The season started promisingly despite being overshadowed by BMW and Audi. Kieth won the first race of the day at AVUS late in the season, but during the second race suffered a spin, then was hit in the side of the car by Frank Biela 's Audi. The impact critically injured O'Dor and he died later that evening. [7] References [ edit] External links [ edit]
Janspeed Technologies Ltd Type Private Industry Motorsport Automotive engineering Founded 1962 Headquarters Salisbury, England Key people János Ódor Kieth O'Dor Mark Vaughan Products performance car parts, automotive engineering Website [1] Janspeed Technologies Ltd is an automotive performance tuning company, specialising in exhaust systems. The company was founded in 1962 by János Ódor. [1] With a workforce of 74 employees, [2] Janspeed works closely with many luxury and performance car makers including Aston Martin, Lotus and Bentley. As well as customer products, Janspeed has also been a race car preparation business, which has among others, built works Datsun and later Nissan vehicles for the British Touring Car Championship and DTM. History [ edit] In 1956 János Ódor emigrated from Hungary to Britain and after an apprenticeship with Downton Engineering, founded his company as Janspeed Engineering Ltd in Salisbury in October 1962. [3] Initially specialising in exhausts and performance parts for the BMC Mini, Janspeed soon expanded to providing turbocharging units and other equipment designed to fit Vauxhall and Ford vehicles.