Next-Generation NASCAR Mustang Teased As Ford Performance Prepares For Global Mustang Week
All-new Mustang race car from Ford Performance will compete in the NASCAR Cup Series starting in February 2022 will be revealed May 5. Chase Briscoe will have special emblem on his No. 14 Mustang for Richmond race to honor Global Mustang Week. Mustang Mach-E to be pace car at Richmond 400.
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There’s always the jokes (both good and bad) about what Ford stands for. Well in the NASCAR world, where Ford has been dominating for years, it stands for First On Race Day. Case in point, Mustang has 31 wins in the NASCAR Cup Series since becoming Ford’s flagship model for the series in 2019, and is coming off a 2020 campaign that saw it win a season-high 18 races and capture the manufacturers’ championship for Ford.
Adopting that type of personality may be the only way the perennially positive seven-time NASCAR Cup champ will succeed in the IndyCar ranks.
Johnson will have to be more aggressive and more fiery than he ever was in NASCAR. While many of his new open-wheel peers are respectful of Johnson’s achievements in stock car racing, he’s now playing in their house and, no pun intended, on their turf. R-E-S-P-E-C-T
And forget about IndyCar being a more gentile, gentlemanly form of motorsport. While the drivers may be all smiles outside of their race cars, behind the wheel they’re more cut-throat than any Cup drivers Johnson had to contend with.
Racin’ With Jason: Icebreaker winner smooth as Silk
Published: 4/15/2021 7:43:22 PM
Modified: 4/15/2021 7:43:19 PM
The New England auto racing season is underway, and Ron Silk is $10,000 richer.
The Norwalk, Conn., driver held off the competition last Saturday to win the Icebreaker 125 Tour Type Modified race at Thompson (Conn.) Speedway Motorsports Park, and most importantly, the 10 grand that goes to the winner. By taking Haydt Yannone Racing to Victory Lane, it marked the third time since 2016 that Silk has given a Tour Type team its first win, according to RaceDayCT.com.
“It’s really great,” Silk said. “I’ve run well with them every time I’ve run but always been that little bit short so tonight to get the win for them, anytime you’re with a new team to get that first win checked off is always a big deal. It’s a really good night. I’m happy for all these guys, they put a lot of effort and time into this and I’m glad to get them some results.
Truex outlasts teammate Hamlin to win again at Martinsville
Martin Truex Jr. won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday night.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. Martin Truex Jr. admits to being surprised by his success at Martinsville Speedway.
Truex won a stirring, laps-long duel for the lead with teammate Denny Hamlin in the rain-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday night, winning for the third time in the last four stops at the 0.526-mile oval the oldest and shortest in the series.
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