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The Talladega was a special, more aerodynamic version of the Torino / Fairlane produced specifically to make Ford even more competitive in NASCAR racing, and it was sold to the public only because homologation rules required a certain minimum number of cars (500 in 1969) be produced and made available.
Its origin is twofold: allow Ford to homologate its new Ford 385 engine-based semi-hemispherical 429 V8 for NASCAR racing, and to provide a big block alternative to the 5.0 L and under Trans Am Racing bred small block Boss 302 Mustang. Ford had already produced successful high-performance 427 cu in and 428 cu in racing engines from older blocks ...
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He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He is the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion. [ 1 ] He is the son of former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track racer Lou Blaney .
He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team. He is the son of Joe Custer, the team president of Haas Factory Team. He is the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion. [1]
He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 25 Ford Mustang for AM Racing. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Jeff Burton . In 2020, Burton became the first driver born in the 2000s or later to win a NASCAR Xfinity Series race, and in 2024 became the first to win a NASCAR Cup Series race.
Kyle Petty, driving the 7/Eleven Ford at Pocono in 1985. The 1985 season was historic for NASCAR as young Kyle Petty, the grandson of legendary Lee Petty and son of series dominator Richard Petty, was hired to drive the No. 21 car full-time. This marked a unique partnership between the two most successful racing families in NASCAR history.
The Ford Mustang was used in the NASCAR Nationwide Series as a silhouette racing car beginning on July 2, 2010. [77] Mustangs have also been raced in the FIA GT3 and GT4 championships. In 2012, Jack Roush won the Daytona International Speedway's opening race of the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend in a Mustang Boss 302R.