Press Releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 11 Jul 2008 |
HENRY FORD AWARDS TURN 8, STUDENT WRITER’S CATEGORY ADDEDThe Henry Ford Awards (HFA), the country’s premier award-giving body for excellence in automotive journalism, has kicked off this year’s search for outstanding works in the field. The launch coincides with the 100th year anniversary of the car credited with "putting the world on wheels," the Model T. Henry Ford's iconic vehicle, which officially brought the world into the age of the "horseless carriage," is also responsible for hundreds of innovations that jumpstarted the automotive industry. |
| 11 Jul 2008 |
BILL ELLIOTT RETURNS TO THE NO. 21 THIS WEEKEND AT CHICAGOBill Elliott is back in the No. 21 Air Force Ford Fusion this week after Marcos Ambrose and Jon Wood were in the car for the past three events. Rain cancelled qualifying on Friday; Elliott will start 37th in tomorrow night’s race. Elliott, who won the 1988 championship and has 44 career victories, made the field this weekend one of the past champions (only the most recent past champion is guaranteed a spot when qualifying is not rained out), but for much of this season the No. 21 team has had to qualify on time. |
| 11 Jul 2008 |
DAVID GILLILAND IS FAST IN PRACTICE AT CHICAGODavid Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 freecreditreport.com Ford Fusion, was 12th fastest during the first practice then third fastest in Happy Hour on Saturday. Gilliland posted a career-best second-place finish at Sonoma three weeks ago. |
| 10 Jul 2008 |
FORD’S NEW SMART INTERSECTION 'TALKS' TO CARS TO HELP REDUCE COLLISIONS, FUEL-WASTING CONGESTIONDEARBORN, Mich., July 10 – Ford Motor Company researchers today unveiled one of the first privately funded “smart intersections” in North America, a key step toward leveraging GPS technology and wireless infrastructure-to-vehicle communications to reduce traffic accidents and ease congestion. |
