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NHRA (May 29 - 31 – Mechanicsville) - FORD VICTORY

• Austin Prock powered to his first win with Tasca Racing and Ford at the inaugural Potomac Nationals in Nitro Funny Car. 

• Prock also secured his first Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win Saturday. 

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (May 29 – Nashville) – FORD VICTORY

• Layne Riggs scored his second consecutive Truck Series victory - third of the season - at Nashville Superspeedway’s Allegiance 200 on Friday night.

• Riggs started from pole position after qualifying was rained out to score Ford Racing’s fourth series win of the season. 

NASCAR Cup Series (May 31 - Nashville) 

• Ryan Blaney and Zane Smith placed themselves in the top-10 at Nashville, 8th and 9th respectfully.   

• Blaney led 46 laps on the day, third most of any driver. Smith was at the point for 18 laps. 

•  The NASCAR Cup Series travels to Michigan International Speedway for the FireKeepers Casino 400 on June 7. (3 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, MRN, SiriusXM).

Formula Drift (May 29 - 30 – Orlando)

•  James Deane finished second after a series of hard-fought tandem battles at Orlando Speed World. 

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (May  29 – 30 – Detroit)

• The No. 65 Ford Racing Mustang GT3, driven by Christopher Mies and Frédéric Vervisch, delivered a third-place GTD Pro class podium in Ford’s backyard.

World Rally-Raid Championship - Desafio Ruta 40 (May 25 - 29 – Argentina) 

• Carlos Sainz and Dani Oliveras secured a Stage 4 victory at the Desafío Ruta 40 in Argentina, the World Rally-Raid Championship season’s third stop.

SRO GT World Challenge Europe (May 29 – 31 – Monza)

• HRT Ford Racing started from pole in both the Pro and Silver Cup classes, but fell victim to an early race car incident that involved a significant portion of the full field.

SRO GT4 European Series (May 29 – 31 – Monza)

• TeamFloral and Academy Motorsport both earned podiums over two races at Monza.

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NHRA (May 29 - 31 – Mechanicsville) - FORD VICTORY

• Austin Prock powered to his first win with Tasca Racing and Ford at the inaugural Potomac Nationals in Nitro Funny Car. 

• Prock also secured his first Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win Saturday. 

• Two-time and defending champion Prock battled through three fellow world champions and Rookie of the Year Spencer Hyde on race day after qualifying eleventh on the sheet. 

• NHRA heads to Epping, NH next for the New England Nationals June 5-7, 2026. 

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (May 29 – Nashville) – FORD VICTORY

• Layne Riggs scored his second consecutive Truck Series victory - third of the season - at Nashville Superspeedway’s Allegiance 200 on Friday night.

• Riggs started from pole position after qualifying was rained out to score Ford Racing’s fourth series win of the season. 

• Riggs has scored wins at St. Petersburg, Charlotte and now Nashville. Chandler Smith - who finished third in Friday’s race on the 1.33 concrete oval - scored a Ford F-150 win to open the season at Daytona. 

• The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is back in action on Saturday, June 6 at Michigan International Speedway (1:30 p.m., FS1, NRN, SiriusXM).

NASCAR Cup Series (May 31 - Nashville) 

•  Ryan Blaney and Zane Smith placed themselves in the top-10 at Nashville, 8th and 9th respectfully.   

• Blaney led 46 laps on the day, third most of any driver. Smith was at the point for 18 laps. 

• The race marked the end of Pat Di Marco’s 32 year career at Ford. Di Marco announced his retirement effective June 1 earlier in May. As Manager, NASCAR and Analytics, Di Marco led the NASCAR program to a combined 704 NASCAR victories and 29 championships across its top three series. 

•  The NASCAR Cup Series travels to Michigan International Speedway for the FireKeepers Casino 400 on June 7. (3 p.m. ET, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, MRN, SiriusXM).

Formula Drift (May 29 - 30 – Orlando)

• In a rain-impacted qualifying session, James Deane qualified tenth and Ben Hobson qualified 13th, putting them on opposite sides of the Top 32 bracket. 

• In his Top 32 battle, Hobson ran an impressive lead run and a solid chase run but ultimately did not advance to Top 16. 

• Deane won his Top 32, Top 16, Great Eight and Final Four battles to make it to the final, where he laid down two solid runs and earned a second place finish. 

• After three rounds, Deane currently sits second in the championship standings. 

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (May  29 – 30 – Detroit)

• The No. 65 Ford Racing Mustang GT3, driven by Frédéric Vervisch and Christopher Mies, earned a consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship podium on Saturday in Detroit.

• Vervisch and Mies, both who captured a class victory in the previous sprint round at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, led the Mustang GT3 to a third place class finish in Ford’s backyard.

• Ford Racing has recorded back-to-back Detroit Sports Car Classic podiums, which includes a victory in 2025.

• The No. 64 Ford Racing Mustang GT3, driven by Ben Barker and Dennis Olsen, also contended for podium position but damage sustained by competitor contact ultimately produced a fifth place result.

• Vervisch and Mies (-20), The No. 65 team (-20) and Ford (-122) all rank third in their respective championships; Barker and Olsen (-224), and the No. 65 (-224) rank seventh.

• Ford Racing will race next at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 25 – 28, at Watkins Glen International. Event coverage will be livestreamed on Peacock, IMSA.tv and YouTube.

World Rally-Raid Championship - Desafio Ruta 40 (May 25 - 29 – Argentina) 

• Carlos Sainz and Dani Oliveras secured a Stage 4 victory at the Desafío Ruta 40 in Argentina, the World Rally-Raid Championship’s third stop of the season. 

• Mitch Guthrie Jr. and Kellon Walch opened the rally-raid with a P2 finish Stage 1, with Sainz and Oliveras six seconds behind them in P3. 

• Nani Roma and Alex Haro led Ford with an eighth-overall finish at the conclusion of the race. The duo also lead Ford in W2RC season championship standings at fourth overall in the Ultimate category. 

• The 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship returns to Morocco for Rallye Du Maroc September 28 - October 3. 

SRO GT World Challenge Europe (May 29 – 31 – Monza)

• The No. 64 HRT Ford Racing Mustang GT3, driven by Arjun Maini, Fabio Scherer and Thomas Drouet, was awarded its maiden GT World Challenge Europe pole at Monza by posting a pace-setting average lap time of 1:45.503.

• The No. 65 HRT Ford Racing Mustang GT3, co-piloted by Finn Wiebelhaus, Eduardo Coseteng and Maxime Oosten, also earned the Silver Cup pole with an average lap time of 1:45.799.

• Both Ford entries were unable to complete the race, suffering race ending damage after being swept up in a major multi-car incident.

• The next race on the schedule is the 24 Hours of Spa, June 24 – 28, with live coverage on the series website and YouTube channel.

SRO GT4 European Series (May 29 – 31 – Monza)

• The No. 68 TeamFloral Ford Mustang GT4, shared by Ford Racing Driver Development members Sam Paley and Michiel Haverans, kicked off the weekend with a second place finish and its first podium of the season.

• The No. 62 Academy Motorsport Ford Mustang GT4, driven by Ford Racing Driver Development members Cameron McLeod and Marco Signoretti, made it two Mustangs on the podium this weekend by finishing third after a tight multi-car battle.

• The next race on the schedule is at Spa-Francorchamps as a part of the 24-hour main event, June 25 – 27, with live coverage on the series website and YouTube channel.