On Wednesday, May 13, Hajek Motorsports, with technical support from Ford Racing, will attempt to break the 22-year-old NASCAR speed record held by Bill Elliott.

Elliott himself will pilot Hajek’s E-85 Mustang FR500C, which has been reconfigured to NASCAR specs, at Talladega in an attempt to break his 212.089 mph qualifying lap from 1987 at the same track. FIA officials will be on site to verify the attempt and to validate the record.
 
Hajek Motorsports and Ford Racing hope to continue the success from Hajek’s last Ford Racing-related program. It was Hajek who accepted the challenge of taking delivery of the first Mustang FR500CJ, better known as the Mustang Cobra Jet. With only a month to prepare, he entered four Cobra Jets at the NHRA season opener in Pomona, CA. Not only did his team meet the deadline, but Hajek’s Cobra Jet, driven by John Calvert, duplicated the success of the original CJs by winning its debut race at the NHRA Winternationals.
 
“Brent and his team typify the high level of enthusiasm and dedication we see from a lot of our grassroots racers and private teams that campaign Ford cars and trucks in a wide variety of series every week,” said Brian Wolfe, director of Ford North American Motorsports. “Hajek Motorsports has set their focus on breaking a variety of racing records and, although they are a private team, we are glad to aid them with engineering and technical support in their quest to make motorsports history while driving a Ford.”
 
“It got to the point where I was running out of cars to collect so I decided I better create some new classics,” said Hajek, who has amassed an impressive collection of predominantly Ford historical race cars that once carried some of the biggest names in racing.  “Nobody has ever taken the same car to Bonneville and Talladega, so we decided to be the first to do it. I have always thought that the only person who should break Bill Elliott’s NASCAR speed record is Bill Elliott, so next week will be pretty exciting for everyone involved.”

Last August, Hajek took an E-85 converted Mustang FR500C to the Bonneville Salt Flats in search of the land speed record for an Ethanol-powered car. Forced to run in the unlimited fuel class, his E-85-powered Mustang posted an initial run of over 252 mph. A mechanical failure didn’t allow the team to make the validation run, but the 252 mph run earned their car the unofficial designation by some as the “fastest production Mustang on earth.”

Final preparations for Hajek Motorsports’ E-85 speed-record Mustang were performed at Elliott’s race shop in Dawsonville, Georgia.