FORCE AND DE DONCKER LEAD THE WEEKEND FOR FORD RACING WITH MUSTANG VICTORIES

Source: Ford Media
July 29, 2007


DEARBORN, MI – It was a victorious weekend for Ford Mustang as John Force and Eric de Doncker both captured wins in NHRA Funny Car and GT4 European Cup competition.

On the way to his second win of the season, Force faced teammate and daughter Ashley in the first round, the second time he’s faced her this season.

“I want to thank Austin Coil, Bernie Fedderly, John Medlen, Jimmy Prock, Dean Antonelli, everybody who makes my ‘ol hot rod talk. In the final, you look at a young kid like Worsham with all his energy. I said, ‘Coil, I don’t have that much to give’ and he said the hardest race I had today was the race against Ashley.

“That was the toughest race. I thought about it and that was true. And that helped me reach back and find something for the final.”

While one race victory for the Mustang came in California, the other happened in Belgium, as de Doncker was able to secure his second victory in the past two event weekends. He led the entire length of the race.

“It was a fantastic race – I’m really happy,” said de Doncker. “The team did a really good job fixing the car after yesterday’s race. The only problem I had was my windscreen fogging up – the first lap was okay, but then it was a big problem. Once it stopped raining it was okay, and I pulled out a good gap to Buncombe. But then it started raining again; for the last three laps I couldn’t see anything - I missed two or three apexes, and I didn’t even see the checkered flag! My team had to tell me on the radio the race was over.”