Ford Mustang swept the weekend in the Repco Supercars Championship in New Zealand, while Mustang got its first victory in the SRO GT4 European series since 2008 in France, and Chandler Smith achieved his first win with Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in Tennessee.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Ford’s Global Stampede Nets Wins for Mustang, F-150
Apr 14, 2025
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Ford Mustang swept the weekend in the Repco Supercars Championship in New Zealand, earning the top spot in all three races in Taupo. Matt Payne saw the win in Races 8 and 10, with Chaz Mostert earning the win in Race 9.
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|Ford Mustang swept the weekend in the Repco Supercars Championship in New Zealand, earning the top spot in all three races in Taupo. Matt Payne saw the win in Races 8 and 10, with Chaz Mostert earning the win in Race 9.
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|Mustangs also dominated qualifying for three races over the weekend, with Payne quickest for the first and Brodie Kostecki grabbing two more. -
|Cam Waters is the top Ford driver in points, currently second overall just 40 points from the series leader. Payne now follows closely in third. -
|The Supercars Championship returns May 8-11 with the Tasmania Super 400 in Launceston, Tasmania. -
|Academy Motorsport helped Mustang GT4 to an SRO GT4 European Series season-opening victory at Circuit Paul Ricard in France. -
|The win marks the first by Mustang in the series since 2008. -
|Ford Performance Junior Team drivers Erik Evans and Marco Signoretti started fifth in-class on the grid and set the fastest lap of the race (2:13.911) on their ascent to the top spot. -
|Evans and Signoretti followed up their opening round performance with an eighth-place Silver finish in the event finale. -
|Ford Performance Junior Team driver Nathan Vanspringel and Michiel Haverans and Team-Floral earned a 13th-place Silver class finish in the opener and 14th in the last race of the weekend. -
|The second round is scheduled for May 16-18 and Zandvoort in the Netherlands. -
|Chandler Smith registered his first win with Ford in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee. -
|He won Stage 1 and led a race-high 127 laps. -
|Ben Rhodes (fifth), Layne Riggs (sixth), and Jake Garcia (seventh) also finished in the top 10. -
|Ford holds half of the top 10 in the series point standings: Smith (second), Ty Majeski (third), Riggs (sixth), Rhodes (ninth) and Garcia (10th). -
|The series returns to action on Friday at Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina. -
|The No. 65 Haupt Racing Team Mustang GT3 earned a Ford-best eighth in Pro Cup, finishing 11th out of 59 total competitors on the grid for the SRO GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season kick-off event at Circuit Paul Ricard. -
|The No. 65, driven by Thomas Drouet, Arjun Maini and Jann Mardenborough, started 14th in class and kept a consistent pace to advance four positions. -
|The No. 64 Haupt Racing Team Mustang GT3 – driven by Romain Andriolo, David Schumacher and Finn Wiebelhaus – placed ninth in the Silver Cup, advancing to as high as third in-class during the race. -
|The series’ Sprint Cup gets underway May 3-4 at Brands Hatch in England. -
|Gradient Racing debuted its sprint lineup of Robert Megennis and Junior Team driver Jenson Altzman, which earned a 10th-place GTD class finish in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in California. -
|Altzman, starting 14th, picked up one class position in the opening laps of the race and the team was the last competitor to pit during the mandatory pit window. -
|Altzman entered the pits as the class leader, and Megennis reentered the field in 10th, where he defended the remainder of the race. -
|The series heads to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, also located in California, May 9-11. -
|Mustang Cup North America debuted the entry-level series at NOLA Motorsports Park, just outside of New Orleans. -
|Will Lucas took the top spot in the Dark Horse class after earning pole position in qualifying for both races. -
|Craig Capaldi also capped off the weekend winning the Dark Horse Legends class in both races from pole position. -
|Next up, Mustang Cup heads to Circuit of the Americas in Texas, May 16-18. -
|Ryan Blaney led 48 laps and was the top-finishing Ford in the NASCAR Cup Series with a fifth-place finish at Bristol in Tennessee. -
|It marked the second straight fifth-place finish for Blaney. -
|He is sixth in the point standings, while Joey Logano is ninth. -
|The NASCAR Cup Series will have its only off-week of the season on Sunday. The series returns to action April 27. -
|Ryan Sieg topped Ford with a seventh-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Bristol. -
|Sam Mayer won Stage 1 and led 12 laps in the race before finishing 11th. -
|He remains second in the series point standings with Sheldon Creed eighth and Sieg ninth. -
|The series continues on Saturday at Rockingham Speedway. -
|Bob Tasca III suffered a mechanical failure resulting in a first-round elimination in the NHRA series in Las Vegas. -
|He qualified in the No. 9 position, while Daniel Wilkerson qualified eighth. -
|Wilkerson was eliminated in the second round. -
|The next race for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is at Charlotte, April 25–27.
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