Page 20 of 2009 Performance Parts by Ford Racing Performance Parts

race programs the crowded field of fr500s race cars at the start of the ford racing mustang challenge for the miller cup race at mid ohio race cars the extreme expression of performance and the pride of all auto manufacturers especially when the manufacturer designs engineers and builds the race cars and the cars win such is the case at ford racing the only manufacturer to offer a diverse line of fully-engineered turn-key winning race cars for amateurs to the pros the fr500 family the first of this family of mustang race cars was the fr500c a car designed to compete in the professional grand-am cup series now the koni challenge the fr500c had a remarkable first season winning the triple crown the drivers manufacturers and team championships the formula was so good that the car was taken to europe where it stormed to the 2007 fia gt4 championship with the success of the fr500c ford racing embarked on an even more challenging effort building race cars in mustang s assembly plant through a collaboration involving ford racing miller motorsports park team mustang and the team at the plant the fr500s was born and with it the mustang challenge for the miller cup an all-new professional road racing series featuring the fr500s exclusively with 21 entries at the series opening race all involved had much to cheer about and for 2009 the story continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original cobra jet mustang ford racing is returning to sportsman drag racing in a big way with the newest member of the fr500 family the fr500cj cobra jet this factory hot rod will be powered by the 5.4 cobra jet engine and will benefit from the same factory design and engineering that went into its road racing brothers watch for it on drag strips throughout the 2009 season!

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