Ford Performance Agrees To Multi-Year Deal With Funny Car Standout Bob Tasca|

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Ford Performance Agrees To Multi-Year Bargain With Funny Automobile Standout Bob Tasca

Ford Performance, along with Ford Customer Service Sectionalization (FCSD) and its brands Motorcraft and Quick Lane, have signed a multiyear deal with NHRA team owner and driver Bob Tasca 3, continuing a long relationship with his Mustang Funny Machine operation.

The deal comes on the heels of 1 of Tasca's about successful seasons of his career. In 2019, the Motorcraft/Quick Lane team won 2 races in four concluding-round appearances in NHRA Drag Racing's premier Mello Yello series – a monumental feat for a team that came back to fulltime competition last twelvemonth.

"It was my commitment to all of the fans and supporters of Ford that wanted to bring the Blue Oval back to professional elevate racing to evangelize a championship-level plan," Tasca said. "I've never been prouder of my team and the endeavour that was put in to evangelize on the delivery that we would win and compete for a championship. We took the championship fight correct down to Pomona this yr. To exist starting 2022 with a contract extension from Ford, with (crew chiefs) Jon Schaffer and Mike Neff leading an extremely talented crew, I've never been more excited to start a flavor."

"We're very excited about the competitive progress the NHRA program showed in the offset year with the new Mustang trunk," said Marker Rushbrook, Global Manager, Ford Performance Motorsports. "Our goal is always to exist title-capable, and Tasca Racing was in the hunt for the title until the final race this year. We're supportive of the new co-crew chief relationship with the team and are confident the technical collaboration betwixt Ford Performance and squad volition pb to an fifty-fifty better 2022 flavour."

Tasca finished 5th in the championship points standings this season. It was a news-filled year for Tasca, who reunited Neff and Schaffer as coiffure chiefs and reset both ends of his career bests in a brand-new Mustang body designed past Ford Functioning. His all-time marks for the 1,000-human foot course now sit at 3.855 seconds (St. Louis) and 335.32 mph (Reading, Pa.).

The team sponsor relationship with the Motorcraft and Quick Lane brands will extend FCSD's long support of the NHRA and the opportunity to accomplish its passionate fans.

"Bob has such great insight into what our goals are and has been terrific in helping us get the message out that there are jobs bachelor at our Ford and Lincoln dealerships to the correct audiences," said Jasmine Pendleton, Marketing Managing director for FCSD. "That skill is invaluable in a spokesman and nosotros are happy to take him."