Michael McDowell sat on the pole and led a race-high 36 laps in the NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega, as Brad Keselowski finished second and Noah Gragson third, while Riley Herbst led Ford with a second-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series after charging from 14th on the second overtime restart.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Keselowski Leads Four Top-10 Fords at Talladega
Apr 22, 2024
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Michael McDowell sat on the pole and led a race-high 36 laps at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, as Brad Keselowski finished second and Noah Gragson third.
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Michael McDowell sat on the pole and led a race-high 36 laps at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, as Brad Keselowski finished second and Noah Gragson third.
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Keselowski avoided getting collected in a last-lap crash that took out McDowell, and finished second for the second straight week, while Noah Gragson was right behind in third. -
Todd Gilliland was eighth and Harrison Burton 10th to give Ford four top-10 Mustangs. -
Ford drivers were a fixture up front all afternoon, as McDowell and Austin Cindric started on the front row and took turns leading the field. -
Ford won the first two stages behind Cindric (Stage 1) and Logano (Stage 2). -
Overall, Ford had 10 drivers combine to lead 98 of 188 laps. -
The NASCAR Cup Series will continue Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway. -
Riley Herbst led Ford with a second-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series after charging from 14th on the second overtime restart at Talladega. -
Matt DiBenedetto was eighth and Cole Custer 10th. -
Hailie Deegan posted her best career NASCAR Xfinity Series finish, coming home 12th. -
Herbst led three times for 13 laps and scored points in all three stages. -
The Xfinity Series will head to Dover Motor Speedway Saturday. -
Proton Competition earned a fifth-place GTD class finish in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship after 100 minutes of sprint racing action in Long Beach, California. -
The No. 55 of Giammarco Levorato and Corey Lewis started eighth in class, in position to challenge for a spot in the top five in the final half hour of the race. -
A pileup caused by GTP class competitors in Turn 11 with about 20 minutes remaining helped Lewis into the top five, as he evaded any damage. -
The result not only marks Proton Competition’s first race completion stateside in Mustang GT3, but also the first-ever global top-five class placing by Mustang GT3. -
The next round of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is May 10-12 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in California. -
Proton Competition earned its second consecutive top-10 performance in the FIA World Endurance Championship at Imola Circuit in Italy with one of its two Mustang GT3s. -
The No. 77 of Ryan Hardwick, Zacharie Robichon and Ben Barker battled to a ninth-place finish in the second round of series action, improving five positions. -
Withstanding power steering issues and a blocking penalty, the No. 77 climbed as high as seventh, continually battling inside the LMGT3 top 10 for the majority of the race. -
Mustang GT3 has earned at least one class top-10 finish in each event across its three major series (WEC, IMSA, GTWCE). -
Donny Schatz finished seventh in the World of Outlaws Series on Friday evening at Paducah International Raceway in Kentucky, climbing from a 12th-position start. -
Schatz earned the Hard Charger Award for his six-position gain on Saturday at Tri-State Speedway in Indiana. He qualified 17th and finished 11th. -
Next up for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series campaign is the Premier Chevy Dealers Clash at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa April 26-27. -
Will Davidson was the top Ford, finishing second in Race 7 of the Repco Supercars Championship, one of five Mustang Supercars in the top 10 in the Taupo Super 400. -
Anton De Pasquale earned the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy by scoring the most points across all races during the weekend of the New Zealand round. -
Cam Waters captured pole for Race 7, while Matthew Payne took the pole position for Race 8. -
Chaz Mostert remains third in the championship point standings, leading two other Ford Mustangs in the top five. -
The Repco Supercars Championship will resume May 16-19 at the Bosch Power Tools Perth SuperSprint in Western Australia. -
Grégoire Munster and co-driver Louis Louka were the top Ford finishers (seventh overall) in the FIA World Rally Championship at the WRC Croatia Rally. -
Adrien Fourmaux captured two stage wins in his Puma Rally1 Hybrid. -
He retained third place in the championship, currently with 59 total points for the season. -
Next up on the WRC schedule is the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, May 9-12.
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