Caddell Wins Round 1...SPEED TV.com

Read the story

here...

SPEED-- FRMC Qualifying

Speed picked up the story about Ford Racing Mustang Challenge qualifying on Friday...read about it here--

Hunt Goes To School

SPEEDTV.com writer James Hunt, who will race in the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge season-opener at Homestead Miami Speedway this weekend, got some seat time recently at the Miller Performance School at Tooele, Utah. The school uses Mustangs that are nearly identical to the FR500S that is the basis of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge...

Read what James had to say about getting schooled here!

Twitter-Activated

Went ahead and set up a Twitter account to do short blasts...SGM, maximizing the media...

Follow here if you want...

http://twitter.com/Sundaygroup

"Double life" for Mr. Hopwood

Source: Seacoastonline.com...

KITTERY, Maine — The question: What do driving race cars and teaching high school students have in common?

The answer: Trevor Hopwood.

A KONI Sports Car Challenge champion as a rookie who also serves as an educational technician at Traip Academy, Hopwood began racing at age 12 in Pennsylvania and Ohio with karts. When he turned 16, he moved up to Spec Racer Fords and never looked back.

Read the article here

Life at 150 MPH

Fosters Democrat covers Hopwood...

Ozz Gets His KONI On

Michael Shank Racing driver Ozz Negri will be making a KONI Challenge debut next weekend in Homestead.

He'll be driving a Ford Mustang with Ford powerhouse team Rehagan Racing, with Canadian Ken Wilden as his teammate...

SPEEDTV.com picked up the story.

Trev Goes Skiing

2007 KONI Challenge Champ Trevor Hopwood had a good week off in February with some skiing, some bench racing, and some fund raising...

...Read about it here

All-new MustangChallenge.com Goes Live...

A completely new look and feel for the home of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge...

Check it out here!

Could be interesting...USF1

Looking forward to seeing what the skinny is come Tuesday at 12:00 PM ET--Tune in to SPEED Tv to find out...

Here is the (as of yet, sparsely-populated...) site-

Sad News from Utah

Larry Miller passed away on Friday.

The photo is from his appearance at the Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup banquet, as he congratulates champion Andrew Caddell. The Mustang Challenge is just one of the countless legacies of Miller.

Here is the press release from Miller Motorsports Park...

AJ Goes LA

LA Times Features Richard Petty Motorsports' strong season start...

It's out West to the Sunshine state this weekend for the AutoClub 500 at California Speedway, but the #44 is going to have to once again make the show on speed, so pray for no rain....

Big Day at Daytona For AJ

AJ Allmendinger had a big day in his first-ever Daytona 500 start on Sunday. After taking the green from 20th, he moved up into the top 10 by lap 50, and into the top 5 before the race reached the 100 lap mark.

With just over 50 laps to go, the rains came and the race was called official, with AJ scoring 3rd at the finish, good for a healthy $786,063 winnings. Hopefully the strong performance up front will see Richard Petty Motorsports secure the funding to have AJ run all year long.

AJ's site has several stories as well...

LRP Changes Gears for Vintage...

Lime Rock Park will stage a new look and feel Vintage festival this Labor Day weekend. The event is the (I think...) 26th annual such weekend, which attracts a lot of good looking cars, and people, to the Northwest Connecticut facility in a celebration of all things automotive...

Read about it here...