Ford Back in NHRA

[harbarlv44]

i dont know if this was brought up by anyone i didnt see it but there was a 2010 Mustang in the Pro Stock Class at the US Nationals this weekend

[cdynaco]

Originally Posted by harbarlv44

i dont know if this was brought up by anyone i didnt see it but there was a 2010 Mustang in the Pro Stock Class at the US Nationals this weekend

COOL! I missed it. But saw all the Mustangs in Funny Car!!



Here's a blast from the past:

[GrnT]

Ford's Home is the NHRA.

[Arrow]

Ford has a lot of "homes" they need to get back into (or publicize more). Now maybe they'll toss another Lola into Le-Mons and curb Ferrari again.

[07S197]

Larry morgan will be running a 2010 Mustang in Pro Stock with some help from Ford

LARRY MORGAN SWITCHING THINGS UP IN 2010
Veteran Pro Stock racer Larry Morgan is excited to announce that he will make the switch from Dodge and will race a Ford Mustang in the NHRA Full Throttle Series beginning in 2010.

“We are very excited to be involved with Ford Racing and think this is a great opportunity for myself and everyone here at Larry Morgan Racing, Inc.,” said Morgan. “I am looking forward to working closely with Ford Racing Engineering in the design of new cylinder heads and blocks necessary to bring their pro stock program to the top of the class.”

Ford Racing will debut its new 2010-model Ford Mustang body later this season, which has already been testing in the wind tunnel.

“Our goal is to have a Ford motor completed and be testing by Indy,” said Morgan. “I want to go into the 2010 season with a competitive engine program and a competitive race car, and I think the switch to Ford will allow me to do that.”

Morgan is currently tied for 10th in the NHRA Full Throttle Series Pro Stock point standings after eight events. The Newark, Ohio native has 16 career NHRA wins, including nine in Pro Stock.

As well as Ford is back to being the official vehicle of NHRA & the Safety Safari

Ford Motor Company named official car and truck of NHRA
Monday, August 03, 2009


The phrase “Drive One” resonates much louder today in the corporate offices of NHRA as it was announced that the world’s largest motorsports sanctioning body has signed a multiyear agreement with Ford Motor Company, designating the legendary automaker as the official car and truck of NHRA.

NHRA will be transitioning all official vehicles to the renowned blue oval. As official car and truck of NHRA, Ford will provide support vehicles for NHRA trackside, including the NHRA Safety Safari presented by Automobile Club of Southern California, to allow them to perform their important trackside duties.

“We welcome Ford Motor Company into NHRA’s family of official partners,” said Gary Darcy, NHRA senior vice president-sales & marketing. “We are extremely excited to not only have such a strong brand as our official car and truck, but more importantly provide our fans with an opportunity to not only experience what Ford has to offer but ultimately drive one.”

This partnership by no means represents Ford Motor Company’s first foray into NHRA and NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing. The Ford Motor Company has a long and storied history with drag racing at the Sportsman and Professional levels. Ford Motor Company is a longtime partner with John Force Racing, and most recently, Ford’s Motorcraft and Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center brands partnered with Bob Tasca Racing on the NHRA circuit as well. In all, Ford Motor Company has won 24 world championships in NHRA Drag Racing at the Professional level and countless more in the Sportsman ranks. Ford also is a three-time winner of the prestigious NHRA Manufacturers Cup.

But Ford’s involvement in NHRA goes beyond race-team sponsors and winning championships. In 2008, Ford and NHRA teamed up on safety, mandating the Ford Blue Box crash sensors on all Funny Car and Top Fuel race cars. In addition, Ford has played an instrumental role with John Force Racing on the development of a new Funny Car chassis and other safety initiatives in the sport.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with NHRA on this program,” said Brian Wolfe, director, Ford North America Motorsports. “We see this as a very good business proposition in terms of being able to actively reach out at-track and online to the NHRA fan base in ways that we haven’t been able to do in recent years.

“We’ll be able to allow that fan base to see and experience some of our great new products at-track while also partnering with the successful Motorcraft and Quick Lane program to give fans a look at the total Ford ownership experience.”

In the coming months, Ford and NHRA hope to announce extensive activation programs to drive business both at Ford dealerships and to NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events.

“NHRA provides a unique platform for companies, like Ford, to reach out in a very personal way to our very loyal fan base,” Darcy said. “The initial plans we have discussed with the brand will provide a great opportunity for Ford to expose their products to our fans while at the same time get the NHRA brand out to general consumers through Ford’s extensive dealer network.”

Two very good things for FOMOCO

[Evil_Capri]

Moving to "Mustang Motorsports," but will leave a link for a couple of days . . .

[HOSS429]

news like this will make me swap my new toyoya for ford of some sort