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Race Roundup Check out the racing action at the Detroit Grand Prix with Mustang fans By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you are planning on attending the Detroit Grand Prix or even considering it, Ford Performance is giving you another reason to...

Colossal Cruise-In Late Model Restoration hosts over 500 Fords at Baylor University’s stadium By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Late Model Restoration The Late Model Restoration team is made up of true enthusiasts. They pride themselves being enthusiasts selling to enthusiasts. When it comes...

Hot Lap Ride along as Focus RS Chief Engineer Tyrone Johnson laps Silverstone By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As Focus fans, we have long been jealous of Europe. They always get the good stuff first. Ford is finally sharing the same car with the entire world, but Europe...

French Connection Ford to release limited Le Mans editions of the Fiesta, Focus and Mustang in France By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We know it’s a big deal that Ford is returning to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the all-new Ford GT. After all, it’s the 50th...

Highest Bidder You can bid on rare Shelby GT350s at Mecum Auctions in Indianapolis By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions The latest Shelby GT350s are rare machines, but the rarest of them all are the scant 137 built for the 2015 model year. If you weren’t lucky enough to score one...

Over the Edge Sheldon Lewis finally put his stock-computer S550 into the eights By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Sheldon Lewis When we last told you ghostly tales about Sheldon Lewis’ Hellion-turbocharged 2015 Mustang he was pushing the stock Coyote platform to the edge of an 8-second...

Functional Fiber Make your new Ford GT faster with the optional lightweight wheels By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As if you needed another reason to lust after the new Ford GT supercar, this high-tech ride is available with optional carbon fiber wheels. Ford debuted...

Open & Shut Over 6,500 people applied to own one of the new Ford GT supercars By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company A month ago Ford launched its online configurator for the forthcoming Ford GT supercar. During the one-month window that applications were open, over 200,000...

Let’s Race The saga of the Ford GT continues with a look at its racing debut By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We are just over a month away from the Ford GT’s historic return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On the 50th anniversary of the car’s historic finish, Ford Performance...

Who’s the Boss? Everyday Driver compares the Boss 302 with the Shelby GT350 By Steve Turner With the introduction of the 2015 Mustang, Ford engineers had a target in mind. It was one that was pretty close to home—make the S550 better than the Boss 302. At the time that was a high watermark...

Perfect Game Vaughn Gittin Jr. notched his first Formula Drift win of the season in Georgia By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance, Mustang RTR and Nitto Tire It’s only fitting that Vaughn Gittin Jr. chalked up his first Formula Drift win of the season at the track where the series...

Power Assist Juggernaut Power is raffling off a Coyote Mustang upgrade package By Steve Turner Plain and simple, cancer is evil. It seems that no matter how large or small your circle is that you know someone affected by this disease. When it struck Howard Budd, the parts manager at...

Half & Half A new museum display celebrates 50 years of Mustang innovation By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company It’s hard to imagine, but many of the original Mustang features were not patented until well after the car was in production. These days the modern Mustang is a...

Great Eights Melissa Urist is running deep in the eights with her Hellion-boosted S550 By Steve Turner If you have been following the progression of Melissa Urist’s 2015 Mustang GT, you know this car has always been at the forefront of 2015 Mustang GT performance. This Hellion Power Systems...

Agility & Capability Ford Performance launched a video series showcasing the Raptor’s abilities By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We know that the forthcoming F-150 Raptor is projected to be more powerful and more capable than the last-generation version of the truck. As we...

Economy Star The Ford GT flexes its fuel economy to take the win at Laguna Seca By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company The Ford GT was born for the racetrack, but it experienced some teething pains once it entered competition. However, when you consider it’s been less than a...

Higher Flow DeatschWerks offers high-flow fuel injectors for Ford EcoBoost engines By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of DeatschWerks Regular readers know that DeatschWerks provided the 95-lb/hr injectors for Ford Performance’s latest Cobra Jet Mustang drag racer. However...

Power Package You could win an 850hp 2015 Mustang, a 2017 Raptor and a race trailer By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of AmericanMuscle.com Time files when you are modding cars. It’s hard to believe that AmericanMuscle.com is celebrating 10 years of purveying aftermarket upgrades for Ford...

Haul of China The next-gen Raptor SuperCrew is bound for sale in China in 2017 By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company The 2017 F-150 Raptor is designed to take on any terrain, but next year the SuperCrew version will also take on a new sales market, which is one of the...

World Leader The Ford Mustang is the top-selling sports coupe on the planet By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company If you got the sense that the latest Mustang is popular in your neighborhood, you are not alone. According to IHS Automotive registration data, the new Mustang is...

Virtual Reality Thousands applied to buy the Ford GT and the online configurator is a hit By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Unless you were off the grid last week, you know that Ford started taking applications for potential buyers of the 2017 Ford GT production car. While...

Cutting Edge Ford Performance releases the second installment of its Ford GT video series By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company When it set out to build a next-gen version of the Ford GT, the team at Ford Performance knew it had a challenge ahead. How could the company bring...

Mod Squad Ford put its dealers on alert to look out for warranty-voiding modifications By Steve Turner There has always been a delicate dance between Ford as a manufacturer selling vehicles with comprehensive warranties and the company that promotes the fun of performance vehicles. At the SEMA...

There’s the Beef Terry “Beefcake” Reeves puts his supercharged Coyote into the 7-second zone By Steve Turner Photos by Steve Turner and courtesy of Team Beefcake Racing Last weekend at the NMRA All-Star Nationals in Commerce, Georgia, Terry “Beefcake” Reeves debuted his supercharged 2011...

Worldwide Drive Steeda brings its serialized performance vehicles to customers around the globe By Steve Turner With the introduction of the 2015 Mustang Ford set its sights on making our favorite Pony car a performance car for customers around the world. It’s only natural that those in the...