Hey all; I've been lurking for a good bit now, admiring all the secksy goodness we here in the U.S. can only hope for, and the "big show" just went down over the weekend in Carlisle, PA: the 2014 Ford Nationals!

This was a big year for the Mustang as it is the 50th Anniversary, so the majority of the event was muscle-centric, but let's not kid; it usually is over here! Steve Saleen, the lead designers of the SVT Cobra team were some of the special guest speakers for the Mustang's celebration. For the smaller cars, Ken Anderson from Mountune was a special guest speaker for the Focus/Fiesta Rising club. The Focus ST has finally begun to wake up Americans to the capability,power, & performance of a well-built four cylinder. ST Focus' & Fiestas are starting to actually occupy a few more booths in the vendor areas (finally!)!


As a '03 Focus ZX3 owner, the big draw for me and my ilk is the growing club known as Focus Rising / Fiesta Rising. This has become the largest single gathering of Ford four-cylinders in the nation. Our club took the #1 Participation Award for the second year in a row, but we have been in the top three in the last 5 years as well. I shot a good bit of footage with my GoPro and pieced a video together for my forum friends, took a few pictures... as I haven't really been a contributor here yet: I figure I'd drop a thread and show off what happens over here!



































This is only half of the Focus Rising club cars, too...















Hope you all enjoy the pics, and thanks for letting me contribute in the global Ford community! See you all around the threads!