Ford captured its first NASCAR Cup Series win of the season and the first for the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse, as Brad Keselowski ended his 110-race winless streak in Sunday’s Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Keselowski Snaps Streak as Mustang Dark Horse Gets First Cup Win
May 13, 2024
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Brad Keselowski won the first race for the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
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Brad Keselowski won the first race for the new Ford Mustang Dark Horse Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
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It also marked Keselowski’s first win as owner/driver with RFK Racing and snapped his 110-race winless streak. -
Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Josh Berry (third) and Chase Briscoe (fifth) also finished inside the top five, while Justin Haley (ninth) and Michael McDowell (10th) earned top-10 finishes. -
Chris Buescher, who led 21 laps, looked poised for the win late but got put into the outside wall with 10 laps remaining while battling for the lead. -
The NASCAR Cup Series will take a break from points racing next weekend, as the annual All-Star Race is scheduled to take place at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina Sunday. -
Cole Custer led Ford with a third-place finish on Saturday in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington. -
He sat on the pole after qualifying was rained out and led the first 21 laps. -
Custer was forced to the rear after an air gun malfunctioned on his first pit stop. -
Riley Herbst finished seventh with Ryan Sieg 13th. -
The Xfinity Series will take next week off before returning to action May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. -
Ben Rhodes was the top finishing Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in third place after an overtime restart decided the race. -
Ty Majeski had a five-second lead, but a caution with six laps to go erased his lead and sent the race into overtime. -
Majeski chose the outside lane and didn’t get a good restart, which resulted in him finishing fifth. -
Majeski led twice for 36 laps in a race delayed at the start for 2.5 hours due to rain. -
The Truck series continues Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. -
Adrien Fourmaux led Ford with a fourth-place finish in the fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship season. -
He captured several top-three finishes during Rally Portugal in his Puma Rally1 Hybrid. -
Fourmaux now sits fourth in the overall championship standings. -
Next up on the WRC schedule is the ERC Royal Rally of Scandinavia, June 13-15. -
James Deane earned a podium finish and retained the lead in championship points at Formula Drift Atlanta. -
All three RTR Mustangs earned their way into the top 32 main competition bracket. -
Vaughn Gittin Jr. made his season debut. He battled his way into the top 32 after advancing in the seeding bracket. Gittin would face Deane in the Top 32, which Deane advanced. -
Deane sits atop the PRO standings, holding the lead by two points. -
Formula Drift heads to Orlando, Florida for Round 3: Scorched, May 31- June 1. -
The No. 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports of Joey Hand and Dirk Müller led the “Champion Spirit” Mustang GT3 to a Ford-best eighth in the GTD PRO class in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca. -
The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports sister car of Harry Tincknell and Mike Rockenfeller placed ninth. -
The No. 55 Proton Competition Mustang GT3 followed up its top-five performance with a seventh-place finish in the GTD class. -
Mustang GT3 has recorded at least one top-10 finish in each of the first three rounds of GTD class action this season. -
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship takes part in the Detroit Grand Prix May 31-June 1. -
Proton Competition earned its third consecutive top-10 performance with both its Mustang GT3s in an extended 6 Hours of Spa in Belgium, where time was reset following a red flag around the four-hour mark. -
The No. 88 of Dennis Olsen, Mikkel O. Pedersen and Giorgio Roda led Ford to an eighth-place class finish. -
The No. 77 of Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon and Ben Barker placed ninth. -
The fourth round of FIA World Endurance Championship action is the iconic 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 15-16. -
The No. 59 KohR Motorsports Mustang GT4 of Bob Michaelian and Luca Mars led Ford with a 16th-place finish in the third round of IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge action at Laguna Seca. -
The driver pairing of Chad McCumbee and Jenson Altzman fell 10 laps down after being involved in an incident in the second turn of the opening lap. -
The No. 43 Stephen Cameron Racing Mustang GT4 of Gregory Liefooghe and Sean Quinlan, making its series debut – and with Ford – placed 18th in the GS class. -
The next round of the series is at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, June 7-9. -
Donny Schatz climbed to fifth from seventh in the Federated Auto Parts Gettysburg Clash in the World of Outlaws series in Pennsylvania. -
He finished first in Heat One and secured the Simpson Racing Quick Time with a lap time of 13.497. -
Both nights of the Morgan Cup at Williams Grove were rained out.
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