NASCAR is going electric with Ford F-150 Lightning pace truck at Martinsville
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The Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup will serve as the pace car that the NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday
The all-wheel-drive 563 horsepower truck should have no problem keeping the pace at 35 mph and could even cover the 400-lap, 210-mile distance of the race at that speed without recharging thanks to its 320-mile extended range battery pack. Even the standard pack's 230-mile rating would cover it.
Electric Ford's have been on track before, with the Mustang Mach-E doing pace car duty at Talladega last year and the since-discontinued Ford Focus Electric at Richmond way back in 2012.
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