--- title: "Ford’s CEO Is Racing In the Mustang Challenge at Laguna Seca This Weekend " date: "2025-05-10" modified: "2025-05-10" authors: - name: "Beverly Braga" job_title: "Weekend Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/beverly-braga.md" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/fords-ceo-is-racing-in-the-mustang-challenge-at-laguna-seca-this-weekend" categories: - "Ford News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "Coupe" - "Ford" - "Mustang" --- # Ford’s CEO Is Racing In the Mustang Challenge at Laguna Seca This Weekend ![]() *\Jim Farley/Instagram\* [Jim Farley]() is not your average car company CEO. A genuine car guy and motorsports enthusiast, the [Ford]() boss has been known to occasionally get behind the wheel of a race car—and he has the podium finishes to prove it. And he looks to repeat that success again this weekend at Laguna Seca. According to [*Ford Authority*](), Farley will be one of 20 drivers taking part in the [Mustang Challenge](), an IMSA-sanctioned single-make series. Following two 30-minute practices and a single 15-minute qualifying session, each sprint race runs for 45 minutes. Farley is driving the No. 17 [Mustang Dark Horse R](), the same vehicle he drove during the series' inaugural race at Mid-Ohio last year. Saturday's race is already done (Farley finished 11th), and the green flag will wave again Sunday morning. Saturday's entire sprint, in fact, is available to replay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqaR5qBz9Ac These sessions at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will count as rounds 3 and 4 of the six-track, 12-race season. A competitor through and through, Farley is [not afraid to challenge other auto execs]() on the track. Confidence in the product, after the 818-horsepower [Mustang GTD]() was unveiled, Farley said, "I’ll take track time in a Mustang GTD against any other auto boss in their best road car.” That's not a bad idea for a sanctioned race series, actually. Or, at the very least, a Netflix *Hyperdrive*-style driving competition show. Forget [Lando vs Oscar](), we wanna see Farley vs [Morizo](). Anywho, the Mustang Challenge will stream live via Peacock as well as be shown on the [Ford Performance]() and [IMSA]() YouTube channels. *Got a tip? Send 'em in to: tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Born and raised in Hawaii, Beverly has been a prolific and published creative writer since her teens. As a contributor to The Drive, Beverly covers the weekend shift, blogging about all things automotive, mobility, transportation, and topics in-between. Currently a digital nomad, Beverly's only constant is her car, a second-generation Mazdaspeed3. Even though she's never in one place for too long, her hot hatch always feels like home. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() ## More - [Jim Farley Dares Other Auto Execs to Race Him in the 2025 Ford Mustang GTD]() - [Rare 2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca With 1,200 Miles Is Worthy of Second Mortgage]() - [Riding in a Ford Mustang Dark Horse at Laguna Seca Made Me Love Its V8 Even More]() - [Ford Mustang GT3 Race Car Unveiled, Ready for Le Mans, IMSA, and WEC in 2024]() - [Ford Isn’t Interested in Racing EcoBoost Mustangs—Only V8s]() - [Driving the Ferrari 488 Challenge at Laguna Seca: The Ultimate Rich-Dude Race Car]() - [IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship At Laguna Seca]() - [Ford Mustang GTD Sets Fastest Nurburgring Lap Time of Any American Car, Ever]()