Another Top 10 Finish for Ben Crosland and Another Position Higher in the Driver Points Race

June 25, 2009

Ben Crosland garnered his fourth Top 10 finish of the 2009 Ford Racing Mustang Challenge season by finishing 7th at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 40-minute event last Saturday. Once again, Crosland showed himself to be a consistent driver and able to keep his cool while running two abreast through the first turns and battling Jason von Kluge for position most of the race.
 
Crosland qualified in 9th position Friday afternoon after limited track time when the Friday morning session was washed away by rain storms, which left behind high heat and humidity for qualifying.
 

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Caddell Cruises to Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Win at Mid-Ohio

June 20, 2009

Mansfield, OH (20 June 2009) –Andrew Caddell showed his championship stripes once again on Saturday as he led from flag to flag to score a convincing Ford Racing Mustang Challenge victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday ahead of Ted Anthony, Jr.
 
After taking his debut Mustang Challenge win last weekend at Mosport in the Southeast Fleet Services/MXK.com Mustang, Tony Buffomonte made an encore podium appearance by scoring third on Saturday.

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Andrew Caddell Sets Track Record at Mid-Ohio

June 19, 2009

LEXINGTON, OH—19 June 09—Despite running in the high heat and humidity of an Ohio summer afternoon, Andrew Caddell shrugged off the greasy track conditions as he set a new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge track record at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with his fast lap time of 1:35.693-seconds on Friday. Caddell’s Raybestos Mustang will once again share the front row with Ted Anthony Jr., who is making his first racing appearance on the 2.258-mile natural terrain circuit.

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Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Racers Swap Rides to take on KONI Challenge

June 19, 2009

LEXINGTON, OH—18 June 09—Those looking to find Jamie Slone behind the wheel of the No. 00 Ford Racing Mustang Challenge “Media Car” will have to set their sights on a different paddock, as a healthy chapter of seat swapping will take place this weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

As Karl Thomson returns to make his second Ford Racing Mustang Challenge start driving the No. 00 Ford Mustang FR500S this weekend, Slone and fellow Mustang Challenge racer Ted Anthony Jr. have been tabbed to co-drive the No. 76 Compass360 Racing entry in Sunday’s EMCO Gears Classic in Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge competition.

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