Ford Ecoboost Car Show at the Ford Ecoboost 400 and NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Great time with over 150 cars Ford Only cars (mostly Mustangs), one '55 Thunderbird, one mud slugging monster truck, an old Galaxy and my Pantera. Before the race, Richard Petty, Jack Rousch and Edsel Ford II examined each car and each one selected a car to be their pick of the Best in Show. Depite 75% of the cars there having Rousch racing parts, Rousch chose the '55 Thunderbird as his Best in Show. All three also chatted with the owners for a few seconds and signed autographs (mostly on the hood of the cars)
Edsel Ford II, surrounded by a gaggle of Ford executives, including CEO Mark Fields, stated that the Pantera brought back fond memories during a strange time for Ford MoCo. He wistfully said he would love to drive the car, but then confessed he might not bring it back.
Rest of the Ford cadre looked at the Pantera as if they had never seen one - oohing and aahing over that big 351 Cleveland stuck inside the tiny car.
Edsel picked the Pantera as his Best in Show car.
Race was great, opening show had a huge American flag being towed on the track, as it passed the grandstand out pooped the new GT40 and it sped around the track, awesome looking awesome sounding. This was the one prepped for LeMans.
Race was great after the track was dried from a one hour rain fest. Traffic home was a b****.
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