Last week, Ford announced that the 2012 Focus Electric would be the pace car at the Richmond 400, making it the first all-electric pace car to ever lead the field for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Daytona, the season's kickoff extravaganza, marks the race-day debut of Nascar's "Gen-6" Sprint Cup car, the series's most innovative overhaul since 2007.
"The Great American Race" also proved an impressive debut for Nascar's new "Gen 6" Sprint Cup car, the most innovative overhaul the series has seen since 2007.