Summary
World Rally-Raid Championship - South African Safari Rally (May 19-25 - South Africa)
- Carlos Sainz Sr and Nani Roma finished fifth and seventh respectively overall in the third round of the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship in South Africa.
NASCAR Cup Series (May 25 – Charlotte)
- Brad Keselowski led three Ford drivers in the top 10 with a fifth-place finish in Charlotte.
NASCAR Xfinity Series (May 24 –Charlotte)
- Sheldon Creed led Ford with a 10th-place finish Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (May 23 – Charlotte)
- Layne Riggs topped Ford on Friday night in Charlotte with a fourth-place finish.
Kubota High Limit Racing (May 23-25 – Port Royal)
- Justin Peck and Rudeen Racing finished fourth on Saturday’s Bob Weikert Memorial Feature.
ADAC GT Masters (May 23-25 — DEKRA Lausitzring)
- Finn Wiebelhaus and Salman Owega led a three-car Haupt Racing Team Mustang GT3 charge to a second-place finish.
ADAC Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (May 23 - 25 – DEKRA Lausitzring)
- Arjun Maini of HRT Ford Performance, led Ford to a 12th place finish, scoring championship points for Mustang GT3.
Details
World Rally-Raid Championship - Dakar Rally (May 19-25 - South Africa)
- Carlos Sainz Sr and co-driver Lucas Cruz returned to the Ford Raptor T1+ for the first time since stage two of the Dakar Rally in January.
- The pair saw two second-place stage finishes throughout the five-stage rally-raid and were in overall podium contention much of the week.
- Nani Roma and Alex Haro ran a strong and consistent race with a fifth-place stage finish the first day.
- Two-minute time penalties applied to the two teams as they were racing their way to the front of the pack in the last stage ultimately put them in fifth and seventh overall.
- The W2RC season continues next to the UAE with the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge Feb. 21-27.
NASCAR Cup Series (May 25 – Charlotte)
- Brad Keselowski led three Ford drivers in the top 10 with a fifth-place finish in Charlotte.
- Ryan Preece and Noah Gragson ended up ninth and 10th, respectively
- Keselowski’s run marked his first top 10 finish of the season.
- The NASCAR Cup Series continues on Sunday, June 1 at Nashville Superspeedway (7 p.m., PRIME, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES (May 24 – Charlotte)
- Sheldon Creed led Ford with a 10th-place finish Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
- Sam Mayer finished 11th and Ryan Sieg was 14th.
- Mayer is third in the series point standings while Sieg is seventh and Creed is 10th.
- The Xfinity Series continues on Saturday, May 31 at Nashville Superspeedway (7:30 p.m., CW, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES (May 23 –Charlotte)
- Layne Riggs topped Ford on Friday night in Charlotte with a fourth-place finish.
- Jake Garcia just missed out on a top-10 run as he finished 11th.
- Chandler Smith is second in the point standings while Riggs is sixth, Garcia eighth and defending champion Ty Majeski ninth.
- The series is back in action on Friday, May 30 at Nashville Superspeedway (8 p.m., FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Kubota High Limit Racing (May 23-25 – Port Royal)
- Justin Peck and Rudeen Racing finished fourth on Saturday’s Bob Weikert Memorial Feature.
- Peck drove from 23 to 15th on Sunday’s feature.
- The first day of the Port Royal triple header was rained out.
- The High Limit Racing Series heads to Lawrenceburg Speedway May 30 for Driven2SaveLives Battle at the 'Burg.
ADAC GT Masters (May 23-25 — DEKRA Lausitzring)
- The No. 1 Haupt Racing Team Mustang GT3 of Finn Wiebelhaus and Salman Owega led Ford to a second-place finish charge to a second place finish.
- The No. 3 of Max Reis and Niklas Kalus score a third place finish in the Mustang GT3 series debut, giving the team two podium finishes in the opening round.
- Kalus earned pole position for the second race (1:20.250).
ADAC Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (May 23 - 25 – DEKRA Lausitzring)
- The No. 36 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3 of Arjun Maini scored championship points with a Ford best 12th place finish.
- The sister No. 64 Mustang GT3, driven by Fabio Scherer, placed a weekend best 18th.
