释义 |
- History
- Wins
- Ford Performance teams NASCAR World Rally Championship FIA World Rallycross Championship WeatherTech Sportscar Championship & FIA World Endurance Championship Virgin Australia Supercars Championship Past teams
- See also
- References
- External links Media links
{{About|the racing division|the video game series|Ford Racing (series)}}{{refimprove|date=December 2010}}{{Infobox company | name = Ford Performance | logo = Ford Performance logo.svg | type = | predecessor = Ford Racing Ford Team RS Special Vehicle Team Ford Performance Vehicles Ford Performance Racing (Australia) | successor = | founder = Henry Ford | defunct = | fate = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Automotive Motorsport | genre = | products = Performance car Supercar Performance parts Racing parts | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Ford Motor Company | divisions = | homepage = Ford Performance | footnotes = | intl = | foundation = Grosse Pointe, Michigan, US ({{Start date|1901|10|10}}) | location_city = | location_country = | location = Dearborn, Michigan, United States | locations = }}Ford Performance (formerly Ford Racing) is the high performance division of Ford Motor Company and the multinational name used for its motorsport and racing activity. History- 1896 – Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his first car, Quadricycle.
- 1901 – Henry Ford defeated Alexander Winton (the most accomplished automobile builder/racer of the era) in a 10-lap race on a one-mile oval at the Detroit Driving Club, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He overcame his rival's more powerful car in Sweepstakes, a racing car of his own design.[1]
- 1902 – Ford 999 (named after a famous New York Central train), driven by Barney Oldfield, Master Driver of the World and America's Legendary Speed King, defeated Alex Winton at Grosse Point in the 999 as a result of the publicity and financial backing of Alex J. Malcomson the Ford Motor Company was launched
- 1903 – Ford 999, driven by Oldfield, lapped the Indiana Fairgrounds dirt track at a then-record 60 mph?
- 1904 – Henry Ford, driving his rebuilt 999, sets the world one mile record on a frozen lake near Detroit.
- 1904 – Frank Kulick drove a Ford 20 hp racer to the one and five mile world track record for middleweight racers.
- 1907 – Kulick set the world 24-hour track endurance record, traveling 1135 miles driving a Ford six cyl Model K.
- 1909 – A Ford Model T won the transcontinental New York to Seattle cross-country race (about 3600 km).
- 1932 – Ford introduced its V-8 Flathead engine, bringing V-8 power into mass production with the slogan "Everyman’s power for the road, and Everyman’s power for racing".
- 1932 – Two car mechanics win the Swedish Winter Grand Prix driving a Ford special.[2]
- 1936 – Ionel Zamfirescu and P. G. Cristea won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford V8 "Flathead".[3][4]
- 1949 – Jim Roper, driving a Lincoln, won the first NASCAR race.[5]
- 1950 - Jimmy Florian, driving a Ford, wins Ford's First NASCAR win a Ford brand vehicle Dayton Ohio[6]
- 1967 – Jim Clark, driving a Lotus-Ford, won the Dutch Grand Prix. This is Ford's first grand prix victory.
- 2003 – Giancarlo Fisichella, driving a Jordan-Ford, won the Brazilian Grand Prix. This is Ford's 176th and last Grand Prix victory.
- 2011 – Trevor Bayne wins the Daytona 500 in a 1–2–3 finish for Ford. It was Ford's 600th NASCAR victory.
- 2012 – Michael Shank Racing wins the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona with a Ford engined Riley chassis (Allmendinger/Negri/Pew/Wilson), Starworks Motorsport finishes 2nd in Grand-Am Daytona Prototype driver standings (Ryan Dalziel), and wins the 1st North American Endurance Championship, also with Ford power.
- 2013 – Greg Biffle wins the Quicken Loans 400, Ford's 1000th NASCAR win.
- 2014 – Debut of the Ford EcoBoost twin turbo engine for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates win the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring using the engine.
- 2015 – Ford Racing, alongside Ford Team RS and Special Vehicle Team, merged into a global entity named Ford Performance, as they also will make 12 performance cars by 2020. Wins Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona overall with Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Kanaan/ McMurray/ Larson / Dixon) using Ford Ecoboost Riley DP.
- 2016 – Ford entered four Ford GT cars in the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE Pro class, finished 1-3-4-10.
- 2018 - Joey Logano Wins at Homestead Miami Speedway and wins Ford Performance its first NASCAR cup championship since 2004 and First Manufacturer's Championship since 2002
WinsSeries | Race Wins | Manufacturers Titles | Drivers Titles |
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Formula One | 176 | 10 | 13 | NASCAR | 676 | 16 | 8 | World Rally | 87 | 4 | 3 | V8 Supercar | 330 | 5 | 24 |
Ford Performance teamsNASCAR- Team Penske (1994-2002, 2013-present)
- Roush Fenway Racing (1988-present)
- Wood Brothers Racing (1950-present)
- Front Row Motorsports (2005-present)
- Go Fas Racing (2011-present)
- Stewart-Haas Racing (2017-present)
World Rally Championship- M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (2013-present)
- Yazeed Racing
FIA World Rallycross Championship- Olsbergs MSE (2014-2015, 2018-present)
WeatherTech Sportscar Championship & FIA World Endurance ChampionshipVirgin Australia Supercars Championship- Tickford Racing
- DJR Team Penske
- 23Red Racing
Past teamsMatech GT Racing, SunTrust Racing, Ford World Rally Team, Munchi's Ford World Rally Team, Richard Petty Motorsports, Jordan Grand Prix, Stewart Grand Prix, Benetton Formula, Team Aon, Marc VDS Racing Team, Belgian Racing, Fischer Racing, FWRT, Hoonigan Racing DivisionSee also- Ford Performance Vehicles Special Vehicle Team (SVT), North America's performance car division
- Ford TeamRS European performance car divisions (Ford's ST and RS)
- Ford Performance Vehicles (FPV), Australia's performance car division
- Ford Special Vehicle Operations (SVO)
- Cosworth, former long standing performance engine development partner
- Roush Performance
- M-Sport
References1. ^Ford Centenary, PistonHeads, 2001-10-09. 2. ^[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrGZge_5MkE Grand PRIX RÄMENLOPPET 1933, SF-journalen, Newsreel, 1933] 3. ^http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=1 4. ^http://media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=7251 5. ^http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/11/22/ford.timeline/index.html 6. ^http://performance.ford.com/series/stock-car-racing/news/articles/2013/06/florian-scored-fords-1st-nascar-win-63-years-ago.html
External links{{Commons category|Ford Racing}}- Official websites Team Ford Racing
- Official websites Ford Racing
- Official websites Australia's Ford Racing
- Official websites China's Ford Racing
- Ford Racing on Facebook
Media links- [https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=FordRacingParts FordRacingParts's Channel on YouTube]
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