Racing Ranger’s Third Podium in Three Races
PRETORIA, South Africa — Team Ford Racing continued to demonstrate the pace of the new racing Ford Rangers at the third round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship. Former South African champions Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst tussled for the lead throughout the event, eventually finishing in second place. Click here to continue reading. 

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Ford Racing Weekend Results - 5/17/2013
Updated: May-16-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for May 17-19.

Global Rallycross Podium at the Inaugural Summer X Games 2013 in Foz do Iguacu
Updated: May-16-2013
FOZ DO IQUACU, Brazil - Ford swept the Global Rallycross Podium at the Inaugural Summer X Games 2013 in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil last month with GRC rookie Scott Speed earning gold in his Ford Fiesta. OlsbergsMSE drivers Toomas ‘Topi’ Heikkinen and Patrik Sandell captured silver and bronze, respectively.

Ford Races to Success Early in the Season
Updated: May-15-2013
PRETORIA, South Africa — The Ford Racing teams have brought their A game this season with brilliant results continuing to roll in.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 5/10/2013
Updated: May-13-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for May 10-12.

Ford on the Podium At Zwartkops
Updated: May-8-2013
PRETORIA, South Africa — Team Ford Racing continues to make steady progress in the Bridgestone Production Car Championship with Gary Formato taking second place overall in Class T at last weekend’s Zwartkops Raceway Event.

Novikov Leads Ford Charge at Rally Argentina
Updated: May-7-2013
BRENTWOOD, England - Qatar M-Sport’s Evgeny Novikov narrowly missed out on a podium at Rally Argentina. After three days of tough competition, the Russian emerged in fourth place overall – his best result from the event and equalling a season-best finish in this year’s FIA World Rally Championship.

    

 

Cammish Dominates at Thruxton
Updated: May-7-2013
BRENTWOOD, UK - Dan Cammish capped another weekend of Dunlop MSA Formula Ford domination with another hat-trick clincher at Thruxton. It was not only his third Thruxton victory but also his ninth consecutive win of the season, and his impressive progress from pole position to chequered flag was accompanied by another new circuit lap record.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 5/3/2013
Updated: May-6-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for May 3-5. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 4/26/2013
Updated: Apr-29-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for April 26-28. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Ford Dominates Sasol Rally
Updated: Apr-23-2013
PRETORIA, South Africa — Team Ford Racing’s Mark Cronje and Robin Houghton (S2000 Ford Racing Fiesta) clinched victory on this weekend’s Sasol Rally ahead of Matthew Wilson and Chris Patterson in the sister Ford Fiesta in what was Ford’s second successive one-two finish. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Team Ford Racing Clinch Victory on Nkomazi 400
Updated: Apr-23-2013
PRETORIA, South Africa— Team Ford Racing enjoyed yet another victory in the new Ford Ranger, this time at the second round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship. Former South African champions Chris Visser and Japie Badenhorst made it two victories in two races for Ford after dominating the Nkomazi 400 from early on in the race. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Ford Sweeps GRC Podium at X Games Foz do Iguaçu; Scott Speed Earns Gold Medal with OlsbergsMSE Fiesta
Updated: April-22-2013
FOZ DO IGUACU, Brazil – Gold, Silver and Bronze wasn’t enough for Ford Racing in the X Games Global Rallycross Championship opener as Fiesta swept the top five spots here in Brazil.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 4/19/2013
Updated: Apr-22-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for April 19-21. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 4/12/2013
Updated: Apr-15-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for April 12-14. Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Novikov Leads the Way for Qatar M-Sport in Portugal
Updated: Apr-15-2013
BRENTWOOD, England - Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team’s Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.

Gittin, Pawlak Geared Up for Big Drifting Season
Updated: Apr-12-2013
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The new liveries are on, new tread in place and the engines all tweaked as the drifters head to Long Beach, Calif., for the season opener of Formula Drift, which means Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Justin Pawlak are ready to get back in action with their Ford Mustangs.

Fusion Energi to be First Plug-in to Pace NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Updated: Apr-3-2013
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Four Michigan companies – Michigan International Speedway, Ford, Pure Michigan and Quicken Loans – today partnered to unveil the Ford Fusion Energi as the 2013 Official Pace Car at NASCAR’s fastest track.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 3/22/2013
Updated: Mar-25-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for March 22-24.

Introducing the 2014 Cobra Jet Mustang
Updated: Mar-22-2013
DEARBORN - Ford Racing makes the latest in racing technology available today, delivering speed and consistency for NHRA Stock and Super Stock racing. With more than four seasons of testing, racing, and customer feedback the Cobra Jet is better than ever with exciting new features, more performance and priced to be the best value in the market.

Foust Reveals New Look for Ford Fiesta ST
Updated: Mar-22-2013
LOS ANGELES - Tanner Foust has officially unveiled the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Ford Fiesta ST rallycross car he debuted for fans during a sneak preview at Bristol Motor Speedway last weekend.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 3/15/2013
Updated: Mar-11-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for March 15-17.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 3/8/2013
Updated: Mar-11-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for March 8-10.

