Ford Racing Weekend Racing Highlights September 27, 2026

Summary

Formula 1 (September 24 - 26 - Azerbaijan)

• Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar finished two-three to secure Red Bull Ford Powertrains first double podium result in F1’s return to city streets of Baku. This was the Red Bull Ford Powertrains eighth and ninth podium finish. 

• Arvid Lindblad finished in seventh while Liam Lawson was 12th for the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls team. 

• Verstappen remains sixth in the Driver’s Championship with Isack Hadjar and Lawson in eighth and ninth. Lindblad is 11th. 

SRO GT4 America (September 25-26 – Barber Motorsports Park) – FORD VICTORY

• The No. 30 TechSport Racing Ford Mustang GT4 of Frankie Muniz and Tyler Stone earned the Am class victory in Saturday’s race two. 

• With this victory, Muniz and Stone took the lead in the Am class championship. 

• The No. 77 McCumbee McAleer Racing Ford Mustang GT4 of Michael Tosi and Nolan Allaer scored its second podium of the season, finishing second in the Pro-Am class in race two. 

FIA World Endurance Championship (September 24 - 26 - Fuji)

• The No. 77 Proton Competition Mustang GT3 driven by Seb Priaulx, Ben Tuck and Eric Powell finished 10th at the conclusion of six hours of racing at Japan’s Fuji Circuit. 

• After qualifying was rained out, the No. 77 started from the LMGT3 pole position having set the quickest time in practice the day before. 

• The No. 88 Mustang GT3 of Logan Sargeant, Stefano Gattuso and Giammarco Levorato was eliminated in a first corner incident out of its control and was classified 17th. 

• The No.88 Proton Competition Mustang GT3 is currently 20th in the FIA WEC GT3 Team Championship, the No. 77 is 22nd.

• The penultimate round on the 2026 FIA WEC calendar comes at the 6 Hours of Barcelona, October 16 - 18. All sessions can be watched on HBO-Max. 

NASCAR Cup Series (September 27 – Kansas)

• Austin Cindric led all Ford drivers at Kansas Speedway finishing second in the No. 2 Discount Tires Ford Mustang Dark Horse. 

• Ryan Blaney’s No. 12 Mustang came to life late in the going moving from 25th up to fifth place at the checkered flag leading four laps.. Ryan Preece also broke the top ten finishing tenth in the No. 60 RFK Ford. 

• Despite a frustrating finish to his day, Joey Logano holds fourth in the Chase standings, 67 points behind the leader, Kyle Larson. Blaney is fifth (-91). With his runnerup Kansas finish, Cindric is ninth (-140). 

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (September 26 – Kansas)

• Ben Rhodes’s fifth-place finish led three Ford F-150s in the top 10 at Kansas Speedway.

• Chandler Smith (sixth) and Bristol winner Jake Garcia (ninth) added two more to the Blue Ovals top 10 tally. 

• Layne Riggs dropped to second place in the points standings (-37 points to the lead) while Chandler Smith moved up to third place (-71 points). Remaining Ford drivers in the top ten of the Truck Chase include Ty Majeski is in seventh (-88) and Ben Rhodes is eighth (-98) . 

Formula Drift (September 24 - 26 – Las Vegas)

• James Deane and Ben Hobson were both unable to advance past the Top 32 in the penultimate round of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series (September 25 - 27 – Rockingham)

• Austin Prock and the Ford Racing/Tasca Racing Ford Mustang nitro funny car qualified third at the Rock with a stout 3.893 at 326.8 mph in the NHRA’s inaugural race at the legendary track.

Details

Formula 1 (September 24 - 26 - Azerbaijan)

• Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar finished two-three to secure Red Bull Ford Powertrains first double podium result in F1’s return to city streets of Baku. This was the Red Bull Ford Powertrains eighth and ninth podium finish. 

• Arvid Lindblad finished in seventh while Liam Lawson was 12th for the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls team. 

• Verstappen remains sixth in the Driver’s Championship with Isack Hadjar and Lawson in eighth and ninth. Lindblad is 11th. 

• Red Bull Ford Powertrains continues to pursue its first victory as the World Championship travels to Bahrain, October 8 - 10.

 SRO GT4 America (September 25 - 26 – Barber Motorsports Park) – FORD VICTORY

• The No. 30 TechSport Racing Ford Mustang GT4 of Frankie Muniz and Tyler Stone earned the Am class victory in Saturday’s race two. 

• With this victory, Muniz and Stone took the lead in the Am class championship.

