Category: What’s New

Factory Five Sherwin Williams Paint Color Names Announced!

After a long wait, the Factory Five-Sherwin Williams line of car paints officially have names.  Here's the list of names along with the winner's name.  All selected winning names have received a $50 Factory Five Parts Catalog Gift Certificate. Here's the official Factory Five line of Sherwin Williams paint colors.…Read More






Thank You to All Veterans!

I just watched the movie "America" by filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza.  It shouldn't take a movie to help us realize the great contribution to freedom that this country and its Armed Forces have made.  On behalf of the team here at Factory Five Racing, I would like to send a message of thanks to…Read More



SEMA 2014: The Calm Before the Storm

The 2014 SEMA Show is officially underway this morning in Las Vegas.  The Factory Five booth is already attracting a ton of spectators and the Factory Fives in Featured Vehicle spots look great!  Here's some photos from this morning before the show started. The Factory Five GTM is featured in…Read More


Meet the Stay at Home SEMA Crew!

With the bulk of our team in Las Vegas this week for the 2014 SEMA Show, we have a small, but heroic band of admin staff here to help you with orders, tech support, or shipping questions.  It will be a busy week, but Dave, Jay, Eddie, Nate, and Sally…Read More


Factory Five Heads to SEMA 2014!

We've got an epic show planned this year for SEMA!  At last count, there were 14 Factory Five cars scheduled for SEMA in various parts of the show and with a variety of companies.  We've been hard at work for the last few months getting these cars ready, and will…Read More





New Factory Five GTM and 818R Photo Galleries

These two newly built Factory Fives are heading to the 2014 SEMA Show.  The LS7-powered GTM is painted with new Sherwin Williams-Factory Five paints (Grey metallic with satin clear) and new wheels from Forgiato.  The 818R sports a race-built 412 HP Subaru STi block (engine is still at the engine builders!). Click here…Read More


Factory Five GTM Heading to SEMA 2014

Here's a few snap shots of the Factory Five LS7-powered GTM heading to the 2014 SEMA Show.  The paint is Sherwin Williams.  Full details from the SEMA Show. The 818R is also heading to SEMA.  The paint matches the GTM, but rather than satin clear, it has a gloss clear.Read More



Tough Day at the Track – VIR, 10/03/14

Check out John George at speed for a few minutes before the engine grenades.  This short five minute video is exciting and heart-breaking at the same time.  The car is SO FAST, and it was tough for the team to fail to record a great time and a win with the…Read More




Factory Five Customer Peter B.’s Rescue ‘33

That's right.  A rescue car.  Peter found this car unfinished in California and bought the car, shipped it out to Massachusetts, and used his considerable skills as the owner of a body shop to complete the car.  We spotted this on the customer website www.thefactoryfiveforum.com.  Here's what he wrote and…Read More