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Q&A with Ron Douglas - 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Funny Car Series
Updated: Mar-31-2011
LAS VEGAS - The 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Funny Car Series has brought around a lot of changes for Ron Douglas, co-crew chief of the Castrol GTX High Mileage Ford Mustang. After Ashley Force Hood announced she was stepping back for the year, Douglas made the switch from daughter to father and is now behind 15-time champion John Force’s quest for a 16th title. Douglas talks about the changes and gives an update on Courtney Force’s Funny Car training.

Focus Race Car Ready for Action
Updated: Mar-31-2011
DUNTON, England - The new Team Aon Ford Focus BTCC car has undergone its final shakedown tests ahead of this weekend’s opening race at the Brands Hatch circuit in southern England. The fine-tuning took place at Ford’s Dunton Engineering Centre in Essex.

Q&A with Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and David Ragan - Race at Martinsville Speedway
Updated: Mar-30-2011
MARTINSVILLE, United States - Roush Fenway drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and David Ragan were on hand at ZMAX Dragway Tuesday afternoon to challenge NHRA legend John Force on his drag racing turf. The trio took time to talk about their seasons so far on the NASCAR circuit headed into Sunday's short-track race at Martinsville Speedway.

Ford Retains WRC Lead In Portugal
Updated: Mar-28-2011
LISBON, Portugal -   Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team retained the lead of the manufacturers' and drivers' standings in the FIA World Rally Championship in Portugal.  Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila's third place in Rally de Portugal and fourth for team-mates Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, both in Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Cars, preserved the team's clear lead in the manufacturers' table.   

Marcus Gronholm and Ford Fiesta Sweep GRC Weekend with RallyCross Victory
Updated: Mar-28-2011
IRWINDALE, Unites States –  For a guy who hasn’t regularly raced since 2007, Marcus Gronholm, quickly established himself in the Global RallyCross Championship (GRC). Gronholm, a two-time WRC champ who won the inaugural GRC SuperRally on Friday, never blinked in his domination of the GRC field capturing the Global RallyCross Championship AWD RallyCross finale and giving him a clean sweep of the weekend.  Gronholm won the six-car A Main Finale in the Best Buy Fiesta edging his Ford teammate Tanner Foust who came in second in the ROCKSTAR Fiesta.

Fiesta and Marcus Gronholm Win Inaugural Global RallyCross Championship Super Rally
Updated: Mar-28-2011
IRWINDALE, Unites States – Two-time world rally champion Marcus Gronholm may have retired from the WRC at the end of the 2007 season, but he demonstrated his skills are as sharp as ever as he dominated the opening event of the Global RallyCross Championship winning the Super Rally event in the Best Buy Ford Fiesta.  Gronholm, the fastest qualifier for the SuperRally, did not lose a single heat in his march to victory.

Welcome to the Points Pinnacle
Updated: Mar-28-2011
FONTANA, Unites States — There was once a time when a Roush Fenway Racing Ford had a better than average chance of finishing first in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-3/25/2011
Updated: Mar-28-2011
DEARBORN — Weekend racing results for March 25-27, 2011. 

Q&A with David Ragan - World’s Fastest Half-Mile
Updated: Mar-24-2011
BRISTOL, United States — Last weekend in Bristol, Tennessee, Ford Racing driver David Ragan set a World Record for the fastest half-mile time on a closed course at just over 98 miles per hour in a street legal Ford Supercharged Mustang.  Ragan took time to talk about the feat and what it was like to drive the production car around the “World’s Fastest Half-Mile.”

Q&A with Jack Roush – Keys to Turnaround
Updated: Mar-23-2011
FONTANA, United States — Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, has finished first or second in five of the last six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races dating back to last season.  He sits only one point behind Kurt Busch for the points lead, but Edwards isn’t the only Roush Fenway driver who has improved from a year ago.  As the series gets ready for a trip to Auto Club Speedway this weekend, car owner Jack Roush talked with Ford Racing about the keys to his organization’s turnaround.

