2005 Factory Race Cars at Daytona - The Mustang Source

**SilverHorseRacing** · 1/9/05, 10:38 PM

Hi guys, I'm new to posting in these forums, but have been around for a while at corner-carvers, and other sites. My site has been linked back to Brad's for quite a long time, and I figured I'd better post something worthwhile for my first jump in! Anyway, I was at Daytona this weekend with Ford Racing, and got some great shots of the first two factory racers being tested on the highbanks of Daytona. You can check out a few of the shots by following the link below to my website. I've got about 100 more, but can't post them all at this time. Enjoy!

BTW, there's a couple shots of a Ferrari that is about 1.5 feet shorter than it's supposed to be... ouch!

-MC
SilverHorse Racing SCCA Road Racing team

**Evil_Capri** · 1/10/05, 8:04 AM

Marcello-

Thanks for the link.

And Hello and Welcome to the site!!

We're going to move your topic to the Ford Motorsport Forum.

V10 · 1/10/05, 5:28 PM

Why was this moved?

The featured photos are of the 2005 Mustang race car both the white with blue stripes and the orange car.

*Donna* · 1/10/05, 5:55 PM

Thanks for the pics. The blue & white car is beautiful. Would that be along the lines of "Boy Racer"?

**SilverHorseRacing** · 1/10/05, 6:11 PM

That car IS boy racer. That was chassis #1. The butterscotch car is #2, and the roller-in-white is #3. There are more where they came from, just bring a checkbook.

**Evil_Capri** · 1/10/05, 9:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by V10@January 10, 2005, 7:31 PM
Why was this moved?

The featured photos are of the 2005 Mustang race car both the white with blue stripes and the orange car.

V10-

I moved because the '05 are race related and wanted the thread to 'stand out' in the Ford & Mustang Motorsport section and not get lost or burried in the '05 section with all the other threads. I figured this '05 race related topic would stay on top of the Motorsport section longer than in the normal '05 forum.

captin kapla · 1/11/05, 12:17 AM

That is awesome!

**Blip** · 1/11/05, 8:30 AM

Thanks for the pics

(And thanks to Evil Capri--if Jason hadn't moved it, I would have never found in the 05 section. More posts there than I have time to read.)

*thezeppelin8* · 1/11/05, 12:49 PM

that mustang pictured on this thread is KICK ARSE!!!

and i agree with Chuck... I would have never found it either in the 05 forum

**SilverHorseRacing** · 1/11/05, 5:58 PM

K, well I'm still learning my way around these forums, so I don't know where the best place to post always is...yet. So no problem in moving it to a more appropriate spot. Anyway, I haven't heard back from my editor yet (I write for a major Mustang magazine) so.... tonight I'll be adding a bunch more shots of the cars to the website. Still have to keep it relatively low-res since I don't have a high-speed connection to upload with, but hey... not everyone can d/l 6Mb pictures either, right?

*mustangfun101* · 1/11/05, 6:01 PM

Thanks Jason, I would have found it but it would have taken alot longer since there are 5 new threads a minute in there

*mustangfun101* · 1/11/05, 6:02 PM

Marcello, thanks to you. Great Pictures.

**SilverHorseRacing** · 1/11/05, 6:59 PM

No problem. And since everyone seemed to like them, I just added the next 8-10. Now that I'm learning to use Photoshop for compression, I can still get some nice quality in a small file. All of the shots that I'm posting are cropped a bunch, to help further... too bad because the background makes the shot in a few pictures I have that aren't up. Anyway, if I don't get a green light soon on an article, I'll post the majority of the rest that don't contain "proprietary" info in them (ie: suspension close-ups, etc)

Later.

*Donna* · 1/12/05, 6:59 AM

You pics are absolutely the best! I watched The Making of Boy Racer on Speed. It really made me wish I had chosen a white car again. That car is breathtaking.

*Montrose* · 1/14/05, 7:32 AM

Anyone know what the wheels are on the white 05 above?

Thanks.

**SilverHorseRacing** · 1/16/05, 9:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Montrose@January 14, 2005, 7:35 AM
Anyone know what the wheels are on the white 05 above?

Thanks.

I am thinking they are Fikse racing wheels, but I can't remember where I saw the logo on them over the weekend. Fikse's are high end racing wheels, normally 3 piece modular design, FWIW.

HTH.

*Montrose* · 1/18/05, 1:33 PM

Thanks so much for that lead.

http://www.fikse.com/motorsport.html