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Multimatic Ford Focus ST-R Garners International Media Coverage
The Multimatic Ford Racing Focus ST-R has garnered international media coverage in the form of Germany’s Motorsport-Guide publication. Click on the image below to read about the Focus ST-R in...
Focus ST-R Makes its Competition Debut at Daytona
The Ford Focus ST-R made its long-awaited competition debut in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ST class at Daytona International Speedway.
Bummer Debut: Focus ST-R Hits Daytona Wall
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA (January 27th, 2012) – Ford Racing’s No. 15 Ford Focus ST-R, driven by James Gué and Gunnar Jeannette, met with an unexpectedly rude reception Friday during its debut race in the Continental Tire Sport Car Challenge’s 2012 season-opening race, the BMW Performance 200 at Daytona. Before ultimately posting the team’s 36th-place finish in the Grand-Am series’ Street Touring class, driver Gunnar Jeannette jumped into his Multimatic Motorsports’ Ford Focus ST-R just before the race’s halfway...
Ford Racing’s Newest Turn-key Race Car – The Focus ST-R
The Ford Racing family of turn-key ready-to-race cars has been a force on the track since the introduction of the Mustang FR500C at SEMA in 2004. The success and heritage has been passed from the FR500C to three versions of the Cobra Jet and to the BOSS 302R. Now Ford Racing and Multimatic introduce the Focus ST-R, which will make its competition debut this weekend at Daytona International Raceway in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. In this video from Ford Racing TV, Ford Racing Engineering Supervisor, Mark Wilson and Multimatic...
Tanner Foust tests the Focus ST-R at Homestead-Miami Speedway
Global RallyCross Champion and founding member of the Octane Academy Tanner Foust spent a day at Homestead-Miami Speedway testing the latest turnkey race car from Multimatic and Ford Racing, the Focus ST-R. The Focus ST-R is slated to make its competitive debut in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner class January 27th at the Grand-Am 200 held at Daytona International Speedway. Foust was impressed with the newest addition to the FR family of...
Multimatic Motorsports to take Ford Into Ultra Competitive ST Class of the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
MARKHAM, ON (January 17th, 2012) After almost two decades of competition success in the Grand Sport (GS) class of the Continental Challenge, and its predecessor series, Multimatic Motorsports is returning to its roots with a two car entry in the highly competitive and exciting Street Tuner (ST) class. This new direction has been born from Ford Racing (FR) adding the new Focus to its competition programs with Multimatic Motorsports. The highly successful Mustang FR500C and Boss302R customer race programs will remain a priority for both Ford...
Multimatic Motorsports Celebrates Twenty Years of Competition
MARKHAM, ONTARIO (January 1st, 2012) Multimatic Motorsports enters its twentieth year of competition in 2012 with the largest racing program in the organization’s history; campaigning new cars in both classes of the highly competitive Grand-Am Continental series. After winning three Grand Sport (GS) titles in ten years the team will now add a two car Street Tuner (ST) entry as well as continuing its GS legacy with a pair of Aston-Martin V8 Vantages. After enjoying considerable competition success in recent years with the venerable Mustang...