Michael Ford, Jr.

Born: June 2, 1983

Residence: Los Lunas, New Mexico

 

I started racing in 1998 in the DCR (Duke City Raceway) hobby stocks. I raced all 4 years of high school, then left for the Army in 2001, winning 3 out of the 5 main events that I ran that year. I got back from my Army travels in 2007, won my first main back in a car, which was a cruiser at Hollywood Hills that I shared with my my brother Kenny and his wife Rosanna. We wound up with a collective 3rd in points that year. 

In 2008 we obtained my dad's old street stock from DCR.....3 or 4 owners later it amazes me how stuff always comes full circle! We updated it and stuck a Budlong's powerplant in to keep up with the likes of Jeff Whyman, who is a good friend and a tremendous help when needed. I won 4 main events as a  rookie, and got several top 5's, finishing the year out 3rd in points after having drivetrain failures and not finishing the last 4 races. The next year would find HH closing after 3 main events in the street stocks. My brother Kenny won the first one, and I won the next 2. I still maintain that I won the championship that year, even if they didn't give me a trophy. :) 

The rest of the year found me mostly sitting out, but I went to UCS and won a few main events. At the end of the year I purchased a modified, and caught the last couple of races at UCS to try and get used to driving it in preparation for the next year. 2010 was my rookie year in the mods, and I won 1 main at UCS and ran 2nd in points almost all year, dropping to 4th by the end after sitting out the last 4 races or so.

I have so many people that helped me get to where I am, to include: My wife Pam, thanks babe!, my brothers and their wives (especially Kenny, thanks man for all the hours put in on my cars), Jeff Whyman and Precision Concrete Services, The Wheelers, The Guinns, The Boelters, Budlong Motorsports, Outlaw Graphix, Hinken Specialty Fabrication, Sunrise Sweeping, and the now closed Napa in Los Lunas. There are many more, and you know who you are. Thanks!