FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Mustang GT4 Takes First Podium at Sebring

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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Mustang GT4 Takes First Podium at Sebring

Mar 18, 2024

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McCumbee McAleer Racing helped the all-new Mustang GT4 to its first-ever podium in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Sebring, while the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang led the way for Mustang GT3 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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Brad Keselowski led Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series with a third-place finish Sunday at Bristol in Tennessee.
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Chris Buescher was the other Ford driver in the top 10 with a seventh-place effort.
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Ryan Blaney sat on the pole and Josh Berry made it an all-Ford front row for the third time in the first five races of the season.
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Berry led 25 laps, while Buescher (17) and Blaney (14) also led double-digit circuits.
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The Cup Series will hit the road Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Texas.
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Matt Crafton led Ford with a fourth-place finish in Saturday night’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol.
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Layne Riggs had his best run of the season for Front Row Motorsports in 10th.
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Jake Garcia finished 14th and defending champion Ben Rhodes 16th.
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Ty Majeski (34th) had a pair of fourth-place stage finishes but retired early due to damage from a multi-truck crash.
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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series continues Saturday at Circuit of the Americas.
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Donny Schatz started 10th in the World of Outlaws’ Texas Two-Step weekend and finished ninth after his team was able to repair damage sustained in a wreck.
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He started the main event from the pole after winning Saturday night’s Dash and ultimately finished third, his second podium of the season.
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Ford Multimatic Motorsports earned two GTD Pro top-10 finishes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Sebring, completing the full 12-hour length of the race.
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The No. 64 of Harry Tincknell, Mike Rockenfeller and Chris Mies led the way for Mustang GT3, placing seventh.
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Mies led the GTD Pro class during the race for a second straight round.
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The No. 65 of Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Frédéric Vervisch finished eighth.
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The No. 55 of Proton Competition was about an hour shy of the checkered flag, completing 291 laps.
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The next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is May 10-12 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
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McCumbee McAleer Racing captured a third-place GS class finish in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Sebring, which marks the first podium for the all-new Mustang GT4 in the series.
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The driver pairing of Chad McCumbee and Jenson Altzman started 10th for the two-hour event, notably making a push from fifth in the closing laps into podium position.
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Early in the race, the No. 59 KohR Motorsports Mustang GT4 of Bob Michaelian and Luca Mars evaded competitor contact by veering off the course into turn seven, finishing 23rd in the GS class.
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After two rounds, McCumbee and Altzman hold the sixth spot in the championship standings; Michaelian and Mars are 14th.
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The next round of the series is May 10-12 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

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