Ford Performance Weekly Racing Highlights June 22, 2025

By Ford Performance Staff

June 21, 2025

Summary

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (June 20 – Pocono) – FORD VICTORY
- Layne Riggs won the first pole of his career and then followed that up with his first win of the season.

ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring (June 19 - 22 – Nürburgring Nordschleife) – FORD VICTORY
- The No. 65 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3 won the SP 9 Pro-Am class.

NASCAR Cup Series (June 22 – Pocono)
- Ford drivers made up half of the top 10 finishers Sunday at Pocono, led by Ryan Blaney (3rd).

NASCAR Xfinity Series (June 21 – Pocono)
- Ryan Sieg was the top Ford finisher as he ended up fifth at Pocono Raceway.

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (June 20 - 22 – Watkins Glen International)
- The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 led Ford to a seventh place finish.

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (June 19 - 21 – Watkins Glen International)
- McCumbee McAleer Racing posted its first Mustang GT4 series podium of the season, placing second.

Formula Drift (June 20-21 – New Jersey)
- James Deane earned his third podium finish of the season, finishing in third overall at Englishtown Raceway.

Repco Supercars Championship (June 20-22 Darwin)
- Ryan Wood highlighted the weekend for Ford by capturing pole in Race 19 qualifying.

NHRA (June 20-22 -Virginia)
- Daniel Wilkerson was the top finishing Ford at the American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals finishing in the semi-finals.

Details

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (June 22 - Pikes Peak, Colorado) -- FORD VICTORY
- The Ford Performance Super Mustang Mach-E earned the fastest time up the mountain in class during the 103rd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
- Romain Dumas piloted the Electric Vehicle demonstrator up America’s Mountain with a time of 3:42.252 on the shortened course.
- Dumas qualified first in Open Class with a 3:34.073
- This is the third time Ford Performance found success with an EV Demonstrator on the mountain after debuting SuperVan 4.2 in the 2023, and the F-150 Lightning SuperTruck in 2024.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (June 20 – Pocono) – FORD VICTORY
- Layne Riggs won the first pole of his career and then followed that up with his first win of the season.
- Riggs led 25 laps and also won the first stage.
- Chandler Smith finished seventh and Ty Majeski was ninth for Ford.
- The win is Ford’s third of the season and the 13 all-time series victory for Front Row Motorsports
- The series will make its debut at Lime Rock Park on Saturday, June 28 (1 p.m., Fox, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring (June 19 - 22 – Nürburgring Nordschleife) – FORD VICTORY
- The No. 65 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3, driven by David Schumacher, Dennis Fetzer, Salman Owega and Jusuf Owega, won the SP 9 Pro-Am class.
- The No. 65 placed fourth overall out of 134 total competitors and was the only Am class competitor to finish in the top 10.
- Mustang GT3 has posted class victories in two of three 24-hour races this season, with the 24 Hours of Spa coming up this week.
- The No. 63 (Dirk Müller, Patrick Assenheimer, Vincent Kolb and Hubert Haupt) and No. 64 (Arjun Maini, Dennis Olsen, Jusuf Owega and Frank Stippler) were unable to finish the race.

NASCAR Cup Series (June 22 – Pocono)
- Ford drivers made up half of the top 10 finishers Sunday at Pocono, led by Ryan Blaney (3rd).
- Chris Buescher (4th), Ryan Preece (8th), Brad Keselowski (9th) and Austin Cindric (10th) followed.
- Keselowski led all Ford drivers with 24 laps led.
- The NASCAR Cup Series will make its second trip of the year to Atlanta Motor Speedway for a night race on Saturday, June 28 (7 p.m., TNT, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

NASCAR Xfinity Series (June 21 – Pocono)
- Ryan Sieg was the top Ford finisher as he ended up fifth at Pocono Raceway.
- Sam Mayer finished seventh and won the four-race Driving 4 A Difference Presented by the Gene Haas Foundation event, which will contribute $20,000 in Mayer’s name to the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
- The Xfinity Series continues on Friday, June 271 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (7:30 p.m., CW, PRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (June 20 - 22 – Watkins Glen International)
- The No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3 of Mike Rockenfeller and Sebastian Priaulx placed a Ford best seventh in-class.
- The No. 66 Gradient Racing Mustang GT3 finished a season-high sixth.
- The No. 65 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Ford Mustang GT3 was disqualified from the race.
- The next stop for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is Canadian Tire Motorsport Park from July 11 - 13. Coverage is available on Peacock, IMSA TV and the series’ YouTube channel.

IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (June 19 - 21 – Watkins Glen International)
- Mustang GT4 represented two spots in the top-five, with McCumbee McAleer Racing leading forward to a second place podium finish.
- McCumbee McAleer Racing’s Chad McCumbee and Ford Performance Junior Team driver Jenson Altzman led the field into the green flag, after Altzman earned the team’s first-ever series pole position with a lap time of 1:54.918.
- KohR Motorsports’ Bob Michaelian and Billy Johnson climbed seven spots to a fourth-place finish.
- Altzman, MMR rank second in the IMPC points standings; Ford is third.
- The next stop for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge is July 11-13 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Coverage is available on Peacock, IMSA TV and the series’ YouTube channel.

Formula Drift (June 20-21 – New Jersey)
- James Deane earned his third podium finish of the season, finishing in third overall at Englishtown Raceway.
- RTR Teammate Ben Hobson went out in the top 32 due to a mechanical issue.
- Next up for the series, Formula Drift heads to St. Louis, July 17-19.

Repco Supercars Championship (June 20-22 Darwin)
- Ryan Wood highlighted the weekend for Ford by capturing pole in Race 19 qualifying.
- Penrite Racing’s twenty year old Kai Allen scored two top three finishes during race 18 and 19.
- Penrite Racing’s Matthew Payne leads Ford drivers in the standings in third after this weekend.
- The Supercars Championship returns July 11-13 for the 2025 NTI Townsville 500.

NHRA (June 20-22 -Virginia)
- Daniel Wilkerson was the top finishing Ford at the American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals finishing in the semi-finals.
- Bob Tasca III qualified 7th with a 4.047 at 319.75 mph.
- Tasca advanced to the quarter finals.
- The next race for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is in Norwalk, June 26-29.

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