Greg Foutz

Greg Foutz is an American off-road race driver, race-truck builder, and entrepreneur based in Mesa, Arizona. He is the founder and owner of Foutz Motorsports LLC, a company that builds production-based off-road race trucks and manufactures aftermarket suspension, chassis-protection, and storage components, primarily for Ford Motor Company platforms. He has been credited with four class championships and four Baja 1000 class wins,

Foutz is also the founder of GunMount (gunmount.com), a vehicle-mounted firearm storage product line launched in 2016, and Adapt-A-Panel (adaptapanel.com), a patent-pending modular gear-mounting system introduced in 2020. The Foutz Motorsports off-road race trucks were also licensed as the featured vehicles in the TrophyLite Rally Racing video game released by Phoenix-based 2XL Games in 2010. Foutz is a contributing author at Springfield Armory’s outdoor lifestyle publication The Armory Life as well.

In 2009, Foutz Motorsports won its class at the Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno race in a Ford F-250, finishing more than two hours ahead of the second-place truck driven by Randy Merritt.

2008 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R (Baja 1000) For the 2008 Baja 1000, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R race truck was developed as a collaboration between Ford Special Vehicle Team (SVT), Ford Racing, and Foutz Motorsports Inc., based on the upcoming 2010 production Ford F-150 SVT Raptor.

The retrospective DrivingLine feature “Ford’s Baja Truck History Helped Build The F-150 Raptor Into The Off-Road Weapon It Is Today” identified the 2008 entry as “fairly close to the stock version that went on sale as a 2010 model” and credited it with providing “exceptional hardcore testing for its chassis and drivetrain.” The truck was unveiled at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. At the 49th Baja 1000 in November 2016, the Foutz team — Greg Foutz, Tim Casey, John Swift, and Andy Waters — finished third in Stock Full class, placing 142nd overall after 35 hours, 59 minutes, and 8 seconds of competition, with approximately 52 seconds to spare under the 36-hour cutoff. Off-Road.com later reported that the series added a Ford 5.0-liter V8 ("Z-tech") engine option alongside the existing GM package, working with Foutz Motorsports on integration with Trophylite's T-350 transmission.

In 2009, Foutz competed in the SCORE Baja 1000 in a Trophylite truck (Class 7.2) alongside Mike West and Richard Cassey, with the team taking the class win in under 27 hours.

Foutz Motorsports Foutz Motorsports LLC is headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.

In 2020, he introduced Adapt-A-Panel, a patent-pending modular grid panel system that allows users to configure firearm, tool, and gear mounts in seat-back, roof, bed-wall, and backpack-insert applications. The product uses a grid layout that accepts MOLLE-compatible accessories and rotating grid inserts to match different bolt patterns.

Writing Foutz is listed as a contributing author at The Armory Life, the digital outdoor lifestyle publication of Springfield Armory, where his published work includes the 2021 feature article "Adapt-A-Panel Gear: Stay Armed In Your Vehicle".

Selected race results Year Event Vehicle / Class Result Notes 1996 SCORE Baja 1000 Ford Ranger / Stock Mini Class win First Baja 1000 class win for the team 1998 BITD Vegas to Reno Ford F-250 Super Duty / Stock Full Class win First F-250 Super Duty entered in Stock Full class; profiled by Off-Road.com 2008 SCORE Baja 1000 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor R / Class 8 3rd in class Inaugural Raptor race entry; finish time 25:28:10; subject of "Raptor: Born in Baja" documentary 2009 BITD Vegas to Reno Ford F-250 / Stock Full Class win Won by more than two hours SCORE Baja 1000 Trophylite / Class 7.2 Class win Co-drove with Mike West and Richard Cassey; under 27 hours 2010 SCORE Baja 1000 Ford F-150 EcoBoost (3.5L V6) Class finish 1,061 miles in 38 h 20 min, EcoBoost engine validation 2016 SCORE Baja 1000 (49th) 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor / Stock Full 3rd in class 142nd overall; 35 h 59 min 8 s, ~;52 seconds under cutoff; covered by Motor Authority