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The next round of the 2009 Mustang Challenge racing series will be taking place tomorrow at the Mid-Ohio Sports Cars Course in Lexington, Ohio, as part of the EMCO Gears Classic. Also at the track this weekend will be the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Cars Series race and a KONI Sports Car Challenge race.
Caddell's #1 Ford Mustang FR500S race car  read more »

The 2009 Mustang Challenge racing series has been pretty exciting over the past few races, and the event coordinators have just put up a bunch of videos on YouTube so that you can enjoy the in-car action and watch as the drivers battle it out. Here's one of the videos after the click-through and you can find the rest at the Mustang Challenge YouTube channel here.  read more »

The Fiesta, as most Americans remember it, was a fairly bland compact that could be called a lot of things, but "fun" was never one of them. Well, Ford is getting ready to relaunch the Fiesta in the U.S. following years of success with the model overseas. One of the ways that the company hopes to get people interested is with Rallycross. Two Fiesta Rallycross cars, from the Swedish racing team Olsberg Motor Sport Evolution, will be heading to the Pike's Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado on July 19th.
The Olsberg Motor Sport Evolution Fiesta Rallycross  read more »

Vaughn Gittin, the champion, Mustang-driving drifter, was in Japan a few weeks back on a tour to show the Japanese drivers who created the sport what American muscle car drifting was all about. There have been a series of web videos released about Vaughn's trip. Here's the most recent, where he meets up with the "Drift King" himself, Keiichi Tsuchiya. Tsuchiya is quoted as saying, "I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner, but the most exciting way."  read more »

Two weeks back, it was announced that Jack Roush, Jr., would be driving the Number 00 Media Car at the Mustang Challenge race held at the Ford Mustang 45th Anniversary celebration in Birmingham, Alabama. The race took place Saturday, and Roush, Jr., put on a good show considering he had never tried this particular type of race before.
Jack Roush, Jr., With His KONI Challenge FR500S Ford Mustang  read more »