Friday, December 7, 2007

Ford Racing Mustang Challenge: Mosport Adds Horsepower to Father's Day Doubleheader

BOWMANVILLE, ON - December 6, 2007) Mosport's added more horsepower to an already strong racing line-up at the 2008 Father's Day Doubleheader Weekend, June 13-15, as the popular event is now part of the inaugural season of the new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup, Presented by BFGoodrich Tires.

The Mustang Challenge joins a packed three-day weekend schedule that features the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series drivers in the Dickies 200 and the domestic and imported high performance sedans of the U.S.-based Grand-Am KONI Challenge. More races will be announced to the Father's Day Doubleheader line-up soon.

Tickets for the Father's Day weekend are now on sale and can be ordered by calling the Mosport Hotline (1-800-866-1072) or online at http://www.mosport.com/ .

The series will be an eight-round championship utilizing the new Ford Mustang FR500S fitted with BFGoodrich g-Force R1 tires. A television package for the series, which will be sanctioned by the Grand American Road Racing Association, will be announced in the near future.

Officials from the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires announced their provisional schedule today at the 20th annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The Series opens May 2-4 at Road Atlanta and will come to a close at the site of the series' birth, Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, with a double-header season finale on September 19-21.

Provisional 2008 Schedule
Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup
Presented by BFGoodrich Tires

May 2-4 Road Atlanta, Walter Mitty Challenge

June 13-15 Mosport Int'l Raceway, Father's Day Doubleheader

June 20-22 Grand Prix of Cleveland

July 18-20 Barber Motorsports Park (Birmingham, Ala.)

August 29-31 New Jersey Motorsports Park (Millville, NJ)

September 19-21 Miller Motorsports Park, Tooele, Utah (double-header)

(An additional venue will be announced in the near future)

Contacts: John Gardner, Miller Motorsports Park jgardner@millermotorsportspark.com
Jerry Priddle, Mosport International Raceway jerry@mosport.com

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