• The No. 77 McCumbee McAleer Racing Ford Mustang GT4 of Michael Tosi and Nolan Allaer scored its second podium of the season, finishing second in the Pro-Am class in race two. The duo narrowly missed out on the Pro-Am podium in race one, finishing fourth. 

• The final round of GT4 America is scheduled for October 8 - 11 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with live coverage available on the series website and SRO YouTube channel.

NASCAR Cup Series (September 27 – Kansas)

• Austin Cindric led all Ford drivers at Kansas Speedway finishing second in the No. 2 Discount Tires Ford Mustang Dark Horse. 

• Ryan Blaney’s No. 12 Mustang came to life late in the going moving from 25th up to fifth place at the checkered flag leading four laps and 37 points. Ryan Preece also broke the top ten finishing tenth in the No. 60 RFK Ford. 

• Despite a frustrating finish to his day, Joey Logano holds fourth in the Chase standings, 67 points behind the leader, Kyle Larson. Blaney is fifth (-91). With his runnerup Kansas finish, Cindric is ninth (-140). 

• Cindric had the strongest Ford Mustang Dark Horse throughout the first two stages working his way up as high as second. He charged in Stage 3 closing on the leader, Larson, when the checkered flag flew. 

• Logano started from the pole position as a result of NASCAR’s metric which determined the starting grid after practice and qualifying was rained out on Saturday. He was running in the top ten entering the last lap when a right front issue dropped him to the 20th. 

• The NASCAR Metric is based 70% of your most recent finish and 30% of Team Owner points. 

• The Chase continues next week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, October 4  (5:30 p.m. ET, USA, PRN, SiriusXM, HBO Max).

FIA World Endurance Championship (September 24 - 26 - Fuji)

• The No. 77 Proton Competition Mustang GT3 driven by Seb Priaulx, Ben Tuck and Eric Powell finished 10th at the conclusion of six hours of racing at Japan’s Fuji Circuit. 

• After qualifying was rained out, the No. 77 started from the LMGT3 pole position having set the quickest time in practice the day before. 

• The No. 88 Mustang GT3 of Logan Sargeant, Stefano Gattuso and Giammarco Levorato was eliminated in a first corner incident out of its control and was classified 17th. 

• The No.88 Proton Competition Mustang GT3 is currently 20th in the FIA WEC GT3 Team Championship, the No. 77 is 22nd.

• The penultimate round on the 2026 FIA WEC calendar comes at the 6 Hours of Barcelona, October 16 - 18. All sessions can be watched on HBO-Max. 

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (September 26 – Kansas) 

• Ben Rhodes’s fifth-place finish led three Ford F-150s in the top 10 at Kansas Speedway on Saturday night. 

• Chandler Smith (sixth) and Bristol winner Jake Garcia (ninth) added two more to the Blue Ovals top 10 tally. 

• Layne Riggs ran near the lead throughout the day and was in second place going into the final lap. However, he would drop to a 19th place finish after a move for the win came up short. 

• The race had a four-hour, 47-minute red flag for rain, finishing under the lights of Kansas Speedway. 

• Layne Riggs dropped to second place in the points standings (-37 points to the lead) while Chandler Smith moved up to third place (-71 points). Remaining Ford drivers in the top ten of the Truck Chase include Ty Majeski is in seventh (-88) and Ben Rhodes is eighth (-98) . 

• The Truck Series Chase will take a week off before returning to Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9 (5:00 p.m. ET, FOX, NRN, SiriusXM). 

Formula Drift (September 24 - 26 – Las Vegas)

• James Deane and Ben Hobson were both unable to advance past the Top 32 in the penultimate round of the season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 

• Both Deane and Hobson had solid qualifying runs, with Deane qualifying seventh and Hobson 15th. 

• Formula Drift will close out its season in Long Beach October 23-24. 

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series (September 25 - 27 – Rockingham)

• Austin Prock and the Ford Racing/Tasca Racing Ford Mustang nitro funny car qualified third at the Rock with a stout 3.893 at 326.8 mph in the NHRA’s inaugural race at the legendary track.

• Chad Green qualified fifth with his 3.921 at 327.27 mph run, while Daniel Wilkerson qualified 13th.

• Prock advanced the semi-final round on race day, defeating Jordan Vandergriff on a holeshot in the second round with a .030 reaction time to Vandergriff’s .042.

• Prock remains sixth in points with four races remaining in the 2026 season.

• NHRA heads to St. Louis next weekend for the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway Oct. 3-4.