The car came to a halt on the backstretch of Bristol Motor Speedway a little after 12:41 in the morning on June 24th. The car: 2011 Ford Mustang. The challenge: Go 1,000 laps at Bristol on one tank of fuel. Was this feat accomplished? Yes, and with many more laps to spare.
David Ragan and Ford engineers full-filled this challenge. 17 hours 40 minutes and 1,457 laps later, the car stopped dead in its tracks.
Ford set out to show consumers that the new Mustang V-6 could complete 1,000 laps which equals 533 miles on a tank of fuel. This is the first car to have 30 mpg with 305 horsepower. However, during the 1,000 lap challenge, the Mustang averaged 48.5 mpg over the 776.5 miles that were logged in this session.
At about 7:26 on June 23rd, Ragan passed the 1,000 lap mark, and the car didn't seem like it was even sputtering; there was plenty left in the tank.
51,000 Ford customers entered guesses about how many laps the Mustang would run. One lucky customer who guessed 1,457 will be drawn from all the other correct entries and will have a chance to win their own 2011 Ford Mustang V-6!
Until next time, I'm Steph Piech for The Finish Line
Wow! That's incredible! :D
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