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Cardinal ford6/4/2023 ![]() ![]() The Lightweight driveline is compact, durable and easy to service with off the shelf parts availability. All coupled together gives the Cardinal an exceptional 6:1 power to weight ratio. The powertrain uses Ford’s 2.3 litre EcoBoost engine producing a base of 300 Rear Wheel HP (tunable to 400+), paired with either a Tremec T-56 Magnum or TKX transmission and the Ford Super 8.8 differential. Suspension is a race proven double A-arm, pull rod system on all four corners. To reduce weight the Cardinal’s chassis is a bonded and riveted, space frame, with a fully integrated roll cage and bolt on front and rear tube frames. ![]() ![]() While that mission seemed difficult it was accomplished in every aspect of the Cardinal’s design and function. I’m looking forward to spending more time in Springfield.The idea behind the Cardinal Coupe was to design and build the ideal track Coupe sports car that was light weight, incredible handling, GT race car power to weight ratio, easy and fun to drive fast, with a low cost of operation. “Putting the team together, helping out with sponsorships, radio, TV, I have time to do it. “I will be involved in all aspects,” he said. We want them to have success from the ground up.” “Understanding what they’re doing when they’re having success is important. ![]() “I will have a close eye,” said Ford, who watched his son Curtis Ford play for the Hannibal Cavemen in the Prospect League last summer. Ford works with former teammates such as Clark and Ken Reitz to teach youth through college-age players the right way to play. He owns the Top North Athletic Academy in the St. 285 with three home runs, 26 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. His best major league season came for the 1987 NL champion Cardinals, when he batted. 290 with 20 home runs, 27 doubles and 91 runs batted in with Springfield in 1983. “That closeness and having a good nucleus are very important.”įord hit. “My teammates that year (including Springfield resident Mike Pittman, who was in attendance at the press conference), the closeness we had, the type of nucleus we had, that’s what I’d like to see here,” said Ford, who was wearing his 1985 National League championship ring at the press conference. At the end of the season, the fan presented Ford with the scrapbook and told him, “Don’t forget me.” “They made a difference in my life.”įord relayed the story about a Springfield Cardinals fan who kept a scrapbook of all Ford’s newspaper clippings during his season in Springfield. “I met a lot of interesting people in Springfield,” Ford said. He spent six seasons in the big leagues through 1990. “The combination of Curt and me will help the players get to the level they want to get to.”įord, who turns 50 in October, was an outfielder for the Cardinals and Phillies. The kids on the team are lucky to have him. Clark is moving into the newly created position of vice president of baseball operations. Louis Cardinals teammate during a press conference at the Candlewood Suites. The man whose job Ford is taking, Jack Clark, made the introduction of his former St. Curt Ford hopes he can have as much fun - and success - during his second stay in Springfield as he did in his first 27 years ago.įord, who was Most Valuable Player of the Class A Midwest League in 1983 while playing for the Springfield Cardinals, was introduced Thursday morning as the new manager of the Springfield Sliders of the Prospect League. ![]()
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