Raptor goes back-to-back at Finke.

Raptor goes back-to-back at Finke.

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After five hours, fifty-eight minutes, and twenty-three seconds, Brad Lovell and son, Byam Lovell, crossed the finish line in the Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs. And for the second time in a row, they were champions.

The racetrack isn’t the regular tarmac. The Finke Desert race is a gruelling off-road sprint from Alice Springs to Finke and back. It features heavily cut up ruts and iconic whoops. But as Finke is the spiritual home of Raptor, the conditions were no match for the race prepared truck.

The rain from the days prior to the race weekend created significantly larger ruts from the year before, testing the rear suspension with every bump. However, Raptor withstood the conditions, shaving 5 minutes off last year's first leg time. The return to Alice from Finke was trouble free, crossing the finish line at the top of our class.

After five hours, fifty-eight minutes, and twenty-three seconds, Brad Lovell and son, Byam Lovell, crossed the finish line in the Finke Desert Race in Alice Springs. And for the second time in a row, they were champions.

The racetrack isn’t the regular tarmac. The Finke Desert race is a gruelling off-road sprint from Alice Springs to Finke and back. It features heavily cut up ruts and iconic whoops. But as Finke is the spiritual home of Raptor, the conditions were no match for the race prepared truck.

The rain from the days prior to the race weekend created significantly larger ruts from the year before, testing the rear suspension with every bump. However, Raptor withstood the conditions, shaving 5 minutes off last year's first leg time. The return to Alice from Finke was trouble free, crossing the finish line at the top of our class.

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“There’s no harder off-road race in Australia, and the race prepared Raptor proved that it takes a seriously impressive vehicle to make it to Finke and back at race pace.”

Justin Capicchiano, Ford Performance and Special Vehicles Engineering Manager, Australia.

At the core of our performance values is to learn and improve with every race. The Ford Performance engineers will take data collected from this race and use it to help with the development of vehicles our customers can purchase.

Race vehicle not available for sale.

“There’s no harder off-road race in Australia, and the race prepared Raptor proved that it takes a seriously impressive vehicle to make it to Finke and back at race pace.”

Justin Capicchiano, Ford Performance and Special Vehicles Engineering Manager, Australia.

At the core of our performance values is to learn and improve with every race. The Ford Performance engineers will take data collected from this race and use it to help with the development of vehicles our customers can purchase.

Race vehicle not available for sale.

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Finke documentary

Finke documentary