Edwards Takes 2013 NASCAR Fusion to Victory Lane for First Time
Updated: Mar-04-2013
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Carl Edwards had just enough gas and got just enough of a push from fellow Ford driver Brad Keselowski to snap a 70-race winless streak and win Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

 Ford Racing Weekend Results - 3/1/2013
Updated: Mar-4-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for March 1-3.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 2/22/2013
Updated: Feb-25-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for Feb. 22-24.

Block Aims for Seventh Consecutive Win in Fiesta H.F.H.V. at Second Rally America National Championship Event Rally in the 100 Acre Wood
Updated: Feb-22-2013
SALEM, Mo. - The second Rally America National Championship event, Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, takes over the foothills of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri this weekend (Feb. 22-23) with a combined 15 Fords out of 63 cars entered in the rally.

After More than Two Years in the Making, 2013 NASCAR Fusion Ready to Make its Debut in Daytona
Updated: Feb-18-2013
DEARBORN – Today, the ‘stock car” officially returns to NASCAR.

Ford Dedicated to Local Motorsport in South Africa
Updated: Feb-14-2013
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Team Ford Racing announced its 2013 motorsport plans with the new Ford Ranger and new Ford Focus ST racing cars unveiled for the first time. Team Ford Racing also confirmed the expansion of its involvement in local motorsport, declaring that Ford will offer a multi-million Rand driver reward programme to all Ford-driven vehicles participating in the South African National Rally Championship.

Fifty-Years Later, Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing, Wood Brothers Racing Honor 1963 Daytona 500 Win, First for Ford
Updated: Feb-14-2013
DEARBORN — The date of this year’s Daytona 500 is an important landmark for Ford and Wood Brothers Racing. The green flag for this year’s “Great American Race” marks the 50th anniversary of the day substitute driver Tiny Lund drove a 1963 Ford Galaxie built by Leonard Wood to the Blue Oval’s first Daytona 500 win in 1963.

Ford Announces Fiesta ST Race Car, Expanded Partnerships for Global RallyCross Championship
Updated: Feb-06-2013
CHICAGO – In many ways the 2014 Ford Fiesta ST is a race car built for the street; Global RallyCross Championship (GRC) fans will soon get an up-close view of the same car built exclusively for competition at the Chicago Auto Show.

Ken Block Earns Top 10 Finish at Rally America’s Sno*Drift Rally; Fiesta Finishes Second and Third in Two-Wheel Drive Class
Updated: Jan-29-2013
ATLANTA, Mich. – The Ford Fiesta earned a top-10 finish in the Rally America opener this weekend, with Ken Block and co-driver, Alex Gelmosino finishing sixth at Sno*Drift Rally in upper Michigan.

Ford Racing Weekend Results - 1/25/2013
Updated: Jan-28-2013
DEARBORN - Weekend racing results for Jan. 25-27. Billy Johnson and Jack Roush Jr. won the GRAND-AM CTSCC opener in Daytona for the second-consecutive year.

Ken Block Reveals 2013 Livery, Discusses Schedule
Updated: Jan-25-2013
PARK CITY, Utah — Kicking off 2013 with a brand new race team and global headquarters, Hoonigan Racing Division’s Ken Block is off to a big start this year. So, to better inform everyone about what he's going to be up to this season and what events he'll be partaking in, Hoonigan Racing Division decided it'd be best to let fans hear it directly from the man himself, the Chief Hoon, Ken Block. Below, Block goes into detail on everything from how he came up with his all-new team look to what he hopes to accomplish in 2013.

Sno*Drift Kicks-Off the Rally America Season
Updated: Jan-25-2013
ATLANTA, Mich. - Just a few short months ago, Ford Racing was celebrating an overall win at Olympus Rally with Ken Block and co-driver, Alex Gelsomino, and two Rally America Championships. Chris Duplessis and co-driver, Alex Kihurani, finished first in the two-wheel-drive class which sealed the class championship in their DirtFish Rally School Fiesta R2. Verena Mei and co-driver, Leanne Junnila, finished fourth in the two-wheel-drive class and the TrueCar Racing Team won Rally America’s Inaugural B Spec Championship in Fiesta.

2013 Daytona Preseason Thunder Test Session
Updated: Jan-11-2013
DAYTONA - The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season got started in earnest Thursday morning as 35 brand new race cars hit the track for the first time at Daytona International Speedway. Making his Ford Racing debut on the track was defending series champion Brad Keselowski, piloting the No. 2 Blue Deuce Ford Fusion as Penske Racing made its first official on track appearance since rejoining the Ford stable.

Action Sports Legend Travis Pastrana to Drive Roush Fenway’s No. 60 NNS Ford Full-Time in 2013
Updated: Jan-04-2013
CONCORD, N.C. – Action sports legend Travis Pastrana will make the move to full-time NASCAR racing in 2013, driving Roush Fenway’s historic No. 60 Ford Mustang in all 33 events on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule.

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Evgeny Novikov and Qatar World Rally Team’s Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way for the squad as they brought their Ford Fiesta RS WRCs home in fourth and fifth places respectively on the 2013 Vodafone Rally de Portugal.