WRC Leader Ford Targets Sunny Times in Portugal's Algarve
Updated: Mar-21-2011
PORTUGAL — Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team travels to Portugal next week aiming to strengthen its lead in both the manufacturers' and drivers' standings in the FIA World Rally Championship.  Rally de Portugal (24 - 27 March) is the third round of the 13-event series, and provides the first opportunity for the new Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car to sample a European gravel encounter.

Fusion Trio Sounds Thunder in Valley
Updated: Mar-21-2011
BRISTOL, United States — Carl Edwards gave Kyle Busch all he could handle during the final 50 laps of Sunday’s Jeff Byrd 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, passing Busch briefly on lap 474, before the losing the lead for good on the following lap, as Busch won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race of the season.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-3/18/2011
Updated: Mar-21-2011
DEARBORN — Weekend racing results for March 18-20, 2011.

Q&A with Trevor Bayne - Jeff Byrd 500
Updated: Mar-18-2011
BRISTOL, United States — Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion, will be making his second Homecoming in three weeks as he heads to Bristol, TN, for this weekend’s Jeff Byrd 500.  Bayne was in his hometown of Knoxville shortly after winning last month’s Daytona 500 and while he’s been going to Bristol since the age of five, this will mark his first time driving a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car.  He spoke to Ford Racing recently about what this weekend means to him.

Q&A with Marcus Gronholm - Global RallyCross Debut
Updated: Mar-18-2011
WEST HOLLYWOOD, United States — Two-time WRC champion Marcus Gronholm has agreed to drive the Best Buy Ford Fiesta for Olsbergs MSE in the opening round of the Global RallyCross championship at Irwindale Speedway March 26-27.  Gronholm, who drove two seasons for Ford in the World Rally Championship (2006-07), officially retired following the 2007 season.  Since then he has kept busy with one-off events like Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2009 and by running a handful of European RallyCross events.  Gronholm shared his thoughts on the GRC debut with Ford Racing.  

Team Ford Racing Drivers Debut at Absa National Off Road Championship
Updated: Mar-16-2011
PRETORIA – Team Ford Racing enjoyed a dramatic and eventful start to the 2011 Absa Off Road Championship. The opening race of the season, the Adenco 400, got underway on Friday, March 11.  

Focus in Action in British Touring Car Championship
Updated: Mar-15-2011
BRENTWOOD, United States — The British Touring Car Championship bursts back into life for a new season with its first three races of 2011 at the Brands Hatch circuit in southern England on Sunday 3 April.

Rally Legend Marcus Grönholm to Compete in Global RallyCross Championship
Updated: Mar-14-2011
WEST HOLLYWOOD, United States — Two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm will travel to the United States to compete in the first round of the Global RallyCross Championship: The Revolution, taking place March 25-26 at Irwindale Speedway on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

Gator Win: JFR Extends FC Streak
Updated: Mar-14-2011
GAINESVILLE, United States — Mike Neff ended 10 years of Florida frustration Sunday, capping a near flawless performance in the 42nd annual Tire Kingdom Gatornationals by directing his Castrol GTX Ford Mustang past the Toyota Camry of veteran Cruz Pedregon in the Funny Car final at Gainesville Raceway.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-3/11/2011
Updated: Mar-14-2011
DEARBORN — Weekend racing results for March 11-13, 2011.

Q&A with Bob Tasca III – Return to Gainesville
Updated: Mar-11-2011
GAINESVILLE, United States — In 2009 Bob Tasca III took his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang Funny Car all the way to the winner’s circle for the first time at Gatornationals. In 2010 he made it to the final round only to lose to fellow Ford driver Tim Wilkerson. Needless to say the track in Gainesville, Florida holds a very special place for Tasca.

