Erik Evans and Matt Cowley took the class win in the No. 61 Academy Motorsport Mustang GT4, and also celebrated a class championship after the British GT series finale, while Melissa Clark and Jessica Moore helped Bronco Sport win the Rebelle Rally X-CROSS class for the fourth straight year.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Mustang GT4 Takes Championship; Bronco Sport Wins at Rebelle Rally for 4th Straight Year
Oct 25, 2023
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Erik Evans and Matt Cowley took the class win in the No. 61 Academy Motorsport Mustang GT4 at Donington Park, at the same time celebrating a British GT4 Championship.
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|Erik Evans and Matt Cowley took the class win in the No. 61 Academy Motorsport Mustang GT4 at Donington Park, at the same time celebrating a British GT4 Championship.
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|Teammates Will Moore and Matt Nicoll-Jones made it a double Mustang podium with their third-in-class result in the British GT season finale. -
|This win closes out the GT4 level competition for the current vehicle. Homologation will now advance the Mustang GT4 to the new Mustang Dark Horse-based GT4. -
|Melissa Clark and Jessica Moore helped Bronco Sport win the Rebelle Rally X-CROSS class for the fourth straight year after seven days of intense competition, which spanned 2,500 kilometers from Nevada to Southern California. -
|Laura Wanlass, Maria Guitar and Bronco Raptor led Ford in the 4x4 class, battling to a third-place podium finish. All three Broncos placed in the 4x4 Class top 10: Shelby Hall/Rori Lewis was fifth (Bronco Raptor) and Karisa Haydon/Trista Smith (Bronco WildTrak) was sixth. -
|The Mustang Mach-E Rally, powered by Bailey Campbell and Kaleigh Miller, placed fifth in an impressive first showing of the rally-inspired EV from Ford. -
|Ryan Blaney led Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series, finishing second on Sunday at Homestead. -
|He picked up valuable points, finishing in the top three in each stage and winning Stage 2 while leading 53 laps on the day. -
|Joey Logano finished eighth and Aric Almirola ninth while Ford playoff driver Chris Buescher fought a tight race car to a 21st-place finish. -
|Brad Keselowski had a strong Mustang early, leading 16 laps, but suffered a broken toe link late in the race, finishing 28th. -
|Blaney leaves Homestead 10 points ahead of the playoff cut line in fourth position, while Buescher holds the eighth spot in the playoffs. -
|The series resumes with the Round of 8 finale at Martinsville Speedway Sunday. -
|Riley Herbst made a late charge, missing his second straight win by a mere 0.227 seconds Saturday in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Homestead. -
|Herbst’s Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Cole Custer started on the pole and won Stage 1. -
|Custer led 114 of the race’s 200 laps but dropped a lap down due to a flat tire with 50 laps remaining. He rallied to finish 13th. -
|Custer is now three points above the elimination line heading into next week’s Round of 8 finale at the half-mile Martinsville (Va.) Speedway Saturday. -
|Ben Rhodes was the runner-up Saturday in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, helping him to advance to the playoffs’ final round. -
|His No. 99 ThorSport Ford F-150 was able to take the lead late thanks to the team’s pit strategy. -
|Rhodes hung on through the final laps to secure a spot in the Championship 4. -
|Zane Smith crossed the finish line second but was disqualified for an infraction found in the post-race technical inspection. -
|Matt Crafton finished seventh and Ty Majeski ninth to round out the top-10 Fords. -
|Rhodes will now race for the championship in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway Nov. 3. -
|Donny Schatz scored a third-place podium finish in Saturday’s final series-sanctioned race at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Texas. -
|He started ninth and gained six positions in the 30-lap feature for his 15th podium of the season following a late-race restart. -
|In Friday’s 25-lap feature, Schatz improved from 12th to ninth. He currently ranks sixth with one event remaining on the 2023 schedule. -
|The series now heads to The Dirt Track at Charlotte (Concord, NC) beginning Nov. 1 for the season-ending World of Outlaws World Finals. -
|Nani Roma and navigator Alex Haro Bravo scored third overall in the five-stage, T1 Modified Cross Country class (15:32:12 finishing time) in the Ford Ranger T1+. -
|Roma ranked 10th overall after two stages of Rally du Maroc action in the Ranger T1+, and made up ground in the final two stages, finishing sixth and seventh, respectively. -
|Ford, M-Sport & Neil Woolridge Racing not only made history, completing their first-ever competitive stage, but the third place podium for the ‘finish and learn’ effort demonstrated the strong foundation being built toward the all new truck for 2025 Dakar. -
|Chelsea DeNofa won the drivers’ championship, while teammate James Deane had a podium finish in the last round of Formula Drift for 2023. -
|The RTR drift team secured the Auto Manufacturer Championship for Ford, with enough of a lead to earn the Auto Cup one round before the finals. -
|Deane, who finished third on the day, completed his inaugural season in a Ford Mustang with a fifth-place overall points finish. -
|He suffered a crash during his last practice session, resulting in the vehicle becoming airborne. The RTR team was able to repair the car back to a competitive state. -
|The championship is Ford’s third in Formula Drift after Vaughn Gittin Jr. won titles in 2010 and 2020. -
|DeNofa announced Thursday his departure from Formula Drift, citing his interest in other future projects. -
|RTR finished the season with five wins and seven total podiums in eight rounds this year.
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