Ford will use next year’s 24 Hours of Daytona as a test ground for their new 3.5 litre V6 EcoBoost racing engine. Michael Shank Racing has signed up as the first team to put EcoBoost power behind its Daytona Prototype car. The 2014 Riley Technologies Daytona Prototype car features a new look with Ford styling cues created by lead Ford production designer Garen Nicoghosian, with aerodynamic support from Ford Racing chief aerodynamicist Bernie Marcus.
“At Ford Racing, we really put great emphasis on racing production-based vehicles as well as production-based technologies,” says Jamie Allison, director, Ford Racing. “We’re proud to bring a direct-injected, twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 EcoBoost engine to the United SportsCar Championship in a field of competitive V8-powered entries. We want to show Ford EcoBoost’s capabilities as an engine that provides both performance and fuel economy, on and off the track.”
While the new engine will make its competitive racing debut at the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona, it will actually hit the Daytona track for the first time October 9 2013.
While the new engine will make its competitive racing debut at the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona, it will actually hit the Daytona track for the first time October 9 2013.
In a joint effort between Michael Shank Racing, Ford Racing and Continental Tire, the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona championship team will aim to set a new track record at the “World Center of Speed” by eclipsing the 210.364 mph lap laid down Feb. 9, 1987, by NASCAR champion Bill Elliott, who pushed his Ford Thunderbird to the top of the speed charts in qualifying for the Daytona 500.
Weather permitting, Michael Shank Racing will take to the track at 8 a.m. Oct. 9 to start building up speed for the record attempt.
The 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona takes place on January 25-26.
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