Ford Performance

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Ford Performance
IndustryAutomotive
Motorsport
PredecessorFord Racing
Ford Team RS
Special Vehicle Team
Ford Performance Vehicles
Ford Performance Racing (Australia)
FoundedGrosse Pointe, Michigan, US (October 10, 1901 (1901-10-10))
FounderHenry Ford
HeadquartersDearborn, Michigan, United States
ProductsPerformance car
Supercar

ParentFord Motor Company
WebsiteFord Performance

Ford Performance (formerly Ford Racing) is the high-performance division of the Ford Motor Company and the multinational name used for its motorsport and racing activity.

History[]

  • 1896 – Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his first car, Quadricycle.
  • 1901 – Henry Ford defeated Alexander Winton (the most accomplished automobile builder/racer of the era) in a 10-lap race on a one-mile oval at the Detroit Driving Club, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He overcame his rival's more powerful car in Sweepstakes, a racing car of his own design.[1]
  • 1902 – Ford 999 (named after a famous New York Central train), driven by Barney Oldfield, Master Driver of the World and America's Legendary Speed King, defeated Alex Winton at Grosse Point in the 999 as a result of the publicity and financial backing of Alex J. Malcomson the Ford Motor Company was launched
  • 1903 – Ford 999, driven by Oldfield, lapped the Indiana Fairgrounds dirt track at a then-record 60 mph?
  • 1904 – Henry Ford, driving his rebuilt 999, sets the world one mile record on a frozen lake near Detroit.
  • 1904 – Frank Kulick drove a Ford 20 hp racer to the one and five mile world track record for middleweight racers.
  • 1907 – Kulick set the world 24-hour track endurance record, traveling 1135 miles driving a Ford six cyl Model K.
  • 1909 – A Ford Model T won the transcontinental New York to Seattle cross-country race (about 3600 km).
  • 1932 – Ford introduced its V-8 Flathead engine, bringing V-8 power into mass production with the slogan "Everyman’s power for the road, and Everyman’s power for racing".
  • 1932 – Two car mechanics win the Swedish Winter Grand Prix driving a Ford special.[2]
  • 1936 – and P. G. Cristea won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford V8 "Flathead".[3][4]
  • 1949 – Jim Roper, driving a Lincoln, won the first NASCAR race.[5]
  • 1950 – Jimmy Florian, driving a Ford, wins Ford's First NASCAR win a Ford brand vehicle Dayton Ohio[6]
  • 1963 - Tiny Lund wins 1st Daytona 500 for Ford.
  • 1967 – Jim Clark, driving a Lotus-Ford, won the Dutch Grand Prix. This is Ford's first grand prix victory.
  • 1994 - Michael Schumacher bags his first driver's world championship with Ford-powered Benetton B194 car.
  • 2000 - Dale Jarett wins Ford's 10th Daytona 500.
  • 2003 – Giancarlo Fisichella, driving a Jordan-Ford, won the Brazilian Grand Prix. This is Ford's 176th and last Grand Prix victory.
  • 2011 – Trevor Bayne wins the Daytona 500 in a 1–2–3 finish for Ford. It was Ford's 600th NASCAR victory.
  • 2012 – Michael Shank Racing wins the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona with a Ford engined Riley chassis (Allmendinger/Negri/Pew/Wilson), Starworks Motorsport finishes 2nd in Grand-Am Daytona Prototype driver standings (Ryan Dalziel), and wins the 1st North American Endurance Championship, also with Ford power.
  • 2013 – Greg Biffle wins the Quicken Loans 400, Ford's 1000th NASCAR win.
  • 2014 – Debut of the Ford EcoBoost twin turbo engine for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates win the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring using the engine.
  • 2015 – Ford Racing, alongside Ford Team RS and Special Vehicle Team, merged into a global entity named Ford Performance, as they also will make 12 performance cars by 2020. Wins Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona overall with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Kanaan/ McMurray/ Larson / Dixon) using Ford Ecoboost Riley DP.
  • 2016 – Ford entered four Ford GT cars in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro class, finished 1–3–4–10.
  • 2018 – Joey Logano wins at Homestead Miami Speedway and wins Ford Performance its first NASCAR cup championship since 2004 and First Manufacturer's Championship since 2002

Vehicles[]

This list only includes vehicles produced post 2016 after the merger of Ford Team RS and Special Vehicle Team,

Currently sold[]

  • Ford F-150 Raptor
  • Ford GT

Previously sold[]

  • Ford Fiesta ST
  • Ford Focus ST
  • Ford Focus RS

Wins[]

Series Race
Wins 		Manufacturers
Titles 		Drivers
Titles
Formula One 176 10 13
NASCAR 688 16 8
World Rally 91 4 4
V8 Supercar 330 5 24

Ford Performance teams[]

Brad Keselowski's Penske Racing car
Jari-Matti Latvala's BP-Ford World Rally Team car
Ken Block's Monster World Rally Team Ford Fiesta in Rally America
Tanner Foust's Rockstar-Etnies rallycross Ford Fiesta (AWD Division)
The Ford Falcons of V8 Supercars team Prodrive Racing Australia
A Ford GT1 entered by Marc VDS in the FIA GT1 World Championship
Ford GT LM GTE-Pro, which competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016

NASCAR[]

World Rally Championship[]

  • M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (2013–present)
  • Yazeed Racing

FIA World Rallycross Championship[]

  • Olsbergs MSE (2014–2015, 2018–present)

WeatherTech Sportscar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship[]

Australia Supercars Championship[]

Past teams[]

Matech GT Racing, SunTrust Racing, Ford World Rally Team, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team, Richard Petty Motorsports, Jordan Grand Prix, Stewart Grand Prix, Jaguar Racing, Benetton Formula, Minardi F1 Team, Team Aon, Marc VDS Racing Team, Belgian Racing, Fischer Racing, FWRT, Hoonigan Racing Division

See also[]

  • Ford Performance Vehicles Special Vehicle Team (SVT), North America's performance car division
  • Ford TeamRS European performance car divisions (Ford's ST and RS)
  • Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), Australia's performance car division
  • Ford Special Vehicle Operations (SVO)
  • Cosworth, former long standing performance engine development partner
  • Roush Performance
  • M-Sport

References[]

  1. ^ Ford Centenary Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, PistonHeads, 2001-10-09.
  2. ^ Grand PRIX RÄMENLOPPET 1933, SF-journalen, Newsreel, 1933
  3. ^ http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=1
  4. ^ http://media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=7251
  5. ^ http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/11/22/ford.timeline/index.html
  6. ^ http://performance.ford.com/series/stock-car-racing/news/articles/2013/06/florian-scored-fords-1st-nascar-win-63-years-ago.html

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