 June 2010. Following a liquidation sale, the company was resold back to Henri Pescarolo and rebranded as Pescarolo Team for the 2011 season. However, the team's financial situation did not improve, and was wound up in January 2013.

The 2008 Le Mans Series was the fifth season of ACO's Le Mans Series. It was a series for Le Mans Prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GT1, and GT2. It ran from 6 April to 14 September 2008 with five rounds taking place.

Pescarolo 01

The Pescarolo 01 is the first sports prototype racing car built entirely by French team Pescarolo Sport. It is designed to meet the LMP1 and LMP2 regulations for Le Mans Prototypes in the Le Mans Series as well as at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and replace Pescarolo's previous C60 chassis which had been heavily modified from cars purchased through Courage Compétition. The first 01s debuted at the 2007 1000 km of Monza.

OAK Racing French auto racing team

OAK Racing is an endurance racing team specialising in sports prototypes based in Le Mans, France. In 2013 it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 class and the 2013 FIA WEC World Champion drivers and teams on LMP2 class.

Sodemo Moteurs is a motor vehicle engine tuning company based in Magny-Cours, near Nevers, France owned by Guillaume Maillard.

Jacques Nicolet French businessman and racing driver (born 1956)

Jacques Nicolet is a French businessman and racing driver. He is the chairman of the Supervisory Board for Altarea SCA, a French real estate investment and development company, which he co-founded in 1994 with Alain Taravela. He was previously the director of development at the Pierre & Vacances Group between 1984 and 1994. He is also the owner and a driver of OAK Racing, a Le Mans 24 Hours and FIA World Endurance Championship racing team.

The 2012 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 48th and the last Italian Formula Three Championship season. It was the first split in European and Italian series. The European Championship began on 31 March in Valencia, while the Italian Championship commenced on 9 June at Mugello. They finished together on 21 October at Monza.

Ligier JS P2

The Ligier JS P2 is a racing car designed and built by French manufacturer Onroak Automotive and named in partnership with French former racing driver Guy Ligier. Designed for the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) regulations, it is intended as a second option to Onroak's Morgan LMP2 that has been competing since 2012. As well as being the first closed-cockpit car offered by Onroak, it is also the first car they designed entirely in-house. The JS P2 debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and has been campaigned in the FIA World Endurance Championship, European Le Mans Series, Asian Le Mans Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Onroak Automotive

Ligier Automotive is a French company which designs, manufacturers, and sells racing cars, specifically sports prototypes for various international series. Onroak was founded in 2012 by Jacques Nicolet who split the design, manufacturing, and sales divisions of his OAK Racing team into an independent company. Onroak has since formed an agreement with Philippe Ligier to develop new cars under the Ligier title. On 31 December 2018, it was announced that Onroak Automotive would be rebranded to Ligier Automotive as part of a rebranding and reorganization of Everspeed's automotive assets.

The 2016 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the third Euroformula Open Championship season.

Surtees TS19

The Surtees TS19 was a Formula One (F1) car used by Surtees during the 1976, 1977 and 1978 F1 seasons. It was designed by John Surtees and Ken Sears.

Thomas Randle is an Australian racing driver. He currently races in the Australian S5000 Championship with Team BRM in the No. 49 Onroak Ligier JS F3-S5000. Randle also competes in the Supercars Championship as a Endurance Co-Driver for Tickford Racing. Randle has also won the 2014 Australian Formula Ford Series, 2017 Toyota Racing Series and 2020 Super2 Series. In 2018, he was awarded the Mike Kable Young Gun Award and in 2020, the The BRDC Innes Ireland Trophy.

The 2017 Euroformula Open Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship will feature drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the fourth Euroformula Open Championship season.

2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix

The 2017 BUBBA Burger Sports Car Grand Prix was an International Motor Sports Association (IMSA)-sanctioned sports car race held on the Long Beach Street Circuit in California, United States, on April 8, 2017 as part of the Long Beach Grand Prix event weekend. The race was the third of twelve scheduled rounds of the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and was held for the Prototype, Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) categories. The race was the shortest of the 2017 WeatherTech Championship calendar.

The 2018 Euroformula Open Championship is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship features drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It is the fifth Euroformula Open Championship season.

The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship will be the ninth season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, an auto racing series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series is open to prototype and grand tourer-style racing cars divided into four categories. World Championship titles will be awarded to the leading manufacturers and drivers in both the prototype and grand tourer divisions.

Ligier Nissan DPi

The Ligier Nissan DPi, also known as the Onroak Nissan DPi is a Daytona Prototype car built by Ligier Automotive. The car is based on the Ligier JS P217, which was built to meet the 2017 FIA and ACO regulations for 2017 for the LMP2 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The prototype made its racing debut at the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona, with the Tequila Patrón ESM team, finishing 4th on its debut.

The CAMS Australian S5000 Championship held two "launch events" or exhibition meetings in 2019, prior to the inaugural championship season in 2021. These meetings were held as part of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, at Sandown Raceway on 21 and 22 September and The Bend Motorsport Park on 16 and 17 November.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Everspeed". Societe.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "JN Holding Becomes Everspeed". Performance Racing Industry. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "JN Investissements purchase Saulnier Racing". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. 1 2 "Surprises in the Pescarolo Sport auction". Le Mans. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "La Sodemo reprise avec ses vingt-quatre emplois" (PDF). Finext. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. "Farewell Pescarolo Team, Paying Tribute To France's Fallen Flag Carriers". dailysportscar. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. "History". Onroak. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. "Ligier constructor Onroak acquires Crawford Motorsport in US". Autosport. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. "Onroak rachete Tork Engineering". Autonewsinfo.com. Retrieved 1 April 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)