The Story Behind the Matech Ford GT1 Purchase
The long journey of came Lance Miller and Greg Boehme came to purchase the remaining 4 Matech Ford GT1 cars from Marc VDS Racing, as told by Lance himself… By Lance Miller My father, Chip Miller, was lucky enough to find his dream car. A 1960 Corvette. This ’60 Corvette was no ordinary Corvette. It …
Dust Devils – Ford GT National Rally 9
The sights and sounds of Ford GT National Rally 9, as captured by filmmaker Justin Lapriore. This is just a small taste of what it’s like when 80 Ford GTs hit the road and track together. We hope you can join us in Dearborn next summer for Ford GT National Rally 10!
Autoweek Sources: Ford GT return, Le Mans effort “confirmed”
Today Autoweek magazine is out with a report “confirming” the return of the Ford GT, as well as a full factory-backed effort at Le Mans. Autoweek claims that sources within the program have confirmed that the new car will indeed debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show, with an announcement of a race …
More speculation: Ford to return to Le Mans?
The continuing speculation around the automotive blogosphere is that Ford is set to make some kind of return to endurance racing at Le Mans in 2016. There have been rumors of everything from a P2 effort to a carbon-tub based Mustang to a return of the Ford GT. Ford is obviously fond of making a …
A New Era of Ford Performance
Ford makes a major announcement detailing a new, integrated global performance vehicle and racing organization that will roll-out at least a dozen new vehicles by 2020. For the past several years, Ford has been pursuing a tighter integration between their various global performance vehicle operations. Today those efforts culminate in the announcement of a new …
Welcome to the new Ford GT Forum!
Welcome to the new Ford GT Forum! Since 2005, Ford GT Forum has been the online home of the global Ford GT community. It’s been an entertaining ten years. In just over 6 months it will have been a decade since we went online, and then a few weeks later in the summer, we’ll be having …
10 Questions with Camilo Pardo
An interview with 2005/2006 Ford GT Chief Designer Camilo Pardo. Ten Questions with Ford GT Chief Designer Camilo Pardo Ford GT Forum(1): How close was the decision to build the GT vs. the ’49 Ford as Ford’s choice of it’s centennial car? Camilo Pardo: There was never a decision, you know, to pick the GT …
10 Questions with John Pfeiffer
An interview with SVT Engineer John Pfeiffer *Originally posted May 2nd, 2013* 1. What was your role as the Ford GT Performance Development Engineer program? I was responsible for all the non-regulatory whole vehicle testing and development that falls under Vehicle Integration. Structural and powertrain durability, rail car shipping, stone abrasion, corrosion, straight line …
10 Questions with Scott Ahlman
Wow! Many, many thanks to Scott for going above and beyond with these answers! Awesome stuff! What was your role as the Ford GT Chassis Design/Vehicle Dynamics and Development engineer? The nature of the program and the small team meant many of us took on roles way beyond typical at Ford (or any other major …
10 Questions with Jamal Hameedi
For round two of the ongoing Ford GT Forum “Ten Questions Series”, we’re moving on to: Ten Questions with Jamal Hameedi. Jamal Hameedi was the Program Manager for Ford GT. He’s an engineer by trade, and is currently Ford Motor Company Global Performance Vehicle Chief Engineer, but his role at Ford GT could best …