Posts Tagged ‘ford’

Posted on June 23, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Driving a Ford Mustang V6 to Bristol #Mustang1k

Yesterday, I blogged about covering the Ford Mustang 1000 lap challenge taking place at the famous Bristol Motor speedway. Part of the experience included meeting Mike Hembree @mikehembree of SpeedTV.com and driving a 2011 Ford Mustang V-6 from Charlotte, NC to Bristol, TN. We left from Charlotte Douglas Airport and among laying eyes on the 2011 Mustang my first impression was wow! The Mustang was painted in the a new “racing red” color with black stripes. The interior was black/grey leather featuring the Microsoft Sync system and navigation.

I was wording if Mike wanted to drive the entire trip and let me have some of the fun and drive to Bristol. But after one quick stop in Charlotte and Mike informing me about some articles he had to post, he handed over the keys and we were off to Bristol. The Mustang handled great on the HYW and we made a few stops for lunch and snacks but not to refuel.

After we arrived at Bristol Motor Speedway we met some of the @FordRacing team who’s going to be driving the Mustang for the 1000 lap challenge. We also had a chance to drive one of the Mustang’s on the track to test out just how many MPH a Mustang can get on the track.

Here’s are a few photos of the Mustang we drove from Charlotte to Bristol.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waynesutton/4725035291/>

Up next photos and videos of the official Mustang V6 1000 Lap Challenge car.

Also you have until 10:00 am to guess how many laps the car will make for your chance to win a 2011 Mustang V-6. To enter visit https://www.mustang1000lapchallenge.com. Good luck!

Posted on June 22, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

Can a Mustang V6 complete 1000 laps at Bristol on 1 tank of gas? We’ll find out Wednesday! #Mustang1000

Today I’m excited to announce that SocialWayne.com will be covering the Ford Mustang 1000 lap challenge at the Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday June 23, 2010. What is the 1000 lap challenge? We’ll its simple, four Ford Mustang engineers, along with NASCAR driver David Ragan will attempt to drive a 2011 Mustang V-6 more than 1,000 laps, or 533 miles, at Bristol Motor Speedway on a single tank of fuel. If you’re a NASCAR fan or in other words, that’s two Bristol races on one tang of gas using a stock unmodified Mustang V-6. The challenge will start around 7:00 AM on Wednesday morning and will finish later Wednesday evening. I’ll be there to live blog, tweet and posting content from the entire event.

Photo by: Bristol Motor Speedway

By the way, in case you didn’t know, I may not be the biggest NASCAR fan but back in the early days of NASCAR my father @williesutton used to take my sister and I to Charlotte Motor Speedway to watch races in the middle of the track. Since then I’ve always kept a close ear the NASCAR and who’s winning the points race and watching the evolution of drivers such as Richard Petty to Dale Earnhardt to Tony Stewart to Jimmie Johnson. So as you can image when the opportunity to cover the Ford Mustang 1000 lap challenge at Bristol called, I was extremely excited.

To prep for the event, I’ll meet-up with Mike Hembree @mikehembree from the Speed Channel in Charlotte, NC. From there we’re going to take turns driving a 2011 Mustang V-6 from Charlotte, NC to Bristol, TN. Can you say road-trip! Being that Mike’s twitter bio reads “been covering NASCAR since 1975.” and that was the year I was born it should make for an interesting drive to Bristol. Regardless I’m looking forward to meeting Mike and driving the Mustang if he lets me.

A recent tweet from Mike:

Once Mike and I arrive at Bristol, we’ll join other journalist/media and have the oppotunity to observe some final testing for Wednesday’s 1000 lap challenge and make a few laps on the famous Bristol short track! Woot! Then Wednesday morning the Ford Mustang 1000 lap challenge begins. At that time expect hourly updates from the 1000 lap challenge here on SocialWayne.com

For more information and a chance to win a 2001 Mustang head over to https://www.mustang1000lapchallenge.com where you can guess the correct number of completed laps and be entered into a drawing to win a 2011 Mustang V-6.

You can also follow Ford and Ford Racing via their social media channels below:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ford
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ford
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ford
Blog: http://www.thefordstory.com/
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordmotorcompany/

Ford Racing
Site: http://www.fordracing.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FordRacing
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialFordRacing
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/FordRacingInsideOval

2011 Ford Mustang Press Release: http://bit.ly/8xNrkG
The Ford Mustang 1000 lap challenge Press Release: http://bit.ly/cubPnh

Disclosure: “My travel will be covered during this event”

Posted on February 3, 2010 - by Wayne Sutton

#28DaysofDiversity: People of color impacting the social web. Day 3: @GwenPeake of @Ford

As we all know, February is Black History Month. It’s a month where we honor those who have made an impact on American culture for equal rights, those who have invented, those who have a helped others and those who have inspired everyone to be the best they can be, not only as a person of color but as a human.

As someone in the technology/web/social space, I often travel and attend various events in the industry and notice a huge lack of diversity, and when it comes to getting attention from mainstream media/tech blogs it’s almost impossible. That’s why I’m starting 28 Days of Diversity on SocialWayne.com. The goal of 28 Days of Diversity is to feature someone new everyday for the month of February for just being awesome in their own right. The list will include some of leaders in the social web space, startups, bloggers, conference organizers, IT professionals and friends not ranked in any particular order. Each post will include a picture, bio, two links from the selected person and this paragraph. So for the next 28 days, come back to visit SocialWayne.com to see who’s on the list. For day three, I would like to introduce to some and present to others: Gwen Peake

Website: Gwenpeake.com
Twitter: @gwenpeake

Gwen is a communications and marketing professional whose career spans a number of industries, including publishing, education, automotive, fashion, television, stage, film, and communications. Gwen holds a BBA in Information Technology and dual-Masters degrees in Journalism/Mass Communications and Television/Film Production.

The award-winning filmmaker and nationally syndicated editor is also the author of the best-selling relationship manual for women, If It Walks Like a Duck…and Other Truths My Mother Taught Me.

Her work in the digital space has directly influenced over a billion social media impressions. Throughout her career, she has coordinated numerous social media integrations and brand alliances, most notably with the Martha Stewart Show and the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Additionally, her work has been featured in numerous web articles, and her expertise in the field has been sought out and quoted in the a number of nationally distributed publications.

As a member of Ford Motor Company’s corporate communications staff, Gwen holds the title of Global Digital Communications Manager, and helps navigate the digital & social media waters for the Fortune 10 company. Under the leadership of Scott Monty, she is part of the strategic execution team on all corporate social media and digital communications activities.

Blog: www.gwenpeake.com
Twitter: @gwenpeake
Facebook: facebook.com/gwenpeake
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gwenjpeake

Come back tomorrow to see who’s next on the list.