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Ford Racing is the Ford Motor Company's racing division and the multinational name used for its motorsport activity. ==History== * 1896 - Henry Ford reached a top speed of 20 mph in his first car, Quadricycle. * 1901 - Henry Ford defeated Alexander Winton (the most accomplished automobile builder/racer of the era) in a 10-lap race on a one-mile oval at the Detroit Driving Club, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He overcame his rival's more powerful car in ''Sweepstakes'', a racing car of his own design.〔(Ford Centenary ), ''PistonHeads'', 2001-10-09.〕 * 1902 - (Ford 999), Barney Oldfield, Master Driver of the World and America's Legendary Speed King defeated Alex Winton at Grosse Point in the 999 as a result of the publicity and financial backing of Alex J. Malcomson the Ford Motor Company was launched * 1903 - Ford 999 (named after a famous New York Central train), driven by Barney Oldfield, lapped the Indiana Fairgrounds dirt track at a then-record 60 mph? * 1904 - Henry Ford, driving his rebuilt 999, sets the world one mile record on a frozen lake near Detroit. * 1904 - Frank Kulick drives a Ford 20 hp racer to the one and five mile world track record for middleweight racers. * 1907 - Frank Kulick sets the world 24 hour track endurance record, traveling 1135 miles driving a Ford six cyl Model K. * 1909 - A Ford Model T won the transcontinental New York to Seattle cross-country race (about 3600 km). * 1932 - Ford introduced its V-8 Flathead engine, bringing V-8 power into mass production with the slogan "Everyman’s power for the road, and Everyman’s power for racing". * 1932 - Two car mechanics win the Swedish Winter Grand Prix driving a Ford special. 〔(Grand PRIX RÄMENLOPPET 1933, SF-journalen, Newsreel, 1933 )〕 * 1936 - Ionel Zamfirescu and P. G. Cristea won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford V8 "Flathead".〔http://www.rallye-info.com/carmake_profile.asp?make=1〕〔http://media.ford.com /article_display.cfm?article_id=7251〕 * 1949 - Jim Roper, driving a Lincoln, won the first NASCAR race.〔http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/11/22/ford.timeline/index.html〕 * 1967 - Jim Clark, driving a Lotus-Ford, won the Dutch Grand Prix. This is Ford's first grand prix victory. * 2003 - Giancarlo Fisichella, driving a Jordan-Ford, won the Brazilian Grand Prix. This is Ford's 176th and last grand prix victory. * 2011 - Trevor Bayne wins the 2011 Daytona 500 in a 1-2-3 finish for Ford. It would be Ford's 600th NASCAR victory. * 2012- Michael Shank Racing wins the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona with a Ford engined Riley chassis (Allmendinger/Negri/Pew/Wilson), Starworks Motorsport finishes 2nd in Grand-Am Daytona Prototype driver standings (Ryan Dalziel), and wins the 1st North American Endurance Championship, also with Ford power. * 2013 - Greg Biffle wins the 2013 Quicken Loans 400, Ford's 1000th NASCAR win. * 2014 - Debut of the Ford Ecoboost twin turbo engine for the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, Chip Ganassi Racing w/ Felix Sabates win the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring using the engine. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford Racing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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