Bo Butner and Ford Motorsports laid claim to the first trophy in the American Drag Racing League’s highly anticipated new SuperCar Showdown division at the season-opening CarSafe Dragpalooza VIII held at Royal Purple Raceway in Houston. Moreover, an all-Ford Mustang championship round pitting the top two qualifiers made for a clean sweep by Ford in the first drag racing category to feature the world’s quickest and fastest production automobiles in national competition.
A veteran of more than two decades of competition, Butner met teammate …

Vaughn Gittin Jr. revealed the newly updated livery of his 2013 Monster Energy Falken Tire Ford Mustang RTR at an exclusive party hosted by Hoonigan at the Pike Restaurant and Bar last night. Hoonigan, an automotive lifestyle apparel brand, will also be producing Vaughn’s personal line of team gear using design elements from his competition car.
“The turnout of people to check out my new car was beyond expectation,” says Vaughn Gittin Jr. “It’s pretty humbling to see the support that I have from my peers, and I am happy everyone …

The Ford Mustang Boss 302R kicked off the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season with a bang, with the No. 61 Roush Performance team of Billy Johnson and Jack Roush Jr. taking the first win of the season at Daytona. That momentum didn’t carry into the second race of the season at Barber Motorsports Park, though, with none of the Mustang teams having a very successful weekend. The Rehagen Racing Boss 302R was the top finisher in 9th, followed by the Starworks Motorsports Boss 302R in 13th. Both Roush …

Vaughn Gittin Jr’s Mustang RTR has teamed up with Performance Autosport for the 2012 American Iron season, with the team’s Mustang race car now featuring RTR body components and graphics as part of the new partnership. Performance Auto Sport has been part of the Ford and Mustang community for over 14 years and is home to the 2011 Mid-Atlantic American Iron Series Champion racecar and its driver, Chris Cobetto. Over the weekend, the PAS/ Cobetto Racing team took 1st place at Virginia International Raceway, making for a …

Justin Bell had an impressive run at the first of two World Challenge races in St. Petersburg this weekend, climbing from 7th to finish in 1st place in the No. 50 Tiger Racing Mustang Boss 302S. For the second race he had a better starting position in second, but still had a significant challenge in getting around veteran driver Peter Cunningham in his No. 42 RealTime/Acura/HPD Acura TSX on the GTS class pole position. Cunningham ended up leading a substantial portion of the second race, just as he did on …

The Tiger Racing Boss 302S started the 2012 SCCA World Challenge season like it did most of all last year – on top of the podium in the GTS class. The win didn’t come without difficulties, though. To start things off, Paul Brown, the usual driver of the No. 50 Boss 302S, was sidelined to due minor surgery and Justin Bell was brought in at the last minute to replace him. Bell is an experienced road racer, but managed to only qualify the Boss 302S in 7th on Friday afternoon …

Tiger Racing is pleased to announce a full season sponsorship agreement with eBay Motors to run in the SCCA Pro Racing’s Pirelli World Challenge GTS class. Coming off the 2011 Championship winning season, the team is excited to reveal the new eBay Motors livery on their Ford Mustang Boss 302S.
Team Manager, Paul Brown, said, “We’re honored to be the team that brings a strong, worldwide recognized brand like eBay Motors to the Pirelli World Challenge series for the 2012 season. The timing couldn’t …

After a successful 2011 Pirelli World Challenge Season, finishing 2nd in the GTS championship, Capaldi Racing is returning for the 2012 Pirelli World Challenge season with an all-new car and team. GSP Racing and Capaldi Racing have teamed up with driver Alfonso Perri, Total Performance Engine Oils, and Dell’s Cherries to campaign the #26 Total/Dell’s Cherries 2013 Mustang Boss 302S in the GTS class.
This will be Alfonso Perri’s first year in the Pirelli World Challenge. He started racing karts when he was 11 years old and quickly moved to Europe to …

Billy Johnson, driving the No. 61 Roush Performance Mustang Boss 302R, led the final 18 laps to win Friday’s Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Series BMW Performance 200. Johnson’s victory with teammate Jack Roush Jr. gave Roush’s father, team owner Jack Roush, his first GRAND-AM victory at Daytona International Speedway.The margin of victory over second-place Charles Espenlaub in the No. 48 Fall-Line Motorsports BMW M3  was 1.061 seconds. Espenlaub’s teammate Bryan Sellers was third in the No. 46 BMW. Twenty-five of the race’s 58 laps were run under …

The Ford Mustang Boss 302R started off the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season in the best way possible with the Roush Performance teams qualifying 1-2 at the season opener at Daytona Speedway. Shelby Blackstock, driving in only his second season for the Roush Performance team, put the No. 51 Starstruck Entertainment Boss 302R on pole with a time of 1:57.523, . This is the first time that Blackstock and fellow driver Jade Buford have captured the top qualifying position, and they will also be going for their first …