{"id":100001,"date":"2025-04-07T20:18:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/di-30-under-30-alumni-jordan-payne-set-for-transatlantic-move-to-join-gesi-eyes-nhra-pro-stock-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:18:21","slug":"di-30-under-30-alumni-jordan-payne-set-for-transatlantic-move-to-join-gesi-eyes-nhra-pro-stock-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/di-30-under-30-alumni-jordan-payne-set-for-transatlantic-move-to-join-gesi-eyes-nhra-pro-stock-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"DI 30 Under 30 Alumni Jordan Payne Set for Transatlantic Move to Join GESi, Eyes NHRA Pro Stock Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan Payne, U.K. Comp Eliminator racer and Drag Illustrated<\/em> 30 Under 30 honoree, is set to make a life-changing move \u201cacross the pond\u201d later this month to start his new role at GESi (Global Emissions Systems Inc). <\/p>\n

For Payne, this is more than just a career move \u2013 it\u2019s the realization of a lifelong dream.<\/p>\n

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Payne pictured with VP Racing Fuels\u2019 Bruce Hendel (left) and Freddie Turza (right).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI am very grateful to have been offered this amazing opportunity,\u201d said Payne. \u201cI\u2019m excited to share that I\u2019m soon moving 4000 miles from my home in Cambridge, U.K., to begin a career with GESi and spend time with KB Titan Racing, the 2024 NHRA championship winning Pro Stock team!\u201d<\/p>\n

For Jordan, this journey began in April last year when VP Racing Fuels\u2019 Freddie Turza invited him to the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway. It was here that Payne first connected with Eric Latino, GESi President and a team owner of KB Titan Racing. <\/p>\n

\u201cEric kindly gave me a tour of their spectacular facility,\u201d said Payne. \u201cI was introduced to the team and invited to hang out with them at the race track. I had a fantastic trip, and I\u2019m incredibly thankful to have been offered the chance to spend more time with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI know it\u2019s going to be extremely hard work, but I\u2019m very excited to get started. I\u2019m really looking forward to meeting the team at GESi, and I\u2019m ready to make the most of the experience!\u201d<\/p>\n

Payne is a well-established racer in Europe, with a strong portfolio of victories and a U.K. National Championship win to his name. In addition to the excitement surrounding his new role at GESi, Payne expressed his clear interest to race in the USA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I\u2019m able to raise the funding to do so, I am aiming to achieve my NHRA Pro Stock license later this year,\u201d explained Jordan. \u201cDriving a Pro Stock car has been a dream of mine since I was 8 years old. I never thought it would actually be possible, so the fact that there\u2019s now a chance for me to make it happen is incredible!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am truly grateful for all of the help and support that I have received over the years; without it, this moment would never have been possible \u2013 it means the world to me! This is the start of something really big, and I still can\u2019t quite believe that it\u2019s happening!\u201d<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on April 7, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Jordan Payne, U.K. Comp Eliminator racer and Drag Illustrated 30 Under 30 honoree, is set to make a life-changing move \u201cacross the pond\u201d later this month to start his new role at GESi (Global Emissions Systems Inc). For Payne, this is more than just a career move \u2013 it\u2019s the realization of a lifelong dream. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}