On March 19th, 2011, David Ragan, driver of the No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion saddled up behind a 2011 Supercharged Mustang GT at Bristol Motor Speedway to set the new half-mile closed course speed record at 98.497 mph in 19.481 seconds. Watch the video on read more!

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Murray Markwell of Southern Customs, in Pakenham Melbourne loves his American Muscle Cars, he also loves having a beer and having a chat. Murray is a walking talking encyclopedia of information about cars and car culture. Bandit Films were happy to go along for the ride and film this old NASCAR behemoth, a true testament to speed, power and money…

Director: Aaron Cuthbert

Director of Photography/ Editing/Colour Grade: Daniel De Silva

Producer/ Photography: Tom Broadhurst

Music:

Title: The Outside Man theme music

Composer: Michel Legrand

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Ford Racing has presented the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Mustang, creating a moment that will enter the company’s history. The company is determined to take this year’s trophy home, with Jamie Allison, director of Ford North America Motorsports announcing that if a Ford Driver wins Friday night’s event, he will get a 412 hp 2011 5.0 liter Mustang GT production car.

The Subway Jalapeno 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series event is set to take place at Daytona International Speedway.

“Normally, when we go to a NASCAR race, the drivers are the recognized stars as far as fans are concerned. That’s not the case this week.” said Allison. “Mustang and its debut in NASCAR is undoubtedly a huge story for fans and enthusiasts, and we want to make its debut a little more special for our drivers competing in the race. With a win, they have a chance to put their name down next to some of the Mustang racing legends.”

The new 2011 Ford Mustang V6 will serve as the pace car for NASCAR’s Food Land 500 at Bristol International Speedway. What’s special for this model – this will be the second time a Mustang has paced a NASCAR race this year after the new 5.0-liter Mustang GT led the pack at the Daytona 500 in February.

Mustang is not the most powerful muscle car, serving as pace car, but specialists think that the V6 model will be capable of carrying out its duties thank to its new 3.7-liter engine – the ‘Stang has 305 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. You can see the new 2011 Mustang V6 pace car in action by tuning into Fox this Sunday at 1:00 pm EST.