It has been another winning weekend for our beloved Ford Mustang! Oh yeah! John Force and Eric de Doncker knocked their opponents out and they both grabbed the crown from the NHRA Funny Car and the GT4 European Cup competition! On the other hand, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards are the top and best Ford drivers in the NASCAR competition last weekend which was held in Indianapolis. In the Nextel Cup Race, Kenseth was ranked 10th, Biffle was second in the Busch Series and in the In Craftsman Truck Series Race, Kvapil grabbed third place! Force’s way to his second victory of the season was contested by teammate and daughter Ashley in the first round, marking their second meeting of the season.
“I want to thank Austin Coil, Bernie Fedderly, John Medlen, Jimmy Prock, Dean Antonelli, everybody who makes my ‘ol hot rod talk. In the final, you look at a young kid like Worsham with all his energy. I said, ‘Coil, I don’t have that much to give’ and he said the hardest race I had today was the race against Ashley.
“That was the toughest race. I thought about it and that was true. And that helped me reach back and find something for the final,” told Force.
In California, the Mustang got a one sweet victory race; the other win was in Belgium while de Doncker stood on his feet and was able to secure his second win last weekend’s past two events. He led the race all through the several laps.
De Doncker happily said, “It was a fantastic race – I’m really happy. The team did a really good job fixing the car after yesterday’s race. The only problem I had was my windscreen fogging up – the first lap was okay, but then it was a big problem. Once it stopped raining it was okay, and I pulled out a good gap to Buncombe. But then it started raining again; for the last three laps I couldn’t see anything - I missed two or three apexes, and I didn’t even see the checkered flag! My team had to tell me on the radio the race was over.”
Greg Biffle with a smile on his face said, “It was a really good night. The car was really, really tough to drive. Probably the toughest car that I’ve ever driven at this race track, I don’t know why. To be honest with you, I don’t know why we did so well. Track position was a lot of it. I ran the thing in the fence three or four times on my own. Carl (Edwards) and I were racing really hard together and I kind of got in the fence a couple of times on the back stretch, which probably wasn’t good. It was a good night and I had a lot of fun.”