Ford brands Motorcraft/Quick Lane and Ford Racing will honor Henry Fords legacy with a special paint scheme at the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 26-28, 2013, with Wood Brothers Racing and driver Trevor Bayne. One-hundred twelve years later, Ford race cars are still on the track in different series around the world. In celebration of his 150th birthday, In January 1901, at 37 years old, Ford had already failed at business. Hed risked all he had on the Detroit Automobile Company, his first attempt at auto manufacturing, and when that company dissolved he moved into his parents home with wife Clara and son Edsel. He couldve walked away. Instead, Ford decided he needed a new spotlight so he built a race car. Wood Brothers Racing, both Fords and NASCARs oldest continuously operating Sprint Cup team, and Bayne unveiled the design Wednesday (July 24, 2013) at Henry Ford Museum , with the help of Edsel B. Ford II, great-grandson of Henry Ford, and representatives from the museum.( Wood Brothers Racing ), see images of the scheme on the #21 Team Schemes page .
