Motorsports News and Information - 2011 News Archive: February

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Hight Sends Auto Club Ford to Victory in NHRA Season Opener
Updated: Feb-28-2011
POMONA - Riding with a “lucky coin” given him last year by members of the legendary Wood Brothers NASCAR team, Robert “Top Gun” Hight ended six months in drag racing purgatory Sunday by driving the Auto Club Ford Mustang to a dramatic victory in the 51st annual Kragen O’Reilly Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-2/25/2011
Updated: Feb-28-2011
DEARBORN -- Weekend racing results for Feb. 25-27, 2011.

Q&A with John Force and Bob Tasca III - NHRA’s 60th Season
Updated: Feb-23-2011
POMANA - Bob Tasca, driver and owner of the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford Shelby Mustang Funny Car, and John Force, who last season earned his 15th Full Throttle Series championship title at the wheel of the Castrol GTX High-Mileage Ford Mustang, spoke with Ford Racing about the kick off the 2011 season. Among the topics they discussed were the keys to keeping the Championship title in the Ford Family, the importance of family (most notably the Tasca’s) in NHRA Drag Racing, and major moments in NHRA’s first 60 years.

Robert Hight NHRA Kick Off Preview (VIDEO)

Q&A with Trevor Bayne - Daytona 500 Win
Updated: Feb-23-2011
DAYTONA - Trevor Bayne became the 7th driver to earn his first win in the Daytona 500, doing it in just his second NASCAR Sprint Cup series start. He also became the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history, just one day past his 20th birthday. Bayne also recorded Ford’s 600th victory and talked about the whirlwind he has been part of since claiming the checkers in Daytona.

Trevor Bayne Gives a Special Thanks to Ford/Motorcraft & Quick Lane (VIDEO)

Cinderally Story Written as Trevor Bayne Wins Daytona 500; Ford Finishes 1-2-3
Updated: Feb-21-2011
DAYTONA -- There have been big wins and championships for the Motorcraft brand in its long and storied motorsports history, but never has a season kicked off quite like 2011.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-2/18/2011
Updated: Feb-21-2011
DEARBORN -- Weekend racing results for Feb. 18-21, 2011.

Accident Halts Fiesta RS WRC Test
Updated: Feb-18-2011
PORTUGAL - Ford’s new Fiesta RS WRC has again demonstrated its strength following a major testing accident in Portugal.

Q&A with Tim Wilkerson - Third Season with the Blue Oval
Updated: Feb-17-2011
LAS VEGAS -- This weekend Tim Wilkerson, driver and owner of the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang Funny Car, will spend some time in Las Vegas testing and preparing for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Series Season. Wilkerson, a three time Funny Car winner in 2010, talks about how he spent his off-season and what he’ll be focusing on during testing as he enters this third season with the Blue Oval.

Ford Racing History: One Set of Tires
Updated: Feb-15-2011
DAYTONA -- While it’s highly unlikely a team will run the entire 500 miles on only one set of tires in the 2011 Daytona 500, it has been done before and by none other than the Wood Brothers, who never changed tires and made one less pit stop than their rivals to help substitute driver Tiny Lund win the 1963 Daytona 500. As part of its 600-win series on milestone victories in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Ford Racing looks back at one of the best stories in Daytona 500 history.

Fiesta RS WRC Claims Podium Clean Sweep on Rally Debut
Updated: Feb-14-2011
SWEDEN - Ford's all-new Fiesta RS World Rally Car made a dream debut by powering to a 1-2-3 finish in Rally Sweden. Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen won a thrilling opening round of the FIA World Rally Championship from Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson. Hirvonen's team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were third.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-2/11/2011
Updated: Feb-14-2011
DEARBORN -- Weekend racing results for Feb. 11-12, 2011.

Q&A with Mike Neff - 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Season
Updated: Feb-10-2011
DEARBORN -- After a year helping John Force earn his 15th NHRA Funny Car Championship as a co-crew chief, Mike Neff is back behind the wheel of his own Ford Mustang Funny Car. Neff talks about pulling double duty as crew chief and driver for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Season.

Ken Block and the Monster World Rally Team’s New Ford Fiesta RS WRC and Livery Reveal
Updated: Feb-8-2011
DEARBORN -- Ken Block and the Monster World Rally Team are upping the ante for 2011 with a bigger and broader schedule of races and events. In addition to taking on more WRC rounds this year in the all-new Monster Energy Ford Fiesta RS WRC, Block will also be competing in Summer X Games, Gymkhana GRID, and select RallyCar rallies and RallyCross events in the United States.

Ford Racing History: Ford Racing Nets 500th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Triumph
Updated: Feb-8-2011
MARTINSVILLE -- Ford Racing enters the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season needing only one victory to reach 600. This week, Ford Racing looks at the circumstances surrounding Mark Martin’s win at Martinsville in 2000 that resulted in Ford’s 500th all-time victory.

Ford Racing History: Ford Racing Celebrates 400th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Victory
Updated: Feb-4-2011
ATLANTA -- Ford Racing enters the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season needing only one victory to reach 600. Over the next two weeks, leading up to the Daytona 500, Ford Racing will present a recap of the milestone wins and other tidbits that have helped shape the manufacturer’s history in the sport. This week, Ford Racing looks at the bizarre and ironic nature of Morgan Shepherd’s win that gave Ford 400 series victories.

Q&A with Bob Tasca – One Ford Concept in Action
Updated: Feb-4-2011
DEARBORN -- John Force calls it the “shot heard around the world.” Bob Tasca simply calls it an example of the ‘One Ford’ concept in action. The fans at Pomona on the final day of the 2010 NHRA Funny Car season would have many adjectives to describe it, but the bottom line is that without Tasca’s stunning first round upset of points leader Matt Hagan, John Force wouldn’t be holding his 15th NHRA Funny Car championship trophy. Now less than less than three months later Tasca and the Motorcraft / Quick Lane Shelby Mustang are preparing for the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car season. It is a season in which Force has consistently declared that one of his chief championship challengers will be the “All Ford kid [Tasca] in his all Ford hot rod.” Ford Racing caught up with Tasca prior to the start of preseason testing to get his outlook on the upcoming campaign.

Developing the Fiesta RS WRC
Updated: Feb-2-2011
COLOGNE – Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team technical director Christian Loriaux headed the team which developed the all-new Fiesta RS World Rally Car. Here the 44-year-old Belgian talks about some of the key issues surrounding the development of Ford's 2011 WRC challenger.

Female Automotive Journalist Drives Ford F-150 SVT Raptor to Victory at 2011 Dakar Rally
Updated: Feb-2-2011
BARADERO -- Sue Mead, a seasoned automotive journalist and avid off-road fan, wanted to do something spectacular for her 60th birthday. So she teamed up with professional off-road racer Darren Skilton, got behind the wheel of a Ford F-150 SVT Raptor and took on one of the world’s most grueling off-road races, the 2011 Dakar Rally.

Fiesta RS WRC Set to Receive Green Light for World Championship Debut
Updated: Feb-1-2011
COLOGNE –Ford's all-new Fiesta RS World Rally Car is set to receive final clearance for its FIA World Rally Championship debut this week when motorsport's governing body gives it the seal of approval to compete in Rally Sweden.

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