{"id":36908,"date":"2026-11-13T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36908"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:01:33","slug":"ford-brings-music-motorsports-mustangs-to-daytona-for-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/ford-brings-music-motorsports-mustangs-to-daytona-for-veterans-day","title":{"rendered":"Ford brings music, motorsports, Mustangs to Daytona for Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2026<\/p>\n

2026 Ford Veterans Day Classic Mustang Dark Horse R in Air Force livery. A dozen Dark Horses representing U.S. armed forces branches will race Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Daytona.<\/em><\/div>\n

Ford<\/em><\/p>\n

The Classic will benefit six nonprofits: Blue Star Families, Camp Southern Ground, DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Team Rubicon, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and The Travis Manion Foundation.<\/p>\n

The first-of-its-kind motorsports-palooza at Daytona unites racing, music, charity and service in honor of the nation\u2019s military community. But like an Army-Navy game, competition is at its heart \u2014 pitting Ford\u2019s finest drivers representing each military service.<\/p>\n

The driver teams:<\/p>\n

U.S. Army:<\/strong> NASCAR Cup Series\u2019 driver Brad Keselowski and sports car expert Joey Hand. The car\u2019s livery is inspired by the Abrams tank.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marine Corps:<\/strong> Ryan Blaney, NASCAR Cup Series, and Ben Hobson, RTR Drift Team driver. Livery: inspired by the Assault Amphibious Vehicle.<\/p>\n

Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2026 Ford Veterans Day Classic Mustang Dark Horse R in Air Force livery. A dozen Dark Horses representing U.S. armed forces branches will race Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Daytona. Ford The Classic will benefit six nonprofits: Blue Star Families, Camp Southern Ground, DAV (Disabled American Veterans), Team Rubicon, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36909,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36908\/revisions\/36909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}