James Deane claimed the Formula Drift Championship and topped off the weekend with an overall win in the season finale, while Joey Logano clinched a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 with a win in Las Vegas.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Deane Takes Drift Title; Logano Wins in Vegas, Clinches Final 4 Berth
Oct 21, 2024
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James Deane claimed the title of 2024 Formula Drift champion and topped off the weekend with an overall win of the season finale at Irwindale Speedway in California.
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James Deane claimed the title of 2024 Formula Drift champion and topped off the weekend with an overall win of the season finale at Irwindale Speedway in California.
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This marks the fourth Formula Drift championship win for Ford Mustang and second consecutive after Chelsea DeNofa won in 2023. -
Vaughn Gittin Jr. advanced through the seeding bracket to the Top 32, ending his night there. -
Ben Hobson was eliminated in the seeding bracket. -
This concluded the 2024 season of Formula Drift. -
Joey Logano had enough gas in the tank to not only pass Daniel Suarez with five laps to go, but automatically qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship 4 after winning Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. -
The win is Logano’s third points victory of the season and fourth overall, including the All-Star Race. -
He will be making his sixth appearance in the Championship 4 and is going for a third title. -
Fellow championship contender Ryan Blaney finished 32nd after getting damage in a multi-car accident and going multiple laps down. -
He is seventh out of eight drivers in the standings, 47 points behind the final transfer spot with two races remaining in the Round of 8. -
The middle race in the Round of 8 will take place at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. -
Ryan Sieg once again found himself in position for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory but finished second for the third time this season on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. -
Cole Custer, attempting to win his second straight series championship, won the first stage and finished eighth overall, while Las Vegas native Riley Herbst was seventh. -
Custer led twice for 31 laps and goes into next weekend’s race in third place, 16 points above the cut line. -
The top four drivers after the Martinsville race in two weeks will advance to compete for the championship. -
The Xfinity Series Round of 8 continues Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. -
Melissa Clark and Kathryn Reinhardt in a Bronco Sport Sasquatch took second place in the X-Cross class at the Rebelle Rally after seven days of intense competition, which spanned 2,500 kilometers (more than 1,500 miles) from Nevada to Southern California. -
Clark and Reinhardt scored the highest points on Day 4 and Day 7 and tied for first on Day 6 in the Sasquatch package’s debut. -
Shelby Hall and Rori Lewis led Ford in 4x4 with a second-place finish and a stage win on Day 2 in the Ford Bronco Raptor. -
Laura Wanlass and Penny Dale and their Bronco Raptor took fourth in the 4x4 class. Karisa Haydon / Trista Smith (Bronco WildTrak) finished seventh. -
The Ford Ranger Raptor, powered by Bailey Campbell and Sedona Blinson, placed fifth in 4x4 in its domestic competition debut. -
Donny Schatz advanced to fourth from his 10th-place starting position Saturday night at the Federated Auto Parts Route 66 Showdown in the World of Outlaws series in Illinois. -
He started 15th in the feature Friday, driving his way to a sixth-place finish. -
The World of Outlaws take on the Bull Ring Blitz at Riverside International Speedway in Arkansas beginning Friday. -
Gregorie Munster led Ford with a fifth-place overall finish in the FIA World Rally Championship Central European Rally, while Adrien Fourmaux had the highlight of setting the fastest time at SS15. -
Fourmaux and Alex Coria had a difficult event but fought back strongly to take their best-ever finish in their Ford Puma Rally1 (third place) on Super Sunday. -
Jourdan Serderidis completed his first full-Tarmac WRC event in the Ford Puma Rally1 with the non-hybrid edition of the car, meeting Serderidis’ personal goal of finishing 20th. -
One rally remains in the WRC season schedule, Rally Japan, Nov. 20-24. -
George Miedecke and Rylan Gray of Miedecke Motorsport earned back-to-back second-place Silver Cup finishes in the GT World Challenge Australia at Sydney Motorsports Park. -
Miedecke Motorsport made a climb from 12th to the lead in the event opener before tire wear settled its Mustang GT4 in second. -
The Miedecke Motorsport Mustang GT4 started on the front row for the event finale, finishing second in class. -
Newly added Gomersall Motorsport entry of Jason Gomersall and Aaron Seton placed second in the Pro-Am class in the event opener, followed by sixth in the finale. -
Gray led Ford as the fastest in the first practice of the weekend.
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