Along with news of it re-entering Formula 1 with Red Bull, Ford displayed a slide showing potential new motorsports initiatives for the Mustang and Ranger.
, but it seems that's not the only place we'll see the Blue Oval in the future. With one particular slide, a Mustang and pickup silhouette hint at other avenues both vehicles might enter here in the U.S. and across the world. We do a little speculation as to what these tiny hints might mean going into 2024 and beyond.The Mustang portion of the slide is rather interesting in itself.
, Ford built the Mustang FR500 variants that included GT4, GT3 and Grand Am spec cars—which was the premier road racing series at the time in the U.S. In fact, the GTD class name is a holdover from the Grand Am era and the subsequent rebirth of IMSA. GTD, which stood for GT Daytona, were once Grand Am spec sports cars while GT Le Mans were FIA specification cars and the ones you'd see racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans .
. This would also open up the Mustang to compete in the Trans Am Series' XGT, the class just below its TA and TA2 categories of tube chassis racecars, where silhouette body Mustangs also regularly compete.no details have been released by the Blue Oval's racing division , Ford Performance. We would imagine that a GT3 version of the Mustang would share some of the basic parts from the GT4, possibly including its 5.2 liter V-8 with extra power, its Holinger RD-6 sequential but built to handle the extra power, steel unibody with its welded-in FIA safety cage, and carbon fiber body parts.
The bodywork would be a GT3 specific package that allows for more downforce, more adjustability, and made to fit wider tires as allowed in the GT3 class. Don't be surprised if it's a mix of what we see
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