Unlikely Pacer: Ford Fiesta to lead the field at CarFax 400
by Zach Bowman (RSS feed) on Jul 29th, 2010 at 5:33PM
Sure enough, the upcoming Sprint Cup Carfax 400 will be paced by none other than the Blue Oval's tiny 2011 Fiesta Sedan. With less than a third of the displacement of the tube-frame beasts lapping Michigan International Speedway, we wouldn't quite expect lightning-quick pace laps, but hey – safety first. While pace cars are typically some sort of performance product, manufacturers aren't past parading less than muscular new hardware in front of the captive audiences of the raceway. If Ford was looking for a way to bring its marketing for the Fiesta out of the social media realm and... Read More
