Kudos from the Borgman Ford team to David Ragan and teammate David Gilliland, from Ford’s Front Row, who roared to victory in Sunday’s Taladega “wacky and wild” race that pundits are calling a “David and Goliath” win.
According to NASCAR reports, Ragan thanked God when he climbed from his car in victory lane Sunday.
It was appropriate since he had just received a miracle to score a victory of Biblical proportions during a race that had a 3-hour rain delay and two major crashes.
“This is a true David vs. Goliath moment,” Ragan told SportingNews after scoring a huge upset in one of the wildest and wackiest races in NASCAR history.
With a push from teammate David Gilliland, Ragan charged to the front on the final lap to win for Front Row Motorsports, one of the sport’s smallest teams. It was Ragan’s second career victory, but the first came with Roush Fenway Racing, one of NASCAR’s biggest and most successful organizations.
It was the first win for Front Row, a multicar Ford team that gets assistance from Roush.
Read more of the race details at Sporting News NASCAR.
At Borgman, we know Ford’s line of gas-sipping hybrids and engineering feats like EcoBoost on heavy trucks go a long way to help Mother Earth. But the manufacturer is “going further” to “go green” in its manufacturing process too! Cutting waste-to-landfill at Ford’s Van Dyke Transmission Plant has always been important to workers there, but they weren’t satisfied until last fall, when a small, diligent local committee played a major role in solving a nagging 10-ton problem. The solution – a way to keep 10 tons’ worth of 8-foot-long, 350-pound fabric coolant filters from being landfilled monthly – means the Van Dyke facility is Ford’s first North American zero waste-to-landfill transmission plant and now diverts a total of 15 tons of waste-from-landfill monthly.
There is so much rich history connected to the Ford family and the Ford Motor Company, and we’re approaching quite a milestone: The 150thanniversary of the birth of company founder Henry Ford! But how do you kick off that year-long celebration? What has enough oomph to start things with a bang?
Tire-frying torque. That’s how Jesse Kershaw, Ford Racing drag racing competition manager, described the performance of the Cobra Jet Twin Turbo concept that was introduced at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas on October 30, 2012.
The Los Angeles Times will use a $1-million grant from the Ford Foundation to expand its coverage of key beats, including immigration and ethnic communities in Southern California, the southwest U.S. border and the emerging economic powerhouse of Brazil.
Borgman Ford Mazda is helping to make history at the 35th 5/3rd River Bank Run May 12 with our pace cars, and to celebrate, we’ll be hydrating our athletes with water bottles. Now you can parlay your ‘like’ into $500 worth of athletic gear from Striders by brushing up your mad math skills and guessing (hint: or CALCULATING) how many water bottles 
The 2013 Ford Fusion will give customers the power of choice with the widest-ever portfolio of fuel-efficient powertrains ever offer in the Fusion, including EcoBoost®, hybrid and plug-in hybrid engines; automatic and manual transmission offerings; and auto start stop technology.
Not only will the 2013 Ford Fusion be available with an Auto Start-Stop System, but it will be priced at only $295, making it easier for more buyers to opt for the fuel-saving technology. The new Fusion will be the first non-hybrid midsize sedan available with Auto Start-Stop.
The Ford MyFord Touch® connectivity system is resonating with buyers, ranking as an important part of their vehicle purchase decision. In fact, 56 percent of drivers of 2011 and 2012 models said in owner surveys that MyFord Touch was important to their purchase decision. The popular and flexible system is receiving an upgrade, launching on 2013 Ford Taurus and Flex, as well as for current customers with eligible systems.