2011 Daytona 500 Winner Trevor Bayne Visits Dearborn (Video)
Updated: Mar-10-2011
DEARBORN — The Wood Brothers and Trevor Bayne visited employees at Regent Court to help celebrate their Daytona 500 victory, and Ford's 600th win in NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Ride Along in a Fiesta Rally Car (Video)
Updated: Mar-10-2011
SALEM, United States — Ride along at the 100 Acre Wood Rally with RallyCar's Rally America National Championship 2WD points leader, Dillon Van Way in his 2011 Ford Fiesta. After two rounds of the National Championship Van Way has a win (Sno*Drift) and a podium finish in his rally prepared stock Fiesta.  Next up for the 19-year-old college freshman and 2009 National Champion is the Olympus Rally in Ocean Shores, Washington April 30 - May 1.

Wood Brothers Turn Pit Stop into Modern Day NASCAR Art Form
Updated: Mar-9-2011
DEARBORN — The first three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races have highlighted one of the major changes for the 2011 season as the elimination of the catch can man means there is one less crew member allowed over the wall during pit stops.  As teams continue to search for ways to shave precious seconds off their stops, Ford Racing looks back at how the Wood Brothers revolutionized the modern day pit stop as part of its 110th Anniversary series on milestone moments.

Edwards Thunders into Victory Lane
Updated: Mar-7-2011
LAS VEGAS — Most NASCAR crew chiefs will admit that they learn something during virtually every race. Bob Osborne, who guided Carl Edwards to his first win of the Sprint Cup season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, picked up some valuable knowledge during the Kobalt Tools 400—thanks to the troubles of rival Tony Stewart.

Ford Stretches World Championship Lead at Rally Mexico
Updated: Mar-7-2011
MEXICO — Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team claimed a double podium in Rally Mexico to extend its lead in both the manufacturers' and drivers' standings in the FIA World Rally Championship.  Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen finished second in the gravel debut of the new Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car, 45.5sec ahead of team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila.

Ford Racing Weekend Results-3/4/2011
Updated: Mar-7-2011
DEARBORN — Weekend racing results for March 4-6, 2011.

Edwards Thunders into Victory Lane
Updated: Mar-7-2011
LAS VEGAS — Most NASCAR crew chiefs will admit that they learn something during virtually every race. Bob Osborne, who guided Carl Edwards to his first win of the Sprint Cup season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, picked up some valuable knowledge during the Kobalt Tools 400—thanks to the troubles of rival Tony Stewart.

Fiesta Swaps Swedish Freezer for Mexican Furnace
Updated: Mar-3-2011
MEXICO — The extremes of climate and terrain that Ford's new Fiesta RS World Rally Car must master in its quest for FIA World Rally Championship success will be highlighted at Rally Mexico (March 3 - 6).

Ken Block and DC Gives Fans More Gymkhana THREE with New Exclusive Edits
Updated: Mar-3-2011
HUNTINGTON BEACH, United States — To celebrate the amazing success that DC and Ken Block’s Gymkhana THREE Project has seen, and to give fans even more of the raw action they’ve come to expect and love from the Gymkhana franchise, DC is releasing new exclusive edits which include a new alternate-angle edit and six exclusive trick edits with never-before-seen footage from Gymkhana THREE, Part 2.

Q&A with Scott Maxwell - Preparing for Homestead-Miami Speedway and Advancements Made to the BOSS 302R Program
Updated: Mar-3-2011
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI, United States — After a frustrating, second-place finish in the GRAND-AM 200 at Daytona International Speedway, Scott Maxwell, co-driver of the No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang BOSS 302R, is ready to get back on the race track. Maxwell talks about preparing for Homestead-Miami Speedway and the advancements that have been made to the BOSS 302R program since it last made its appearance there.

Q&A with Jamie Allison – 2011 Ford Racing Season
Updated: Mar-2-2011
DEARBORN — Ford Racing has kicked off the 2011 season with great momentum after season-opening wins in the World Rally Championship, RallyCar’s Rally America Series, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and, this past weekend, in the NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car Series.  Jamie Allison, director of Ford North America Motorsports, talks about what these wins mean for the company and how the One Ford concept is working in motorsports.