This past weekend was a big one for Mustang racing, with Carl Edwards putting a Mustang in victory lane for the first time in NASCAR's Nationwide series and the Boss 302R taking its first checkered flag in Grand-Am competition.
"What a great weekend for Mustang,” said Jamie Allison, Director of Ford North America Motorsports. “I am down here in Texas and Mustang wins its first NASCAR race. And then here we are on Saturday mid-day and Boss 302R claims its first victory since its return. It is just outstanding!"
“This is huge," said Carl Edwards of his Nationwide win. "I have a Mustang at home. It doesn’t run as well as this one. It is so cool to drive a Mustang to victory lane here at Texas.”
Following Friday's historic win in Nationwide, on Saturday, Multimatic Motorsports’ driver duo of Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster claimed the first competition victory for the Boss 302R in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge in Grand-Am at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.
“This is a pretty special victory,” said Scott Maxwell, who was involved in the testing and development of the Boss 302R. “We have come close a few times so maybe we were overdue, but it hasn’t really sunk in yet. Certainly there is a special legacy in racing the Boss 302R and the amazing job that Parnelli Jones did winning the Trans-Am championship in a '70 Boss 302. It has been an honor to run the same paint scheme as Parnelli .”
The Boss 302R is the latest turnkey, road racing offering from Ford Racing. The lessons learned in the development on the 302R were applied to the street version of the 2012 Mustang Boss 302.
Allison added, "Congratulations to Scott Maxwell and Joe Foster for this accomplishment and to Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson who are sitting on the podium in third place as well. It is a labor of love and a lot of effort over the last two years since the Boss has been back on the track. To see the Boss 302R get its first victory in Grand-Am this weekend is just great!"