PREFIX PERFORMANCE CENTER
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Prefix Performance Center Groundbreaking takes place at invaluable new facility at M1 Concourse
BELOW FROM LEFT Tim McGrane (M1 Concourse CEO), Jhan Dolphin (Prefix VP Business Development), Paul Zlotoff (M1 Concourse owner), Eric Zeile (Prefix president), Tim Greimel (City of Pontiac Mayor).
BRIAN SEVALD
THE NEXT BIG DEVELOPMENT AT M1 Concourse is the new Prefix Performance Center, close to the Woodward Avenue entrance. Following the groundbreaking of the new facility on November 10, 2022, construction work got underway almost immediately by the contractor, Pontiac-based AUCH Construction. This is the company that was responsible for the acclaimed Event Center at M1 Concourse, which was completed to schedule in September 2021 despite delays caused by the pandemic. Progress on the Performance Center so far has been as planned, working to a target completion date of July 2023. The Center will provide an invaluable resource for M1 Concourse garage owners, club members and event participants. Pre-track car checks, servicing, suspension alignment, tire fitment and more will be available – exactly what’s needed for vehicles that are used hard on the M1 Performance Track. But there is much more to it than that, because this isn’t your normal service center;
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Prefix Corporation is one of the most influential entities in the automotive industry, creating many of the concept cars and prototypes that you’ll see at motor shows around the world. It is also responsible for developing new technologies used across not only automotive but also the entertainment and leisure businesses. Perhaps most usefully for anyone at M1, Prefix will also offer restoration, paintrectification and tuning services via the new Performance Center, although it doesn’t make these available to the general public. In fact, the Performance Center is the only Prefix facility that is open to non-industry customers. The 3000sq ft Center has been designed by local architect Studio Detroit, and it will also feature gas pumps, delivering specialist fuel for high-performance cars and classics. It is the next major development at M1 Concourse, and will be followed by a new 10,000sq ft experiential X-Center and a CIK standard kart track.
