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The majority owners of NASCAR are reportedly looking for a potential deal for the company. According to Reuters, the owners of NASCAR, the France family, are working with investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. which could see NASCAR acquiring to new owners. The sources cautioned, however...

Do you know about the Mustang GTP? Unfortunately, it's one of the saddest and most unsuccessful race cars the Ford Motor Company has ever built. Designed by the legendary Bob Riley and packing a 1.7-liter turbocharged inline four-cylinder pumping out an astonishing 600 horsepower, the Mustang...

KohR Motorsports has taken delivery of its second GT4-spec Ford Mustang ahead of this weekend's Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge season finale at Road Atlanta. The second car will be piloted by Parker Chase and the returning Nate Stacy, who competed with the team in Pirelli World Challenge...

Well, maybe, it depends on the rules.  Ford's Executive Vice President and President of Ford North America, Raj Nair says common prototype rules between IMSA and the FIA could entice the company to compete for overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans Discussions are already happening...

Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook, and the No. 67 Ford GT took their fifth podium of the 2017 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season as the team chases down the No.3 Corvette for overall championship honors. Briscoe and Westbrook qualified seventh before clawing their way up to second...

Photo: Drew GibsonBuilt in Canada, don't you ever forget.  Ford Chip Ganassi Racing was going to need a stroke of strategic luck if they were to get on the podium at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park during Sunday's Mobil 1 Sportscar Grand Prix. After struggling with terrible pace all weekend...

Photo: Wes Duenkel/FordIndyCar star Tony Kanaan will get his first taste of the 24 Hours of Le Mans when he fills in for the injured Sebastien Bourdais during the French endurance classic. Ford Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed the Brazilian would join Joey Hand and Dirk Muller in the defending...

Photo: Drew Gibson Ford and Ferrari were back at each other's throats during the second round of the World Endurance Championship. The 6 Hours of Spa featured more door-to-door action from the Fords and the Ferraris as both look ahead to the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans next month. The Ferraris...

Fans of Australia's rollicking V8 Supercars will be grinning from ear to ear today after Ford has helped shore up the series' future. Ford favorite and Prodrive Racing hotshoe, Mark Winterbottom, has just confirmed the venerable American muscle car will make its series debut next year, complete...

Ford Performance has debuted the all-new Shelby FP350S track-only model. Designed for road racing in Trans Am, NASA and SCCA club racing events, the Ford Performance Shelby FP350S is non-street legal and joins a long line of turn-key race cars that include the FR500C, BOSS 302R and 302S, as...

Valentino Rossi, MotoGP's resident legend, just won his fifth Monza Rally at the wheel of a WRC-spec Ford Fiesta.  Rossi drove an M-Sport prepped Fiesta RS to victory by 18.4 seconds over WRC regular Dani Sordo in second place. The seven-time MotoGP champion has been a regular at the season...

Following an update to IMSA's sporting regulations, Ford factory driver, and current GS-class champion Billy Johnson might be banned from competition next year. FIA Platinum-rated drivers will be ineligible for competition in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge next year, Johnson saw...

Marino Franchitti has been dropped from the No.67 Ford GT's driver lineup for the final stretch of the 2016 World Endurance Championship. Co-drivers Andy Piraulx and Harry Tincknell will continue on in the No.67, splitting seat time for the fast approaching 6 Hours of Fuji, along with the...

Scott Maxwell drove to a record-breaking pole for Saturday’s Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Maxwell's pole comes not just at his home track; but also in a car he was instrumental in developing. The No. 15 Multimatic Motorsports Shelby GT350R-C...

Dirk Muller, Joey Hand and Sebastian Bourdais returned the Ford GT to the top step at Le Mans, exactly 50 years to the day the original GT40 toppled Europe's best. At three o'clock local time the No.68 Ford GT took the checkered flag as the overall GT winner of the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours, 395...

Fans were treated to a rare event during the Pro Drag Radial finals for the U.S Street Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida.  It was the first time in the history of ever that two cars finished sub-4 seconds in radial racing . Check it out as DeWayne Mills and his 'Golden...

Shelby American has a special treat in store for 20 buyers with enough in the bank to buy one.  Shelby, Superformance and Safir GT40 Spares are gearing up to launch a limited edition GT40 MKII commemorating 50 years since Ford and the GT40 took victory at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The...

Today we get to ride along for a lap of the fabled La Sarthe Circuit in Le Mans, France.  It's a legendary combination we're treated to, as Sir Stirling Moss pilots John Wyer's Gulf Oil Ford GT40 MK1. To be clear this is chassis number 1075 , the GT that won Le Mans back-to-back in '68 and '69...

New Year, new season. Today Ford Chip Ganassi Racing revealed their staff drivers for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) where they'll wheel the new Multimatic-made Ford GT. (Ford of Europe Press Release) Marino Franchitti, Stefan Mücke, Olivier Pla and Andy Priaulx to race the...

Compass360 Racing (C360R) just announced that they will be the first customer team to compete in the Continental Tire Sportscar Challenge with the new GT350R-C developed by Multimatic. They will field a full season entry for drivers Paul Holton and Pierre Kleinubing in the GS-class. “We’re...