TPC Racing and DSC Sport Join Forces for 2026 USAC Mustang Cup Campaign

Mike Levitas, who has also been a primary and championship-winning driver for TPC for more than two decades, makes his Mustang racing debut at Sebring in a full-season campaign in the No. 36 TPC Racing/DSC Sport Mustang Dark Horse R. The younger Levitas will take over the No. 36 for Sunday’s second of the weekend’s two races with Harris set for his first race start in several years after previous experience in Spec Miata and Porsche Cayman and GT3 Cup cars.

Elliott drives the No. 65 TPC Racing Mustang Dark Horse R at Sebring as he competes in multi-car sports car racing for the first time after starting his career as a winning driver in single-car competitions, such as the Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge.

Even better, the joint-effort provides both Levitas-operated organizations with hands-on competition experience with a Mustang platform that DSC Sport has engineered and developed state-of-the art suspension componentry for in recent years. Prior working on the Dark Horse R platform, Mike Levitas and DSC Sport developed similar suspension componentry for contemporary Mustang GT 500 models. Additional DSC Sport in support of the Blue Oval in the past has been electronic active suspension controllers for the Ford Raptor truck.

DSC Sport, renowned for its advanced controller technology that optimizes vehicle dynamics, will utilize the Mustang Dark Horse R program as a mobile development platform. The data and learnings gathered from a race weekend environment will directly feed into the company’s ongoing development of performance hardware and software solutions for track and road applications.

News and details on TPC Racing’s additional 2026 racing programs will be made in the coming days.

Next weekend’s Sebring sprints are scheduled to start at 1:25 p.m. EST on Saturday and at 1:55 p.m. EST on Sunday, with both available for viewing through livestream coverage on the Ford Racing YouTube Channel. Elliott competes in both the Miles and Parnelli rounds while Mike Levitas contests Saturday’s Miles Cup race before handing the No. 36 off to his son Harris for Sunday’s Parnelli Cup weekend finale.

Harris Levitas, TPC Racing Director of Race Operations: "TPC Racing is thrilled to now be part of the Ford Racing family and running the Ford Dark Horse R in the USAC Mustang Cup Series. It is a great program, and it is great to be working once again with Chris Ward, who is now with Ford Racing. We have worked with Chris in the past and have always been able to put things together very well. He worked hard to get us into the Ford program, and we want to thank him. The Mustang Dark Horse is really a great car, and their approach to racing in the USAC Mustang Cup and IMSA Mustang Challenge series is a very affordable way to get into racing. This is really a nice fit as we’ve done a lot of work on the Ford platforms for their high-performance road cars through DSC Sport. DSC is our dynamic suspension control entity and a leader in the active suspension technology sector. It is just great for TPC racing to be involved with Ford like this because we offer a lot on the road-car side of things through DSC. We’ve done a lot on the previous chassis, and now as we start on the Dark Horse edition, we realize really how great a platform it is. We are running a TPC Racing and DSC Sport entry with a Mustang carrying TPC’s familiar No. 36. My father and TPC and DSC Sport founder and principal, Michael Levitas, is also an accomplished driver and will be at the wheel of the No. 36 TPC Racing DSC Sport Mustang Dark Horse R. I am also fortunate to announce I will be racing for the first time in several years this weekend when I take to the wheel of the No. 36 for Sunday’s race. We also have some great clients that we are bringing onboard this season who are getting into first-time racing programs. We welcome Cliff Elliott who will be running with us in the No. 65 TPC Racing Mustang Dark Horse R at the Sebring opener, and a third car and driver combination to be announced at a later date. You can approach so many more people with this platform of car as it’s really one of the best bangs for the buck in sports car racing."

About DSC Sport: Founded in 2011, DSC Sport quickly established itself as an industry leader in dynamic suspension control, developing and offering best in class suspension solutions for a wide range of luxury and performance vehicles. The company designs and manufactures advanced controller units that enhance the performance and handling of sports cars, luxury sedans and lightweight trucks for both track and road use. The company frequently works with the affiliated TPC Racing, a race-winning and multiple championship-winning sports car racing team, to gather data and learnings from a race weekend environment that directly are used in the company’s ongoing development of performance hardware and software solutions for track and street vehicle applications. Learn more at www.DSCsport.com.