Archive for the 'Mustang Racing' Category
It was a long wait but well worth it for 19 competitors in the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge series who got the keys to their new FR500S race cars this past weekend for the official series launch at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele Valley, Utah. MMP owner Larry H. Miller and Ford Racing Performance Group manager Jamie Allison took center stage as they kicked off the series at a reception this past Friday in Salt Lake City. On Saturday the teams assembled at MMP to meet with series officials, attend a few seminars about the vehicles and also take delivery of their FR500S race cars. Each driver got the chance to take their race cars for some open track sessions for the the remainder of Saturday.
The first race of the inaugural season kicks off at Road Atlanta in Braselton, GA on May 3rd for the first of 8 races. More information and photos after the jump…
Continue reading ‘Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Competitors Take Delivery of FR500S Mustangs’
Just wanted to give everybody a heads up about the 18th Annual MM&FF Fun Ford Weekend Spring Break Shootout going on this weekend March 1-2 at the Orlando Speed World Dragway. Each year this is the first event to open the Fun Ford season with 9 other stops to follow ending with the World Finals in Ennis, Texas.
For all the details, track information and schedule of events check out FunFordEvents.com.
Continue reading ‘18th Annual Fun Ford Weekend Spring Break Shootout’
Ford Racing is teaming up with Miller Motorsports Park to bring you an all-new professional racing series utilizing the new affordable ($75K) Ford Mustang FR500S that Ford unveiled this week at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The series will be called ‘The Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires.
The series will consist of eight races held over selected weekends throughout 2008. Each race weekend will include two 30-minute practice sessions, a 25-minute qualifying session and a 45-minute race with drivers competing for purses and prizes of $300K. Not just any average Joe with $75K and a dream can race in the series as all drivers must have a national-level racing license.
Read all about the details after the jump… Continue reading ‘New Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Series At Miller Motorsports Park’
Another big announcement by Ford this week at SEMA is they are putting into production an all-new Mustang FR500S race “spec” car at their AutoAlliance International Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant. This Mustang FR500S is basicallly a team effort between Watson Engineering in Taylor, Michigan who is doing final interior work and ROUSH who will fine tune (dyno) the 4.6-liter 3-valve V8 engine being produced by Ford in Romeo, Michigan.
The Ford Mustang FR500S race cars will be available from dealers at around $75K. The FR500S is intended for on track racing in the all-new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup that will be held at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah.
At this year’s SEMA show Mike Murillo in association with Turbosmart will unveil his new Twin-Turbo 1993 Fox-Body Outlaw Mustang that packs an estimated 3000 horsepower. The Mustang is being built to compete in the Outlaw 10.5 class which Mike has won 8 times over his career with his previous car, the “Star” Mustang. His new Mustang is powered by a 541 cubic inch big block Ford motor with the boost being provided by two 88mm turbos, controlled by two 50mm PowerGates, two RacePort BOVs and an e-Boost2 boost management system. Mike is hoping to run mid 6 second times with this setup.
Check out more photos after the jump… Continue reading ‘SEMA 2007: Mike Murillo’s 3000 HP Twin-Turbo Mustang’
Jack Roush, Jr., will be driving the No. 59 ROUSH Performance Mustang at Miller Motorsports Park just as he has all season long in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge. What will be different is his co-driver for the September 14 event.
Stepping aside for this race will be Dean Martin who is still feeling the effects of injuries sustained in an accident during the running of Le Grand Prix de Trois-Riveires. Not confident he can drive at 100-percent yet, Martin will assume the role of race strategist and work atop the pit box for this event. He does plan on returning to the cockpit for the season-finale at Virginia International Raceway next month. Continue reading ‘Roush Jr. To Get New Co-Driver at Miller Motorsports Park’
Here is the story about the Terlingua Racing Team making a comeback, I am to tired to write anything about it so just enjoy the press release below and give me your thoughts if you have any in the comments.
Shelby Automobiles, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc., (CSBI.PK) and designer/artist Bill Neale are returning the legendary Terlingua Racing Team to the forefront of the grassroots racing community. The team will explore opportunities to develop products similar to the Shelby program in the mid 1960s.
“We were a bunch of young hot rodders when we formed the Shelby Terlingua Racing Team,” noted Carroll Shelby, Founder of Shelby Automobiles. “Most people think our group disappeared because we took our activities underground when my company stopped building GT350’s and GT500’s. Now that Shelby Autos is working with Ford again to build high performance cars, its time to put the Shelby Terlingua Racing Team back into the spotlight. We asked Bill Neale, who was a co-founder of the group, to help us create cars and products for serious young enthusiasts who want both fun and performance.” Continue reading ‘Shelby Terlingua Racing Team Making A Comeback’
I am feeling lazy today so I will just leave you with this great press release from Steeda about them dominating the recent outing for the National Auto Sports Association at Grattan Raceway Park. After the jump you will find some nice photos of the day at the track.
Once again, Steeda Autosports prepared Mustangs had an outstanding weekend during the National Auto Sports Association (NASA) Ohio-Indy American Iron Race at the extremely challenging Grattan Raceway Park on June 9th and 10th.
Robin Burnett (Burnett Racing) in his 2005 Steeda Mustang won two races during the weekend, winning the Saturday and Sunday feature events leaving the competition in his dust ! In addition, Robin set a new track record in his qualifying session for the Sunday race by guiding his Steeda Mustang at such a blistering pace that the only competition he had was himself and his teammate’s Steeda Mustangs! Continue reading ‘Steeda Dominates NASA American Iron at Gratttan Raceway Park’
Just like the saying goes Pimp’n ain’t easy, drifting ain’t either. This video takes you for a ride alongside professional drift car racer Doug Van Den Brink in his Turbo Mustang. Notice the loud blow-off valve in the background as he manuevers the course, pretty sweet little sound.
Just wanted to get a reminder out to everybody in the Atlanta area about the upcoming 17th Annual Peach State Fun Ford Weekend taking place later this week April 12-15th at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA. This FFW event will feature the first True Street event of the season with an expected field of around 100 Mustangs to do the 30 mile cruise before their run down the strip. The top payout for this FFW event is $30K for the winner of the Probe Industries Pro class. Other attractions include the usual swap meet, vendor area and a car show with the awards presentation taking place on Sunday. For more Information, Payouts and the Schedule of events check out FunFordEvents.com.
