Category: What’s New

Back from SEMA 2016: Full House!

Now is a great time to visit Factory Five Racing! The entire crew and all of our cars are back from SEMA and the Emerald Coast Cruizin', and  you can check out all of the new cars here in Wareham, MA. The highlights from the SEMA Show and the newest…Read More

2016 Emerald Coast Cruizin' Show Report

As soon as the Factory Five big rig was loaded up from the 2016 SEMA Show, Honey Badger pointed it east and headed to Florida to make the 2016 Emerald Coast Cruizin' the following week. This was our second year at the Panama City, FL cruise. Factory Five's Tony Zullo…Read More

2016 SEMA Show Report

The 2016 SEMA Show was by far the most successful show in our 22 years of business.  The quality and caliber of the customer cars, as well as the introduction of the new steel body '33 Hot Rod and Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe, made the show great, but so…Read More

BluePrint Engines: The Other Half of the Car

The crew at BluePrint Engines brought a Mk4 Roadster to SEMA that looked it was cut in half! The running-driving half mobile was a demo for BluePrints new line of drop-in turn key ready crate engines built specifically for Factory Five Racing customers.  These great engines work with Factory Five…Read More

Join Us in Panama City, FL on Nov. 11 & 12!

We're heading south again this year to the Emerald Coast Cruizin' in Panama City, FL on November 11-12!  Join us and thousands of classic cars, hot rods, custom cars, and trucks for this big Friday-Saturday event.  This year, we have a customer corral (limited to 20 Factory Five customer cars)…Read More

The 2016 SEMA Show: Day 1 Photos

It's day 3 of the SEMA Show and the Factory Five booth continues to attract huge crowds. Our partner companies at KONI Shocks and BluePrint Engines also continue to get great feedback on the Factory Fives on display in their booths. Here's some photos from day 3 of SEMA 2016.…Read More

The All-New Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe at SEMA 2016!

We debuted the all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe at the 2016 SEMA Show and the response has been fantastic! Power Automedia's Steve Magnante visited the Factory Five booth at The SEMA Show to talk about the all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe with FFR President Dave Smith and Director…Read More

The SEMA Show: T-Minus 1 Day!

The crews are working overtime as the last set up day sees a ton of activity across hundreds of thousands of square feet of show space. Factory Five's booth (#23235) is all set up. We're in a great location between Ford and GM in the main aisle with a bigger…Read More

Turnology’s Challenge Car Build Makes Ford Catalog!

Congratulations to customer Mark Gearhart whose Ultimate Challenge Car is featured on the back cover of the 2017 Ford Racing catalog!  Mark documented his Challenge Car build on Power Automedia's website Turnology and had it on display at last year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Mark's Challenge Car was also featured…Read More

Customer Greg G.’s ‘33 Gets Ink!

ReinCARnation Magazine's inaugural September 2016 issue profiles Factory Five customer Greg Grant and his supercharged '33 Hot Rod!  We met Greg last year at the annual Factory Five-Huntington Beach Cruise-In where his bright orange '33 won an Editors' Choice Award from Steve Temple at Car Builder Magazine.  Greg runs a…Read More

10 Second Electric 818 Destroys Porsche!

Chris Tapp at Tapp Auto in Ontario, Canada built this remarkable electric Factory Five 818C with Chevy Volt batteries and Tesla S electric motor.  The car has 420 RWHP, and runs a 10.1 quarter at almost 130 MPH seriously embarrassing a 911 Porsche. Check out this awesome video posted by Chris…Read More

2016 ST2 NASA Champion! John George in FFR #48

John George took home the ST2 East Coast NASA Championships at the famed Watkins Glen. The intensity of the race was shown in lap times, running 2:00 lap times consistently while battling through traffic. ST2 is regulated by the power to weight ratio of 8.0:1. John was flying past some…Read More

Cruise-In: This Saturday at Factory Five!

Join us this Saturday, October 1st, here at Factory Five Racing as we host the Mass Cruisers Car Club as they complete their annual historic Route 6 Cruise. The cruisers will be stopping here at Factory Five for an hour during the Saturday morning cruise, and we are inviting Factory…Read More

Cool Factory Five Cars in Hot August!

Customers take center stage this month as we have tons of cool news and amazing customer accomplishments to share! The heart and soul of Factory Five has always been our cars, but encompasses so much more. The cars we build end up building amazing stories that become as important as…Read More

Factory Five #SideShotSaturday Favorites

Factory Five Tech team member Courtnie Provencher posted this photo on our Facebook page this past Saturday asking for customer's to share a side shot of their Factory Five. We got a bunch of great photos posted by customers. Here's some of our favorites. Click here to view all of…Read More

Factory Five Customer John George Wins at Palmer!

Factory Five customer John George has been busy racing this season. What makes his effort significant is that we are working with him on race testing a specific engine and suspension combination. John is working to dial-in the new Factory Five independent rear suspension combined with a Ford 5.0L Coyote…Read More

Street Rodder Magazine Road Tour Report

Factory Five again hosted the Street Rodder Magazine Road Tour here at our headquarters in Wareham, MA.  Street Rodder's Jerry Dixey and Factory Five's Sally Bean have collaborated for the past five years, and it's become a fun, low-key day with some great folks.  Here are some pictures of the…Read More