Ryan Blaney dominated early in the NASCAR Cup Series, as Ford Performance drivers showed promise across various racing series, securing top-10 finishes, podiums, and stage wins around the globe.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Fords Finish Strong, Take Top 10s Around the World
Mar 24, 2025
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Chris Buescher (sixth) and Ryan Preece (ninth) led Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series with top-10 runs at Homestead in Miami.
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|Chris Buescher (sixth) and Ryan Preece (ninth) led Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series with top-10 runs at Homestead in Miami.
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|Ryan Blaney won Stage 1 and led 124 of the first 161 laps, but a mechanical issue with 60 laps to go ended his race early. -
|Last week’s winner, Josh Berry, was Ford’s top qualifier (second), but a pit road spin on lap 84 forced him to the back of the field and contributed to a 17th-place finish. -
|The NASCAR Cup Series continues Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. -
|The Haas Factory Team duo of Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed led the way for Ford in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, finishing second and fifth, respectively. -
|Mayer led 22 laps, but lost his chance at victory when he didn’t get a good overtime restart from the inside of the second row. -
|He is second in the standings, while Creed is fifth and Ryan Sieg is eighth. -
|The series continues Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. -
|Layne Riggs had the lead with three laps to go, but his older tires couldn’t hold off Kyle Larson and Riggs settled for a Ford-best second place finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. -
|Riggs, who was third in Stage 1 and sixth in Stage 2, has finished fifth or better in the last two races. -
|Jake Garcia was seventh and Chandler Smith eighth as Ford had three top-10 finishers. -
|Ford has four drivers in the top 10 of the point standings. Defending champ Ty Majeski is second while Smith is third, Riggs eighth and Garcia ninth. -
|The series continues at Martinsville Speedway on Friday. -
|Dennis Fetzer, Jusuf Owega, David Schumacher and Dirk Müller placed 10th in the SP9 class (14th overall) during the team’s Mustang GT3 debut in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. -
|Nico Bastian, Arjun Maini, Dennis Olsen and Frank Stippler were unable to start the race after the car went off the track in the Pflanzgarten area during qualifying. -
|The second NLS round of the season is scheduled for April 25-26. -
|Donny Schatz finished fifth in Friday night’s World of Outlaws Texas Two-Step feature at Cotton Bowl, climbing from a 10th-place starting spot. -
|He won the second heat Saturday night and went to the Dash, securing him a sixth-position start in the main feature. -
|Unfortunately Schatz’s Saturday night run was cut short when a broken axle ended his competition. -
|The next stop for the Outlaws is the Sooner State Showdown at Lawton, Oklahoma, Friday. -
|All three of M-Sport’s Ford Puma Rally1 cars in the World Rally Championship made it to the finish of the grueling Rally Kenya event, all taking positions in the top 10 overall. -
|Grégoire Munster earned his second ever WRC stage win at the top level, earning the top spot in SS15. -
|He led the fleet of Puma Rally1s through the finish, earning fifth overall. -
|Next up for WRC is Rally Islas Canarias in the Canary Islands in April. -
|Bob Tasca III secured his first No. 1 qualifier of the NHRA season with a 3.863 at 333.82 mph in Phoenix. -
|He defeated Jon Capps in the first round of eliminations, running 3.949 at 326.16 mph. -
|Tasca was one of the last four standing after defeating JR Todd in the second round but fell to Paul Lee in the semifinals. -
|The next stop on the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California, this weekend. -
|Ford Red Bull Powertrains driver Chloe Chambers made her debut with the team in Shanghai, earning a weekend best finish of second place in Race 1. -
|She qualified fourth for Round 1 in the Red Bull Ford operated by Campos Racing. -
|The American driver finished on the podium both races, earning third place in Race 2. -
|F1 Academy continues April 18-22 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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