Summary
NASCAR Cup Series (August 23 – Daytona International Speedway) – FORD VICTORY
Ryan Blaney came from 13th place with two laps to go and won the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway.
NASCAR Xfinity Series (August 22 – Daytona International Speedway)
- Sam Mayer raced to a fifth-place finish in overtime, marking his fourth straight top five run.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (August 22 - 24 – Virginia International Raceway)
- The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 of Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx led Ford to a fourth place finish.
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (August 22 - 23 – Virginia International Raceway)
- KohR Motorsports placed both its Mustang GT4’s on the podium, finishing second and third.
IMSA Mustang Challenge (August 22 - 24 – Virginia International Raceway)
- In race one of the series’ track debut, Robert Noaker claimed his seventh win of the season in the Dark Horse class, and Zachry Lee recorded his first victory of the year in the Dark Horse Legends Class
- In race two, Robert Noaker won to sweep the weekend, and Tom Tait scored his first win of the season in the Dark Horse Legends class.
DTM (August 23 - 24 – Sachsenring)
- Fabio Scherer brought home a Ford best eighth place finish.
Details
NASCAR Cup Series (August 23 – Daytona) – FORD VICTORY
- Ryan Blaney came from 13th place with two laps to go and won the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway.
- It marked Ford’s fifth win of the season and the second for Blaney.
- Ford drivers combined to lead 87-of-160 laps with Blaney and Logano leading 27 each.
- Cole Custer finished fourth while Chris Buescher was seventh and Josh Berry ninth.
- Blaney, Logano, Austin Cindric and Josh Berry will represent Ford in the playoffs.
- The playoffs begin next Sunday at Darlington Raceway with the annual Southern 500.
NASCAR Xfinity Series (August 22 – Daytona)
- Sam Mayer raced to a fifth-place finish in overtime, marking his fourth straight top five run.
- Ryan Sieg led all drivers with 19 laps led, but he didn’t make it to the finish line after being involved in a multi-car accident with four circuits remaining. He ended up 31st.
- Mayer, who led 16 laps on the night, is the only Ford driver locked into the playoffs with two regular season events remaining.
- Sheldon Creed (+84 above the cut line) and Harrison Burton (+36) are also in playoff positions.
- The Xfinity Series will have its penultimate race of the regular season at Portland International Raceway on Saturday, August 30 (7:30 p.m. ET, CW, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (August 22 - 24 – Virginia International Raceway)
- The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3, driven by Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx, improved from sixth position to a Ford best fourth place performance.
- The No. 65 of Christopher Mies and Frédéric Vervisch rebounded to seventh from an early incident that sent them back to 10th in class.
- The No. 66 Gradient Racing Ford Mustang GT3 of Junior Team driver Jenson Altzman and Robert Megennis concluded its final sprint round with the best class finish of the season in fifth.
- Ford closed the gap in the GTD PRO class Manufacturers’ Championship, ranking fourth.
- The No. 64 also gained ground to third in the GTD PRO class Team Championship, with two rounds remaining in the season.
- The next IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round is scheduled for September 19-21 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Event coverage will be broadcasted on Peacock, IMSA YouTube and IMSA.tv.
IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (August 23 – Virginia International Raceway)
- KohR Motorsports placed both its Mustang GT4's on the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge podium Saturday at Virginia International Raceway.
- The No. 60 of Ford Performance Junior Team driver Sam Paley and Nick Persing led Ford to a second place finish.
- The No. 59 of Bob Michaelian and Billy Johnson rounded out the podium.
- Mustang GT4 has earned at least one podium in each of the last four events.
- Paley, who has earned six podiums in IMSA Mustang Challenge over the last two seasons, secured his first podium with Mustang GT4; Persing made his GT4 racing debut with Mustang.
- Michaelian and Johnson battled to their second podium of the season, which includes the season-opening race at the road course of Daytona International Speedway.
- Three Mustang GT4 race cars, which included the No. 19 Stephen Cameron Racing entry of Gregory Liefooghe and Sean Quinlan, placed inside the top-five of the GS class.
- The No. 13 McCumbee McAleer Racing (MMR) Ford Mustang GT4, driven by Ford Performance Junior Team driver Jenson Altzman and Nate Cicero, earned its fourth consecutive IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge GS class pole position of the season.
- Cicero's pace-setting lap time of 1:52.482 around Virginia International Raceway marked his third-straight series Motul Pole Award with Mustang GT4.
IMSA Mustang Challenge (August 22 - 24 – Virginia International Raceway)
- Ford Performance Junior Team driver Robert Noaker swept the weekend at Virginia International Raceway to earn his eighth victory of the season.
- Zachry Lee recorded his first win of the season in race one of the weekend in the Dark Horse Legends class.
- Tom Tait earned his first Mustang Challenge victory of 2025 in race two in the Dark Horse Legends Class.
- In race two, Colin Harrison finished second in the Dark Horse class, recording his first podium in the series. Joseph Dederichs finished third in the Dark Horse Legends class, earning his first Mustang Challenge Podium
- The next Mustang Challenge round is scheduled for September 5-7 at Circuit of The Americas. Event coverage will be broadcasted on the official Ford Performance YouTube channel, as well as IMSA.tv.
DTM (August 23 - 24 – Sachsenring)
- Fabio Scherer, driver of the No. 64 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3, brought home a Ford best eighth place finish under wet conditions at Sachsenring.
- Scherer collected championship points in both races –finishing 11th in the second race.
- HRT Ford Performance has collected points in five of the last six events.
- Arjun Maini, driver of the No. 36 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3, finished with a weekend best 20th.
- The next round of series action is scheduled for September 12-14 at Red Bull Ring.
