2010 to be last season for Mustang Challenge series
When the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge field takes the green flag for the final round of the 2010 championship at Miller Motorsports Park September 12, it will mark the end of an era as the series stages its final race on home soil.
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| Formed through an innovative partnership between Miller Motorsports Park and Ford Racing, the Mustang Challenge ran for three racing seasons and enjoyed significant sponsorship support from BFGoodrich Tires. The Mustang Challenge, which was first announced at the SEMA show November, 2007, was the first national race series to be run by a track as Miller Motorsports Park developed and managed the program under the leadership of Series Director Lynda Randall. Sanctioned by GRAND-AM from the outset, Mustang Challenge visited classic tracks across the continent from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to Watkins Glen to Mosport to Lime Rock Park. With racers of almost every age, Mustang Challenge fostered the careers of several young up and coming racers as well as attracting established racing names including Jack Roush, Jr., Andy Lally, Bucky Lasek, and Vaughn Gittin, Jr., through three years of racing operation. The racers in the series enjoyed the coaching and advice from Ford Racing High Performance Driving School during the race weekends. “We are disappointed to not continue what we started with the Mustang Challenge,” said Series Director Lynda Randall. “But we should old our heads high, as this was a tremendously successful program and we were fortunate to get to be a part of what really became a family. Our drivers raced hard during the day and tended to laugh hard—together—when they were out of the cars. We will miss the great mixture of competition and camaraderie, as well as the great racing, that we came to love in Mustang Challenge. This was not the decision that we wanted to have to make, but we wanted to let our racers know what the future held and we want to close the year out with some very big races at Autobahn and of course at Miller.” “It is with mixed emotions that we announce the end of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge,” offered Miller Group President Greg Miller. “On a personal level it has been fun and exhilarating for me to have been a part of this series from the time of the earliest discussions between Ford Racing and MMP. I have enjoyed watching the series develop over the years. I have developed many valuable friendships as a result of this series. I am grateful to all the participants and their families, the sponsors and those who administered the series for their support.” |
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