10-15-08: Ford has been doing very well on one area and that is racing. This week’s racing recap shows continued top-drawer representation across the board. Sales might be slow, the cars sure aren’t!
Formula Drift
• Vaughn Gittin Jr. earned his first Formula drift victory in the series finale at Irwindale, Calif. He clinched the win after defeating series champion Tanner Foust in the final head-to-head battle of the season. Gittin Jr. finished the season eigth in the standings.
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NHRA
• In the NHRA race in Richmond, Va., saw Robert Hight as the only Ford driver to make it out of the first round. Unfortunately, Hight defeated his teammate John Force in the first round before losing to Ron Capps in the second round. Hight dropped two spots in the standings to fifth place, 92 points behind leader Tim Wilkerson with only two races to go.
• John Force was defeated by teammate Robert Hight in the first round and dropped one spot in the standings to eighth place.
• Ashley Force, driver of the Castrol GTX Mustang, lost to Tim Wilkerson in the first round and dropped one spot in the standings to sixth place.
• Mike Neff, driver of the Old Spice Mustang, was defeated by Ron Capps in the first round and remains ninth in the standings.
