Summary
NHRA (September 26 - 28 – St. Louis) — FORD CUSTOMER VICTORY
- Chris Holbrook won his first career Factory X NHRA win with the Ford Mustang Dark Horse.
ADAC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (September 27 - ADAC Barbarossapreis, Nürburgring Nordschleife)
- The Haupt Racing Team Ford Mustang GT3 cars finished second and third overall in NLS 9.
FIA World Endurance Championship (September 27 - 28 - Fuji)
- The No. 77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 led Ford to a 12th place LMGT3 finish.nZ
NASCAR Cup Series (September 28 – Kansas)
- Brad Keselowski led Ford with an eighth-place finish Sunday in Kansas.
- With one race remaining in the Round of 12, Blaney has already clinched a spot in the next round. Logano is eighth, 13 points above the cut line, while Cindric is in a must-win situation as he is 12th overall, 49 points below the final transfer spot.
NASCAR Xfinity Series (September 27 – Kansas)
- Sheldon Creed came on strong in the final stage to lead Ford with a fifth-place finish in the middle race in the Round of 12.
- With one race remaining in the round, Mayer sits fourth in the standings (+43 above the cut line) while Creed is sixth (+12). Burton is currently on the outside looking in, but still has a chance to advance as he sits only eight points below the cutline in 11th.
World Rally-Raid Championship - Rally-Raid Portugal (September 22-27)
- Carlos Sainz Sr and co-driver Lucas Cruz finished third overall, +1:16 behind the winner. They were second in Stage 2 and third in Stage 5.
Details
NHRA (September 26 - 28 – St. Louis) — FORD CUSTOMER VICTORY
- Chris Holbrook won his first career Factory X NHRA win with the Ford Mustang Dark Horse, winning the first round on a holeshot and second round with a 6.946.
- Daniel Wilkerson qualified third in Funny Car with a 3.871 and Bob Tasca fourth with a 3.877.
- Two Ford Mustang Dark Horses made it to the semi-final round with Chad Green and Dan Wilkerson.
- NHRA heads to Dallas next for the Texas FallNationals September 26-28.
ADAC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (September 27 - ADAC Barbarossapreis, Nürburgring Nordschleife)
- Haupt Racing Team helped the Ford Mustang GT3 to a two-podium performance at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, marking three podiums in the last two races.
- The No. 9 SP9 Pro class Mustang GT3, driven by Dennis Fetzer, Jann Mardenborough and Fabio Scherer, placed second overall.
- The No. 6 of Vincent Kolb and Frank Stippler, the overall winners of the last race, rounded out the podium.
FIA World Endurance Championship (September 27 - 28 - Fuji)
- The No. 77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3, driven by Ben Barker, Ben Tuck and Bernardo Sousa, recovered from starting in the back to a 12th place LMGT3 finish.
- The No. 77 was unable to qualify due to technical issues, expressed by the team.
- The No. 88, driven by Dennis Olsen, Giammarco Levorato and Stefano Gattuso, was sidelined by contact while battling for podium position with nearly an hour left in the race.
- The No. 88 helped Proton Competition to its seventh straight Hyperpole berth – at least one Mustang GT3 advancing from qualifying since Qatar.
- The season finale, the 8 Hours of Bahrain, is scheduled for November 8th.
NASCAR Cup Series (September 28 – Kansas)
- Brad Keselowski led Ford with an eighth-place finish Sunday in Kansas.
- Playoff drivers Joey Logano (21st), Ryan Blaney (24th) and Austin Cindric (30th) all had issues.
- Blaney was forced to a backup car after he blew a tire in practice while Logano also had a tire issue during the same session.
- Blaney and Logano raced their way into the top 10, but had their days derailed late. Logano and Cindric were in the same multi-car accident with 51 laps to go while Blaney got nabbed for speeding on his final pit stop.
- With one race remaining in the Round of 12, Blaney has already clinched a spot in the next round. Logano is eighth, 13 points above the cut line, while Cindric is in a must-win situation as he is 12th overall, 49 points below the cut line.
- The Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval will host the final race in the Round of 12 this Sunday, October 5 as four drivers will be eliminated. (3 p.m. ET, USA Network, PRN and SiriusXM Radio).
NASCAR Xfinity Series (September 27 – Kansas)
- Sheldon Creed came on strong in the final stage to lead Ford with a fifth-place finish in the middle race in the Round of 12.
- Sam Mayer was third in each of the first two stages, but strategy didn’t play in his favor and resulted in a 16th-place finish.
- Harrison Burton, Ford’s third playoff contender, struggled all day and was 20th.
- With one race remaining in the round, Mayer sits fourth in the standings (+43 above the cut line) while Creed is sixth (+12). Burton is currently on the outside looking in, but still has a chance to advance as he sits only eight points below the cutline in 11th.
- Four drivers will be eliminated this Saturday, October 4, on the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval (5 p.m., CW, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
World Rally-Raid Championship - Rally-Raid Portugal (September 22-27)
- Carlos Sainz Sr and co-driver Lucas Cruz finished third overall, +1:16 behind the winner.
- High finishes of second in Stage 2 and third in Stage 5.
- A collision with a hidden rock during Stage 4 set Sainz back and ultimately out of the podium hunt, despite strong results throughout competition.
- The W2RC comes to a close with Rallye Du Maroc October 10-17.
