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Project Ford ASCS 360X Takes Big Step

Last night we had Ohio driver Jared Horstman and his J&J Winged Sprint Car powered by the Biobased Ford 360 ASCS Development Engine.

We started 6th at Butler Speedway with our 360 ASCS Ford Engine and raced against other 360's and 410's. Little over half way we took the lead and won the race by 20 lengths they told us. Next step is, more races, to go to the dyno room and tweak the fuel, etc etc and get ready for 360 Knoxville nationals. Our goal is to put a ford in the winners circle, but only time will tell. Suellen Wilshe email [email protected] or 800 995-9203 for more information.

children of "the corn"? congratulations.......

Ascot was the greatest of all time..

West Capital wasn't half bad either..

Life is good...

Thanks for your efforts. The 410s is where we really need you. Any "outlaw" plans?

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?

Our plans are to run the World Finals in Charlotte with the Forbrook 410 Mopars!

Maybe you could actually put out a press release. You are doing great things for the sport, but sick of reading about how many cars you have and patting yourself on the back. Your posts seem arrogant, and very unprofessional. "We have 3 new cars. . .blah blah blah". Do yourself a favor and hire a PR person who can make your accomplishments seem professional. See below copied from another message board

"Our plans for Dirt Racing have been changed Big Time.

We had notified SOD that we would be running a Biobased mini
series in 2011. Our intentions were to run this series at Hartford and
I-96. But with no I-96 races that sort of put the Kibosh on it. So
that has been Canceled. We had our experience with the two Roush Yates
ASCS engines blowing up after 8 laps in practice, $70,000 in 8 laps at the start
of the season 2011. That was painful and RY support zero and offered
nothing but they blamed us.

I kinda think we know Brett knows what he was doing after 20 years of racing
and we would not accept their lack of support. I certainly laid no fault on
Brett who i consider a great driver and friend.

So we bought a Gaerte Chevy and as you know the Gaerte ran flawlessly
for the rest of the season. Sold the Gaerte back to Gaerte after a season
for exactly what we paid for it. Now that is support. And Brett got 2nd at
SOD.

So we took the engines to Victory engines and had Ray Banyas completely
redesign the Fords. New about everything and was really looking to see
Jason Blonde on the track. We are still going to try and race Hartford
twice this year. But...

Than I get this wild hair and buy 3 Super Modifieds for Blonde, Kody and Tanner
Swanson to race against the MSA and ISMA teams. Well that was ok until
Must See decided to start a second class for Must See to go along with
the sprints. Also we had agreed to run about 10 races with the 18 races
already committed with Must See.

So now we have two race ready 360 ASCS cars setting at Jasons and if
we are lucky we might race them twice. The only alternative is to get
full sponsorship to pay crew as I cant burden Jason, Rhino and Jamie
with more work! So that situation is very fluid and we might look for a
relationship. Both Dirt Cars (JEI/Spike) are for sale with two fresh Fords
only after we run at least one race and prove their performance.

Our Super Modified Goal is to represent well Michigan as Jason seems to be
now the only driver from Michigan and will go up against MSA and ISMA.

He will have two team mates Kody Swanson and Tanner Swanson. We want to
move Super Modifieds respect back to Michigan where it all started. We might
not be successful but we feel our two 20120 Belfab cars and Jim Micheals 468
BBC, plus a Hutter 468 will give the drivers what they need.

Lastly I want to thank my 2011 driver Brett Mann and his lovely wife for supporting
us in 2012. She has to be a racer dream companion to support racing.
We certainly dug Brett a hole when I put him in the first two races and
blew up the 8 lap wonders roush yates fords. We believe the Banyas redesigned Fords
will have what we never found the fords low end torque. You simply should not have to
turn 9000 RPM to get off the corners. Now I think we got the fords thinking they
are chevies. RY says it wont work what we have done, so now i feel better about
what we have done.

Biobased Future Goals have not changed. I am looking to sell my Biobased company
that makes more money for farmers by growing more crops. Our company is serving
the world now with crop production products for corn, wheat, soybeans, peanuts,
tobacco, marijuana, produce and cotton in the USA. Off Shore our business could not
be better as with bulk sales in south America and Asia. After the sale we will than
go and buy or start a racing association as well as a couple of race tracks. Retire
and simply go broke supporting the love of our life racing.. lol."

Like I said, you are doing great things for the sport, but the posts on these boards make you sound like an idiot with a ton of $$. . . .

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The RY deal is the best 360 program on the planet. The Mopar stuff is like kissing a cousin for a true Ford guy.

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?