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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ken Block takes on AJ Allmendinger - Click above to watch video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs-rally/#continued">after the jump</a></small></strong></em></div>
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Ford has officially lit a fire under its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/offspeed-pitch-richard-petty-joins-ken-block-aj-allmendinger-i/">43 Fiestas campaign</a>. As you may recall, the promotion aims to hand out a raft of prizes, from 43 LCD flat-screen TVs to airfare, lodging and tickets to the Ford <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nascar">NASCAR</a> 400 Sprint Cup race for 43 lucky grand-prize winners. Of those souls, one will be awarded a special <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Ford Fiesta</a>, but should AJ Allmendinger happen to walk away with the checkers, everyone in the grand-prize lot will receive a new Fiesta to call their very own. That's impressive and all, but not nearly so interesting as the videos <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs-rally/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
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You see, to sell the sweepstakes, Ford enlisted the help of NASCAR legend Richard Petty, rally heathen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ken%20block">Ken Block</a> and AJ Allmendinger, the current pilot of the #43 NASCAR racer. What happens when the three meet on a track? Let's just say that while we weren't entirely surprised by the outcome, we're wholeheartedly in favor of this type of motorsports crossbreeding in the future.<br />
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Now let's see that 3,000-pound NASCAR bruiser fling itself down a rally stage.<br />
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[Source: <a href="https://www.43fiestas.com/43Fiestas/registration.aspx">43 Fiestas</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/">43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.43fiestas.com/43Fiestas/registration.aspx>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19628553/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Ken Block takes on AJ Allmendinger - Click above to watch video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs-rally/#continued">after the jump</a></small></strong></em></div>
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Ford has officially lit a fire under its <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/offspeed-pitch-richard-petty-joins-ken-block-aj-allmendinger-i/">43 Fiestas campaign</a>. As you may recall, the promotion aims to hand out a raft of prizes, from 43 LCD flat-screen TVs to airfare, lodging and tickets to the Ford <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nascar">NASCAR</a> 400 Sprint Cup race for 43 lucky grand-prize winners. Of those souls, one will be awarded a special <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/fiesta">Ford Fiesta</a>, but should AJ Allmendinger happen to walk away with the checkers, everyone in the grand-prize lot will receive a new Fiesta to call their very own. That's impressive and all, but not nearly so interesting as the videos <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs-rally/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
<br />
You see, to sell the sweepstakes, Ford enlisted the help of NASCAR legend Richard Petty, rally heathen <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ken%20block">Ken Block</a> and AJ Allmendinger, the current pilot of the #43 NASCAR racer. What happens when the three meet on a track? Let's just say that while we weren't entirely surprised by the outcome, we're wholeheartedly in favor of this type of motorsports crossbreeding in the future.<br />
<br />
Now let's see that 3,000-pound NASCAR bruiser fling itself down a rally stage.<br />
<br />
[Source: <a href="https://www.43fiestas.com/43Fiestas/registration.aspx">43 Fiestas</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/">43 Fiestas sweepstakes kicks off with excellent NASCAR vs. Rally footage</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.43fiestas.com/43Fiestas/registration.aspx>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19628553/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/10/video-43-fiestas-sweepstakes-kicks-off-with-excellent-nascar-vs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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