FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Fords Take Top 10s in Las Vegas, Qatar

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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Fords Take Top 10s in Las Vegas, Qatar

Mar 04, 2024

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Ford Performance posted several top-10 finishes in NASCAR at Las Vegas, while Proton Competition helped Mustang GT3 to a top-10 finish during the FIA World Endurance Championship season opener in Doha, Qatar.

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Ryan Blaney finished third to lead Ford in the first intermediate NASCAR Cup Series race of the year.
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Noah Gragson (sixth) and Joey Logano (ninth) also finished in the top 10 at Las Vegas.
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Logano, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher and Michael McDowell all led laps.
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Logano won the pole, keeping the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse undefeated in three qualifying sessions.
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The Cup Series will head to Phoenix Raceway Sunday.
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Cole Custer was the highest-finishing Ford in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with a second-place finish at Las Vegas.
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He started the weekend by winning the pole position in Friday qualifying.
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Riley Herbst was fifth, Ryan Sieg seventh and Hailie Deegan 15th.
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Herbst (third) and Custer (fifth) are both in the top five of the series point standings.
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The Xfinity Series will stay out west for Saturday’s race at Phoenix Raceway.
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Matt Crafton led Ford with a seventh-place finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Las Vegas.
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Ty Majeski finished 10th after winning the first two stages, but a penalty took him out of contention with 32 laps remaining.
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He led a race-high five times for 40 laps.
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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has a week off before returning to action March 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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Both of the Proton Competition Mustang GT3s successfully finished the season-opening Qatar 1812 KM in the FIA World Endurance Championship, completing nearly 300 laps in a 10-hour duration.
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The No. 88 Mustang GT3 – co-piloted by Giorgio Roda, Mikkel Pedersen and Dennis Olsen – led Ford, placing ninth in the LMGT3 class. The No. 88 improved three spots from its 12th-place starting spot.
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The No. 77 Mustang GT3 – co-driven by Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon and Ben Barker –made the jump from starting last (18th) on the LMGT3 grid to an 11th-place finish.
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The No. 77 was unable to qualify for the race after experiencing electrical issues.
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The WEC season continues April 21 with the 6 Hours of Imola in Italy.

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