Fun Ford Weekend Announces 2012 Schedule, Names New President

The longstanding Fun Ford Weekend Series, which returned this season with a limited schedule after ceasing operations in early 2009, has announced its expanded 2012 schedule, which will include 12 events in nine different states and one event in Canada. Fun Ford Weekend officials have also announced who will be leading the revived series as it enters its second season under new management.

The 2011 schedule, which featured five events and was presented by Roush Yates and JE Pistons, was a rousing success with racers and fans, leading to the creation of an expanded schedule for 2012.

Earlier this year, a group of track owners, led by Texas Motorplex owner Billy Meyer, devised a plan to bring back the popular Fun Ford Weekend series from popular demand.

“Fans and participants all suffered when Fun Ford Weekend was shut down a few years ago,” Meyer said. “Ford vehicle owners are extremely loyal to their brand, and they love big events and racing. Working with Ford Racing, Roush Yates and JE Pistons, we got off to a great start in relaunching this series and are very excited to announce our 2012 event schedule and the dedicated people who will be directing the series this year.”

The 2012 Fun ford Weekend calendar will kick off the weekend of March 23-24 at the Royal Purple Raceway in Houston. The Series will make it’s only Canadian stop on September 2 at the Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta. The season will conclude, as it did in 2011, at the newly-renamed Memphis International Raceway on September 28-29.

Images credit: Fun Ford Weekend

Fun Ford Weekend Series – 2012 Schedule
March 23-24, Royal Purple Raceway (Houston)
April 20-21, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (Las Vegas)
May 11-12, Rockingham Dragway (Rockingham, N.C.)
June 9, Spokane County Raceway (Spokane, Wash.)
June 15-17, Virginia Motorsports Park (Petersburg, Va.)
June 22-23, Bandimere Speedway (Denver)
June 29-30, Bristol Dragway (Bristol, Tenn.)
August 17-18, Maple Grove Raceway (Reading, Pa.)
September 2, Castrol Raceway (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
September 7-8, Texas Motorplex (Dallas)
September 14-15, Palm Beach Intl. Raceway (Palm Beach, Fla.)
September 28-29, Memphis Intl. Raceway (Memphis, Tenn.)

Texas Motorplex General Manager Gabrielle Stevenson has been named President of the Fun Ford Weekend Series, and will direct a group of dedicated and enthusiastic member-track managers.

“The Blue Oval brand has a long and storied history in this country and it’s time we bring the Fun Ford Weekend series back to a full slate of national events,” Stevenson said. “We’ve had an amazing response from participants, fans and sponsors about bringing this series back. It’s truly a celebration of what Ford means to generations of drivers and fans.”
Stevenson said the series will be hosted by the most aggressive and dedicated collection of tracks and is looking forward to building off the success of the 2011 Fun Ford Weekend events in 2012 and beyond.

“We are changing the business plan in terms of a national series because Fun Ford Weekend is now owned by the event hosts,” Stevenson said. “We want to have some common threads in each of the national events, but will localize each event too because the track owners and operators know how to put on the best Fun Ford Weekend event possible for each market. Now each track has a vested interest in the success of the entire Fun Ford Weekend series and it’s exciting to help usher in a new era for this popular series.”

Stevenson will work along with a host of track managers serving as Fun Ford Weekend Vice Presidents, including Sporty Bandimere, Bandimere Speeedway; Pam Kendrick, Memphis International Raceway and Bryan Pierce, Virginia Motorsports Park.

About the author

Andrew Wolf

Andrew has been involved in motorsports from a very young age. Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between. After working with the Power Automedia staff for some time on a freelance basis, Andrew joined the team in 2010.
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