Free Ford Focus ST Performance Academy

[DougDome]

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/30/ford-taking-focus-st-around-america-with-free-performance-academ/

Sign up for this, fellow dubbers, and get to flog the piss out of a ford and see what these things can do!

I already got my registration confirmed. I'm signed up for 10:00 at the NY event June 30.

 

[fcbayern8]

Nothing even remotely close to FL :thumbdown:

 

[plac]

that car looks fricken awesome.

 

[DougDome]

I hope they give me extra time on the track if the see me pull up in my GTI!

 

[Skipdr]

Nothing even remotely close to FL :thumbdown:

They really need some Florida events

 

[troyguitar]

Signed up for the NY event, thanks for posting this!

How long did it take before you received a confirmation?

 

[corrado917]

Where is Chicago?? :mad0259:

 

[DougDome]

Signed up for the NY event, thanks for posting this!

How long did it take before you received a confirmation?

Maybe a half hour?

 

[maxtdi]

Registered

 

[troyguitar]

Just resubmitted the form and got a different followup screen, looks like my first try didn't actually go through properly. Assuming it goes through this time I'll be at the NY event running @ 2PM.

 

[ImAuthenticFTW]

10 AM at the DC event

 

[littleazn248]

Registered 12pm SF event

 

[crashdb]

I'll be out of town for the DC event. Ah well...

 

[xytbyk]

I'm in for 1 PM at Doyer Stadium. I did a Lexus driving event like this at Belmont Park in NY a few years ago when the IS came out. They had competitors' cars (330i, C-Class, Kia Forte, etc.) there to drive as well. I wonder if Ford will do the same. I'd love to beat the snot out of a ms3 and an ST in the same day.

 

[plac]

and the ST is dead before it even arrives...

welcome back the Soundaktor..

the automaker has implemented some interesting technology with its Focus ST. Engineers have added a special sound tube – called a sound symposer – to the ST, which specifically enhances the throaty, low-end frequencies of the exhaust. This sort of sound tube has been used before (on the Mustang and Mazda MX-5 Miata), but here in the Focus ST, there's an electronically controlled valve that opens and closes based on specific driver inputs. What's more, this valve is mapped more aggressively in lower gears for great sounds during acceleration, but stays shut more often in higher gears to allow for quieter highway cruising.