My First Look at the CJ's

Ken Miele · 03-12-2009, 08:04 PM

Well folks, this is one nice race car. I just got back from the Ford Racing's town hall style meeting. I can tell you that Ford is serious about there Sportsman race program. I talk to Jesse Kershaw one of the lead developers of the Cobra Jet program. Along with Jesse and his boss Brian Wolf, I think they put a great program together for anyone who wants to race a Ford. This project would have never taken off without these two individuals.

The contingency program is great, A 1000 to win, 500 for the runner-up and 250 for class. You do not have to have a current model Ford, any year Ford will do.

Back to the CJ, the one I looked at was Bob Tasca's and is one of the original 50 2008's. Ford did everything right, these cars will be tough to beat, I can see myself in the future with one of these cars. It looks like an affordably package if you want to build a clone. Ford will be offering many different packages with the CJ, including rollers with everything expect the engine. There will be a 2010 model coming out. Jesse told me some interesting names on who will be driving these cars very soon. It looks like they are here to stay. I will be looking very seriously into building one in the future. I took a pic of the engine, I'm sure most have seen these cars by now in detail. The shot with John Force and Jim Conte sr., I think is the interesting one. For John to be at this meeting shows Ford is in this for the long haul.

Enough with my commercial, but remember folks, whether you like the new CJ's or not, its good for racing and good for stock.

03-12-2009, 08:04 PM	#1
Ken Miele Live Reporter Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 4,860 Likes: 456 Liked 16,521 Times in 1,521 Posts	My First Look at the CJ's Well folks, this is one nice race car. I just got back from the Ford Racing's town hall style meeting. I can tell you that Ford is serious about there Sportsman race program. I talk to Jesse Kershaw one of the lead developers of the Cobra Jet program. Along with Jesse and his boss Brian Wolf, I think they put a great program together for anyone who wants to race a Ford. This project would have never taken off without these two individuals. The contingency program is great, A 1000 to win, 500 for the runner-up and 250 for class. You do not have to have a current model Ford, any year Ford will do. Back to the CJ, the one I looked at was Bob Tasca's and is one of the original 50 2008's. Ford did everything right, these cars will be tough to beat, I can see myself in the future with one of these cars. It looks like an affordably package if you want to build a clone. Ford will be offering many different packages with the CJ, including rollers with everything expect the engine. There will be a 2010 model coming out. Jesse told me some interesting names on who will be driving these cars very soon. It looks like they are here to stay. I will be looking very seriously into building one in the future. I took a pic of the engine, I'm sure most have seen these cars by now in detail. The shot with John Force and Jim Conte sr., I think is the interesting one. For John to be at this meeting shows Ford is in this for the long haul. Enough with my commercial, but remember folks, whether you like the new CJ's or not, its good for racing and good for stock. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Ken Miele; 03-24-2009 at 07:21 PM.