In the main hall at SEMA, Ford Racing's Brian Wolfe fired up the supercharged 5.4 engine and we all went deaf. This car is loud, rap-crackling mean, and is nothing short of a genuine race car. You too can order one from your local Ford Racing Parts dealership for racing pursuits.

With the addition of the 2008 Cobra Jet Mustang, Ford Racing will have once again expanded its current stable of race-ready Mustang race cars.

This time, however, the Mustang is designed for drag racing.

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Building up excitement for the Mustang’s 45th Birthday, the Mustangs Across America caravan drive has over 345 cars signed up for the drive this week. The 2009 Mustangs Across America 45th Anniversary Drive has officially broken the record of 334 cars set in 2004 with the 40th Anniversary Drive.

The planned Mustang road trip is headed from Las Vegas, NV to Birmingham, AL to attend Mustang Club of America’s big Mustang 45th Anniversary Bash. The planned 5-day road trip adventure winds its way across America’s heartland, stopping for visits and fun in several cities and states while tracing parts of Route 66, Interstate 40 and into the South.


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There is good news sometimes, and right now it is a welcome breath of fresh air. This week, an independent study shows that Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles continue their quality gains, collectively improving for the fourth straight year and moving into a virtual tie with Honda-Acura and Toyota-Lexus-Scion for the 2008 model year.

The independent U.S. Global Quality Research System (GQRS) study says that the Ford F-Series Super Duty and Lincoln Mark LT rank atop their respective segments with fewest “things gone wrong” (TGW) and in customer satisfaction. Ford Mustang GT500 had the least number of TGW among sports cars.
Overall, 18 of 24 Ford domestic brand vehicles posted TGW improvements, including the hot-selling Ford Focus, which matched the Toyota Corolla. The Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan are significantly better in TGW than the Toyota Camry, which they tied in customer satisfaction. That is pretty heady company when it comes to quality.

”This is One Ford at its best. It's taken thousands of people continuously working together with laser-like focus every day to boost vehicle quality for our customers to the top of the pack,” said Bennie Fowler, Ford group vice president, Global Quality. “But this is a never-ending journey. The goal now is to distance ourselves from our top competitors. We want to be the sole quality leader."

Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup officials coming off the successful 2008 racing season for the new series announce the 2009 race schedule.

The 2009 Mustang Challenge season will open up with a double race weekend on March 14-15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in tandem with the KONI Challenge event, then follow that up one month later with a second doubleheader set at Barber Motorsports Park as part of the 45th Anniversary of the Ford Mustang event on April 18-19, which is expected to see over 100,000 enthusiasts visit the Alabama track through the weekend.

New Jersey Motorsports Park will host round five on May 2-3 as part of the Rolex Sports Car Series and KONI Challenge event, before the series travels West and rejoins the Rolex and KONI runners at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 16-17 for round six on the picturesque Monterey peninsula track.

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