Poking the Bear Ford Performance Products

[Jim D'Amore]

I will be making several posts through out the day, then it will be up to Ken and the members of Class Racer to decide if they would like to have this thread locked up. It's going to start now...


Poking the bear came from Mike's mouth when I started pushing back.

Originally Posted by Jim D'Amore

LOL I believe Mike from Ford Performance is working for Roger Allen!

It's not right what he is doing to the '08,'10, and '12 Cobra Jet racers. Mike told all the older Cobra Jet owners that he was going to fight to be able to put the 2.9L Supercharger on to be competitive. When NHRA approved it, Mike turned around and said Ford is not interested! Even after he made all these promises through email.

that post was made 11-07-2017


A few short weeks after that Mike pulled Ford's 10 year sponsorship from Classracer.com. When I questioned Mike during our 3 hr meeting in Norwalk, OH a couple of weeks ago his exact words to me were he did not like the way he was being treated because of my post above. It showed he took it personal rather than thinking of what is good for Ford Motor Company and the members of Classracer.com. He was trying to hurt the site financially because of his personal feelings. Yet he continues to post about his stock/superstock association GLSSA. He receives financial gains from the GLSSA.


First off my apologies were given to Ken M. for losing his Ford sponsorship because of my post. I've known Ken since 1999 when he started writing for the biggest Ford Magazine on the planet (Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords.) He worked with MMFF for 15 years and in that time I've always known Ken to be one of Ford's biggest cheerleaders! Besides buying a new Ford vehicle every other year and racing an older Shelby Stocker for many years, he decided a few years back he was going to do what he needed to get in a new Cobra Jet. He worked out a deal with a fellow racer to purchase one of his 08' Cobra Jets and make payments on it so he could start racing stock while show casing Ford's best, the Cobra Jet. That is Ken's passion for Ford and because Mike got his personal feelings hurt he trampled on the dreams of a loyal, life long, Ford enthusiast. My guess is if Ken was racing a Mopar, classracer would still have a Ford Sponsorship.


These are nothing but the facts,


Jim D'Amore