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Education in Excitement Focus RS owners to receive a free Ford Performance Racing School By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As if there weren’t already 350 reasons to want an all-wheel-drive ride like the 2016+ Focus RS, Ford gives you one more—the RS Adrenaline Academy...

Big Thumper The first look at Ford Performance’s new 572-cube, big-block crate engine By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Performance Amongst all the excitement at this year’s Mustang Week we spotted something distinctly retro under the canopy at the Ford Performance trailer. Yes, the Blue...

Real Winner Race Forza Motorsport 6 online and you might win a 2017 Focus RS By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Microsoft Your parents probably told you that playing too many video games is a waste of time. Well, if you put that time into racing Forza Motorsport games, you might just be...

Sound & Fury Here’s the first video of the forthcoming GT500 test mule in action By Steve Turner Photos by KGP Photography Last week dedicated spy photographers captured out-of-captivity shots of a 2018 Shelby GT500 prototype roaming the streets of Dearborn, Michigan. With so much anticipation...

One-Two Punch Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud take the fight to the world in the hot hatch By Steve Turner Pop. Bang. Pop. Bang. The turbocharged 2.0-liter dances off the two-step rev limiter. As the start light goes green the car launches. Its all-wheel-drive system and Cooper tires claw for...

Hot Streak The Multimatic Shelby GT350R-C makes it three in a row at Road America By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We aren’t sure if drifting Lethal Performance’s new Focus RS was good practice for Road America, but Billy Johnson and his teammate Scott Maxwell scored...

Tour of Duty A Shelby GT350 is traveling the country to raise money for wounded veterans By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of the High Five Tour How cool would it be to take a new on a four-month, cross-country drive? How about doing it in a new Shelby? That would be the trip of a lifetime...

Flat-Out Aggressive Borla’s GT350 ATAK system delivers aggressive sound and more power By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Borla Performance Industries There is no doubt that the factory exhaust system on the latest Shelby GT350 sounds fantastic, especially with its adjustable valves...

What’s Your Focus? Ford Performance is giving away the hottest hatch in its lineup By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company You never know what you might discover on an event midway. While prowling the aisles of Formula Drift’s Uncharted Territory event at Orlando Speed World, we...

Six-Figure Shelby Ford’s one-of-a-kind GT350 raises $295,000 for EAA Young Eagles By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As we recently shared, Ford Motor Company again donated a unique Mustang for auction at the annual Experimental Aircraft Association Gathering of Eagles held...

Special Delivery Billy Johnson puts Lethal Performance’s RS in Drift Mode on the dealer lot By Steve Turner Regular readers know the last time Lethal Performance picked up a new project vehicle at Weikert Ford in Lake Wales, Florida, that the company did so in smoking style. So, when Team...

The Gathering Mod Motor Mustangs presents a drag race dedicated to modular machines By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Mod Motor Mustangs It’s hard to believe that there was a time when Ford’s modular engines didn’t get a lot of respect. When the Two-Valve 4.6-liter engine took over in...

MagnaFocus Magnaflow releases its cat-back exhaust system for Ford’s hottest hatch By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Magnaflow If you watched Ford Performance’s Rebirth of an Icon documentary series, you know that engineers put a lot of effort into giving the new Focus RS and aggressive...

Packed With Power Ford Performance Parts releases the first of three Mustang GT Power Packs By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Owners of 2015-2017 Mustang GTs who have been waiting for a naturally aspirated power package from the factory can start to rejoice. Ford...

Win Again Another Shelby GT350R-C win makes it two in a row for Multimatic By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Fresh off a win at its home track in Canada, the Multimatic Motorsports Shelby GT350R-C team chalked up its second win in a row for Ford Performance at Lime Rock...

Smokin’ Hot The autocross, burnout contest and speedway fun runs drew big crowds By Steve Turner While the massive Meet ’N Greet kicked off the official events in style, Mustang Week really hit its stride yesterday at Myrtle Beach Speedway. Attendees and vendors filled the circle track to take...

Change of Scenery The Meet ’N Greet kicked things off with a massive turnout at a new spot By Steve Turner Friday’s car show might be the event of the week, but we have to confess that we look forward to the Meet ’N Greet cruise-in with the same type of anticipation. This official kick-off...

Bagged & Blown Jeff Scofield defies convention with his iconoclastic Shelby project By Steve Turner For many, Ford Performance vehicles are justifiably treated with a reverence not granted to everyday cars. These vehicles certainly earn that respect with performance, but for many their...

Yellow Streak Ford continues supporting EAA Young Eagles with a unique Shelby auction By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company For the past eight years Ford has constructed some amazing, one-off Mustangs destined for the auction block at the annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh...

Force Power Edelbrock offers TVS blowers that will boost your S550 to 732 horsepower By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Edelbrock Boost and Mustangs are definitely fast friends. Now, for owners of the latest Mustangs, there is a new option for adding boost—Edelbrock’s E-Force...

Waving the Flag A US Focus RS customer shares his thoughts on Ford’s hottest hatch By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company From the moment we learned the Focus RS would arrive on US shores, we’ve been excited for the hot hatch to usher in a new era of Ford Performance in the...

Wind Speed Ford puts the Ford GT’s bodacious body to the wind-tunnel test By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company There is no doubt that the Ford GT is a beautiful automobile. And, based on its on-track success, it seems that function definitely follows form on this...

Bring it On No matter the terrain, the forthcoming Raptor can conquer it By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company We know that the forthcoming F-150 Raptor pickup will be faster and more capable than its predecessor. Aside from reduced weight and a yet-unannounced power rating...

Watkins Win Back to IMSA competition, the EcoBoost-powered Ford GT takes first again By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company As if in celebration of the extension of the Ford GT racing program for at least three more seasons, Ford Performance racers finished one-two at...

Keep On Runnin’ On the heels of its Le Mans success, the Ford GT will keep racing into 2019 By Steve Turner Photos courtesy of Ford Motor Company Against all odds, Ford was able to go from announcing a new Ford GT to winning Le Mans on the 50th anniversary of the 1-2-3 GT-40 win in 1966...