2024 Ford Mustang dons a racing go well with for Australia’s Supercars sequence

Ford introduced six track-bound variants of the 2024 Mustang developed for a variety of sequence, however that is not all of the Blue Oval has up its sleeve. It unveiled a racing-ready mannequin on-line that was designed to compete in Australia’s standard Supercars sequence beginning in 2023.

Launched on the Mount Panorama observe in New South Wales, the primary racing model of the seventh-generation Mustang was developed by Ford Efficiency and homologation group Dick Johnson Racing. It complies with the Gen3 rules that may come into impact in 2023, so it is comparatively near the street-legal mannequin by way of general design. It nonetheless good points a full physique package that features a entrance splitter, aspect skirts, an enormous rear spoiler and a large air diffuser, and it rides on 18-inch center-locking wheels wrapped by Dunlop Sport Maxx tires.

The resemblance is simply skin-deep. Engineers used carbon fiber extensively to maintain weight in examine and stripped the manufacturing automobile’s inside. They then added a full roll cage, a racing seat, a quick-release steering wheel and a digital instrument cluster, amongst different components.

Ford hasn’t launched a lot in the best way of technical specs. It claims that energy comes from a “production-based” Coyote V8 engine, although a peek beneath the hood reveals quite a few modifications together with a carbon fiber air consumption system and aluminum radiator. And, the engine exhales by way of a brand new exhaust system that contains a pair of cool-looking retailers that poke by way of the driver-side aspect skirt.

Australian lovers will get the prospect to see the Mustang in motion for the primary time throughout the 2022 Bathurst 1000. The coupe will not take part within the race; it can hit the observe for a few demonstration laps. Its competitors debut is scheduled for 2023. The listing of groups that may race it embrace Dick Johnson Racing, Tickford Racing, Grove Racing, Blanchard Racing Staff and Walkinshaw Andretti United.

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