--- 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" 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]()