A big part of us dearly wanted the Blue Oval to have a factory race program for the Ford GT. Visions of four straight Le Mans victories danced in our heads, and we're sure Corvette Racing would love to have competed against someone besides themselves the past few years in ALMS. Alas, production of the GT supercar ended near the end of 2006 without so much as a single competitive lap. In the past couple years, however, a few privateer teams have tried their hands, including the Black Swan Racing and Falken, which ran in ALMS this past season. While neither had much success taking on Porsche and Ferrari in GT2, Matech Racing's three-car program dominated the European FIA GT3 by winning more than half the races and capturing the team championship in only its second year. Building on that success, Matech has announced plans to move up to GT1 next year with an upgraded version of the Ford GT race car.

 

It's a shame Ford never raced the GT ..... but major props to Matech ,,, I don't follow the FIA GT closely but I'll have an eye out for them next season... Great post DJ

 

I don't understand how the Ford GT can be so competitive in the Euro LeMans series, but yet do so poorly here. I'd love to see the FGT race against Corvettes in GT1 in ALMS, but GT1 is no more now that Corvette bowed out to fight in GT2.

 

I sure hope some of those races will be televised. Then I also need to find someway to go see one in person. You can't beat that sound up close and personal.

 

No factory involvement in FIA GT3

 

That and the FIA GT3 Ford GT is running against slower competition.

I heard Ford told the GT's in ALMS to not put they're logo on them.