Ford Focus ST-R Debut – 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona
The Ford Racing Focus ST-R will take its first green flag this Friday during the Grand-Am 200 in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST class. The race is part of the Grand-Am weekend at Daytona International Speedway,which includes the 50th running of the 24 Hours of Daytona.
It might look innocent, but the Focus ST-R is purpose-built for racing. Ford has equipped the ST-R with a FIA-regulation roll cage, uprated brakes, and track-tuned suspension. The turbocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine has been tweaked to deliver an estimated 250 bhp and 265 lb-ft of torque. The engine is coupled to a 6-speed manual gearbox with revised ratios.
The Focus ST-R is available to the general public and is one of many recent turn-key Ford racing machines, such asthe Mustang FR500C, Mustang FR500S, Mustang Cobra Jet, Boss 302R and Boss 302S. As you can tell from that Mustang-intensive list, this is the first time the compact Focus has joined the fun.
Ford Mustangs Go After BMW M3s – 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Final year BMW was the clear winner of the Grand Sports (GS) class in the Continental Tire Sports activities Auto Challenge, grabbing the Manufacturers Championship although Turner Motorsport captured the Driver and Team Championships with their M3 Coupes.
Naturally BMW hopes to repeat its achievement this year specially on Friday at the Daytona Speedway in the BMW Overall performance 200, which is the very first round of the 2012 Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Auto Challenge (CTSCC).
If every group has their autos prepared, the race must be magnificent with no significantly less than 81 autos split among the GS and ST (Street Tuner) classes.
Turner Motorsports returns with the same drivers – Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana in automobile no. 96 and Michael Marsal and Boris Said in car no. 97. The team might be favorites to win but several teams campaigning Ford Mustangs are determined to give them a run for the funds. Roush Overall performance, which finished 2nd in the 2011 CTSCC, has expanded its group with a few Mustang Boss 302Rs, which includes one driven by Jack Roush Jr.
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Video: Gisele in 1250whp Underground Racing Lamborghini
Cars and Girls, Driving Video clips, Lamborghini — By MR on January 25, 2012 at 12:47 am — 1 Comment
This time Gisele will take a ride in the Underground Racing Stage three twin turbo Lamborghini Superleggera, following attractive Jenni who got a passenger ride in the 1250whp Underground Racing Lamborghini a couple of weeks ago.
We showed Gisele prior to on our front page driving along in a CTS-V Coupe and a turbocharged Ford Mustang. But she has not been the only girl, there have been a lot more over the past number of months!
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2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Car Unveiled
Ford has taken the wraps off the 2013 Ford Fusion NASCAR Sprint Cup Car, which mirrors the new styling of the all-new 2013 Fusion. According to Ford, the 2013 Fusion Sprint Cup car was designed to be the face of a new era of stock car racing.
“We wanted Fusion to be the car that helped return ‘stock car’ to NASCAR.” stated Jamie Allison, director, Ford Racing. “I think fans, when they see the car, are just going to smile and cheer. It is going to reengage them with the sport and make the sport better because there is just something natural about seeing race cars that look like cars in their driveways.”
This is the third time that Ford has simultaneously launched production and NASCAR versions of a new model. The first was in 1968 with the Ford Torino and the second time was in 2006 with the Fusion.
“It looks fun to drive and very much eager to go and tear up the track. It has a very aggressive stance from the outside and the inside. From all angles the vehicle exudes performance and I think it reflects our general attitude of how we go about setting up our cars very, very nicely,” said Garen Nicoghosian, who led the Ford Design Center staff. “It brings a certain level of nimbleness and lightness and agility to the NASCAR platform, much like we do in our production cars, because all of our production cars have that nimbleness and agility and eagerness about them.”
2025 Lincoln Student Project Could Be a Reality
Two college students from Lawrence Technologies University in Michigan, U.S.A Colin Bonathan and Jeeho Cha have presented renderings of their proposal for an all-electrical Lincoln Continental for production in 2025. The project is entirely endorsed by Lincoln’s parent organization, Ford who had been extremely impressed by the futuristic and innovative vehicle.
The thought started in the summer of final year when the layout college students began to function on the notion. It was presented to officials of the American automotive giant and it had the desired effect with the agreement of an endorsement deal. At the time, The Ford officials liked it so significantly that they commissioned to have a quarter-scale model displayed at the latest Detroit Automobile Display.
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2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Durability Car Auctioned
Ford have announced that the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 durability automobile (the prototype that was used to create the production series) is to be auctioned at the 41st Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Vehicle Auction Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz. The explanation is also a just one – bidding cash for the auto will go for the Juvenile Diabetes Analysis Foundation (JDRF).
Up until finally recently, the prototype had been used by the Ford SVT group and Carroll Shelby to exercise how precisely a auto performs below rigorous tests and harsh conditions. It was developed in 2007 and as a component of the project, it had to be run for 24 hrs at a speed of 150 mph on Sebring International Raceway. Other oddities one particular ought to know just before pulling out the check book incorporate a total-sized roll cage, six-point harness seat belts and Recaro bucket seats. A huge plus nonetheless, is the underside of the trunk lid which is signed by each and every SVT engineer who has worked on the development of the GT500 and it is also signed by Carroll Shelby himself.
“I raced on the Sebring International racetrack for many a long time, but my ambition was always to create my very own car,” said Shelby. “It was thrilling to be back to collaborate on this GT500 durability automobile with the SVT guys. I’m truly proud to have my name on this automobile. They took my dreams of what a vehicle should be and made it a reality.”
The 5.eight-liter V8 engine in the Shelby GT500, has been overhauled in a way so that the maximum of electrical power can be extracted from it – a new transmission, clutch and axle, cross-drilled block and heads, restyled camshaft profiles, a carbon fiber driveshaft. The finish result accounts for the 650 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque that hide underneath the hood.
In current a long time, Ford have managed to raise more than 3 000 000 dollars for charity on auctions such as this a single. And know a lucky muscle car enthusiast will have the likelihood to receive am emblematic “pony” and give some thing to people in need trough the JDRF.
Roush Tuning Kit For Ford F-Series
Roush is ideal acknowledged for its mighty Mustangs, but they do have goods to upgrade other Fords a well. They just announced electrical power upgrade kits for the F-Series pickup trucks.
There’s a new ROUSHcharger supercharger technique for each 6.two liter and five. liter V8s that energy the F-150 pickup, featuring the ROUSH’s two.3L TVS R2300 unit. The methods also consist of ROUSH’s new cold air induction program, 100 mm MAF tube, twin 60mm throttle physique, and higher performance intercooler system featuring a dual-core very low temp radiator, degas bottle and large capability air-to-water intercooler.
Roush has not revealed any performance figures for this kit but. They will come in two non-calibrated TUNER kit and ROUSH calibrated versions.
Apart from the supercharger kit, Roush also delivers cold air induction methods for all four F-150 powertrains like the three.7L V-six, the 6.2L and 5.0L V-8′s as properly as the 6.2L V-8 in the Super Duty. Other goodies incorporate a dual-tip, stainless steel, large performance cat back exhaust program for a throatier soundtrack.
