Luca Mars captured a class championship in the Ford Mustang GT4 at Road Atlanta, Donny Schatz took home the victory in the World of Outlaws series in Pennsylvania and a duo of Ford drivers advanced in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Record-Setting Mars Clinches IMSA Championship in Mustang GT4
Oct 14, 2024
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Luca Mars clinched the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX championship with the No. 59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4, winning the event opener at Road Atlanta from pole position.
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Luca Mars clinched the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge GSX championship with the No. 59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4, winning the event opener at Road Atlanta from pole position.
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Mars led by as many as 22 seconds before a full-course caution regrouped the field. -
Teammate Bob Michaelian drove the No. 59 in the season finale, powering the Mustang GT4 from the back of the seven-car GSX field to a runner-up finish. -
Mars set the GSX class track record with a lap time of 1:27.469, while Michaelian recorded the fastest lap of Friday’s finale with a 1:27.594. -
The No. 19 Stephen Cameron Racing Mustang GT4, driven by Sean Quinlan, finished fifth in both races. -
KohR Motorsports won the team title, and Ford secured the manufacturers' crown. -
Donny Schatz secured his fifth regular-season victory and sixth overall in the World of Outlaws series at the Keystone Showdown Saturday night in Pennsylvania. -
He started seventh in the feature, driving his way through competition and leading the final 10 laps. -
The World of Outlaws return to the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois next for the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown Friday and Saturday. -
Ryan Blaney (10th) and Joey Logano (eighth) advanced to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Round of 8, while Austin Cindric led the Ford drivers with a fourth-place finish at Charlotte but was eliminated from the playoffs. -
Logano advanced after post-race inspection revealed the No. 48 Chevy of Alex Bowman failed to meet minimum weight requirements and was disqualified. -
Chase Briscoe retired early after suffering a flat tire and subsequent steering issues, finishing 37th, which also eliminated him from the playoffs. -
The NASCAR Cup Series Round of 8 kicks off Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. -
Cole Custer was the top-finishing Ford driver (13th) at Charlotte, but his performance was enough for him to advance to the next round of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs. -
Custer’s teammate Riley Herbst was eliminated from the playoffs after being victim of a pileup in Turn 17 on Lap 34 that sent the No. 98 team to the garage. -
Herbst was able to return, but his 32nd-place finish left him out of the Round of 8. -
The Xfinity Series will begin the Round of 8 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Saturday. -
Ford Performance entered two Ford Raptor T1+s in the “EXP” grouping of the Ultimate Class of Rallye Du Maroc with Carlos Sainz Sr. and Mattias Ekstöm as their drivers. -
The entry was an effort to test and learn within real rally-raid competition conditions, and the two trucks were not part of official scoring due to their EXP classification. -
Sainz Sr. finished third during the first stage, with Ekstöm finishing fifth. -
Sainz Sr. secured a first rally raid stage win for the team during the competition’s fourth stage, pushing from 11th to fastest finish overall. -
During the final stage, Sainz raced from 11th to second before a tire puncture relegated them back to a fifth-place finish. -
Ford returns to Dakar with a four-team effort in 2025. -
Cam Waters and co-driver James Moffat in the No. 6 Ford Mustang Supercar led Ford with a fourth-place finish at the Bathurst 1000 in the Repco Supercars Championship. -
Waters was also the top qualifying Ford Mustang driver, capturing second place, separated by only 0.1310 seconds. -
Five Ford Mustangs made the Top-10 Shootout, including Waters, Stanaway, Payne, Pasquale, and Mostert. -
After 20 races in the championship, Chaz Mostert is the highest Ford Mustang Driver in third in the driver standings, followed by Waters, who is fourth in points overall. -
The 2024 Supercars championship continues with the second-to-last round of the series, the Gold Coast 500, in Queensland from Oct. 25-27. -
The No. 65 Ford Mustang GT3, with Frédéric Vervisch starting, led much of the GTD Pro field early on an alternate pit strategy at Road Atlanta in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. -
The No. 65, running in second, acquired the lead with about three hours remaining but was assessed a mechanical black flag due to low tire pressure, recovering to finish sixth. -
The No. 64 received a drive-through penalty mid-race for refueling infractions and finished eighth. -
The No. 55 Proton Competition GT3, climbed to third with four hours remaining but was forced to retire due to damage from a collision in Turn 5 with less than an hour left. -
The No. 43 Mustang GT4 led Ford to a seventh-place GS finish in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge at Road Atlanta. -
A competitor forced the No. 59 KohR Motorsports Ford Mustang GT4, driven by Bob Michaelian and Luca Mars, off-course in Turn 7 on the fourth lap. Extensive front-end damage sidelined the team for the remainder of the race, while the competitor received a drive-through penalty. -
The No. 13 McCumbee McAleer Mustang GT4, driven by Jenson Altzman and Sam Paley, retired after completing three laps due to driveline issues. -
Paley, who recently completed a full season in Mustang Challenge, qualified second in his GS class debut with the Mustang GT4. -
Daniel Wilkerson led Ford in Texas, qualifying sixth with a 3.871 at 327.68 mph and advancing to the semifinals in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. -
Bob Tasca III qualified 13th and Chad Green 14th. -
The next stop on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is Las Vegas for the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals, Oct. 31 - Nov. 3.
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