CEO of Ford takes the checkers at Sebring

[studemax]

Forgot to post this....

Ford CEO Jim Farley Wins at HSR Sebring 12-Hour (autoweek.com)

[SuperBuickGuy]

not 12 consecutive hours.

not racing against each other

but other then that.... just like it - basically, he ran an autocross without cones.... woo (pause) hoo.

In other news (I was prepared to be impressed) I've always wondered if the SEC would arrest a CEO for taking reckless chances by driving in an actual race. I get it, he went around corners fast, but that is not in any way a race like the one where Abbie Eaton broke her back.

[cstmwgn]

... I've always wondered if the SEC would arrest a CEO for taking reckless chances by driving in an actual race...

Why would the SEC care unless he told someone to short their stock because he was going to intentionally wad it up in turn 9?

Now the board of directors of Ford could have grounds for concern on the risk side of things.

But I will admit to being naive about how things actually work at that level

[Monster]

I crewed a few times for an HSR team, Ranch 74, at Sebring and it was fun and seemed like racing to me.

[oletrux4evr]

Engine?

[Dan Barlow]

You can spray people with bullets across a field or go hand to hand fighting between fox holes , it's still combat .

[Dan Barlow]

It also is better than cracking up the corvette pace car .lol .

[SuperBuickGuy]

It also is better than cracking up the corvette pace car .lol .

historically speaking, there are far fewer accidents involving cars on a parade lap....

[studemax]

Engine?

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[Monster]

Engine?

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[Monster]

Racing in the Rain ?

[Monster]

Sebring Trackside 2010.

[Barry Donovan]

love that place.
january from maine.. A deiced aircraft, teens F
orlando.
two hours later, and driving around florida.

I took the turbo ford rental from orlando to sebring.

made some video..cars practicing.
must still be out there.

80s F.. that place has a nice odor too, in the right wind.

[Dan Barlow]

Racing in the Rain ?

That is a cool pic .

[99_ls1]

Why would the SEC care unless he told someone to short their stock because he was going to intentionally wad it up in turn 9?

The SEC would be very concerned if the CEO of a Fourtune 500 company wadded it up and died. That would be an extremely adverse stock market event no matter how it was looked at. The market would go nuts for only a few days or a week, yes, but it's a very large shock to the system. Ford could lose an astounding amount of stock market value for investors in the short term regardless.