Jason Athanas is owner and president of Autobahn Performance Inc. He founded Autobahn in 1992 when he purchased the company from Bill Beserick. The original name was Autobarn (where he was an employee) and he changed it to Autobahn. Jason began his automotive carreer studying automotive as a minor at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts, and his major was engineering. He also attended University Of Massachusetts Lowell.

Jason got his first car, a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, at the age of 14. He repaired and restored the vehicle night and day until it became like new condition. So, when he got his drivers license, the very day he turned 15 1/2 (lowest age state of Massachusetts would allow), he did not want to drive it as his daily car. Instead he bought a 1985 Chevy 4x4 K20 pickup truck to use for his daily transportation so he could keep the Camaro garaged and out of the brutal northern winters.

Racing has always been a large portion of Jason's DNA makeup. He has been working on race cars since 1986 when he was 16 years old. His good friend Michael Mazur and Michael's father Mike Sr. owned a Super Modified racecar that was driven by great drivers such as Benley Warren, Doug Hevron and Eddie West. Jason was just a helper at the time but learned about racing at racetracks like Star Speedway (now called All-Star Speedway) Hudson Speedway in Hudson, NH, Oswego Speedway in Oswego, NY, and Sundusky Speedway in Ohio.

Jason is the crew chief on a Late Model Series car that has run successfully throughout Florida and the southeast since 1993. He has worked with several drivers but has been with John Kay and the A-Best Forklift team most of the current time. Together they have been Triple Crown champions, Hooters Cup champions, S.A.R.A. champions, and have won races at most of the racetracks in Florida. The team recently acquired a NASCAR Modified racecar.