Summary
NASCAR Cup Series (August 10 – Watkins Glen)
- Ford placed two Mustang Dark Horse race cars into the Top Six at Watkins Glen.
NASCAR Xfinity Series (August 9 – Watkins Glen)
- Sam Mayer raced to a second place finish in the Mustang Dark Horse. Harris Burton finished 10th.
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES (August 8 – Watkins Glen)
- Defending Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ty Majeski was the highest finishing Ford F-150 with a seventh place finish. Layne Riggs finished 10th.
Mustang Cup (August 8 - August 10 – Road America)
- Will Lucas and Craig Capaldi claimed victory in the Miles Cup race at Road America
DTM (August 8 -10 – Nürburgring)
- Arjun Maini led Ford to a sixth place finish.
Formula Drift (August 8-9 – Seattle)
- James Deane finished second at Evergreen Speedway and moved to first in the championship standings.
Repco Supercars Championship (August 9 - 10 – Queensland Raceway)
- Cam Waters led the Mustang charge, finishing a weekend best second
Details
NASCAR Cup Series (August 10 – Watkins Glen)
- Ford placed two Mustang Dark Horse race cars into the Top Six at Watkins Glen.
- 2024 Watkins Glen winner Chris Buescher raced to third place in 2025, Ford’s highest finisher.
- Buescher won Stage 1 with Ryan Blaney taking the Stage 2 victory for Ford.
- Blaney led a career high 35 laps for a road course on his way to a sixth place finish.
- Blaney earned his first Watkins Glen pole position on Saturday.
- Blaney’s pole position was Team Penske’s 150th career NASCAR Cup Series pole position.
- The NASCAR Cup Series takes to the Richmond Raceway for Saturday night racing under the lights on August 16 (7:30 p.m., USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR Xfinity Series (August 9 – Watkins Glen)
- Sam Mayer raced to a second place finish in the Mustang Dark Horse.
- Harrison Burton raced to his second top 10 finish in a row in 10th.
- The Xfinity Series will take off next weekend returning on Friday night, August 22, at the Daytona International Speedway (7:30 p.m., CW, MRN, and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES (August 8 – Watkins Glen)
- Defending Craftsman Truck Series Champion Ty Majeski was the highest finishing Ford F-150 with a seventh place finish. Layne Riggs finished 10th.
- Ben Rhodes drove to the Stage 2 win in the No. 99 TSPORTS Trucks Ford F-150. Rhodes led for a total of three laps.
- Ford holds five of the top 10 spots in the regular season point standings. Riggs is the top Ford in second place with Chandler Smith just behind in third. Myjeski is in sixth place with Jake Garcia holding ninth and Rhodes closing out the top 10.
- The final race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular season takes place at Richmond Raceway next week on Friday, August 15 (7:30 p.m., FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Mustang Cup (August 8 - August 10 – Road America)
- Will Lucas and Craig Capaldi both earned pole-to-podium class wins in the Miles Cup race at Road America and led every lap in their respective classes on their way to victory.
- Sunday’s Parnelli Cup race was postponed due to weather. A new date for the race will be announced when finalized.
- Lucas leads the Dark Horse standings and Nick Smither leads the Dark Horse Legends standings in the Miles Cup championship.
- Mustang Cup will head to Lime Rock Park October 17-18 for the next round of the season.
DTM (August 8 -10 – Nürburgring)
- The No. 36 HRT Ford Performance Mustang GT3, driven by Arjun Maini, led the Ford charge with a sixth-place finish, recovering from a DNF after an early-race incident in the first race of the weekend.
- Maini has collected championship points in the series’ last three race weekends, ranking 14th with 41 points.
- Fabio Scherer and the sister No. 64 Mustang GT3 placed 18th and 19th during the weekend, and he currently holds 23rd in the standings with five points.|
- The next DTM race is scheduled for August 22-23 at Sachsenring, with live race coverage on the series’ official YouTube channel.
Formula Drift (August 8-9 – Seattle)
- James Deane finished second in Seattle in Round 6 of the 2025 Formula Drift season.
- He is now tied for first place in championship points headed into the final three rounds.
- Next up for the series, Formula Drift heads to Utah, Aug 28 - Aug 30.
Repco Supercars Championship (August 9 - 10 – Queensland Raceway)
- Cam Waters of Monster Castrol Racing led a five-car Mustang stampede in Race 25, as Ford finished in positions two through six; Kai Allen of Penrite Racing was next in line, placing third.
- Ryan Wood of Mobil1 Truck Assist Racing placed a Ford best third in Race 24.
- Grove Racing, competing under the Penrite Racing banner, currently ranks second in the Team Championship.
- Matthew Payne (Penrite Racing) is second in the Drivers’ Championship; Waters ranks fourth and Chaz Mostert (Mobil 1 Optus Racing) fifth.
- The next races are scheduled for September 12-14 at The Bend.
