What’s better than a Ford Mustang? Not much, to the
legions of the pony-car faithful around the world. But a racing Mustang might
be up there. Like the one that Ford’s preparing for Australia’s Supercars
championship.
With the Falcon now a thing of the past, Ford
Performance is developing the Mustang as its replacement for the highly
competitive touring-car series Down Under. And it’s now taken it out on the
track for the first time – still wrapped in camouflage – before it’s ready to
take on next year’s calendar.
“What an honour to be the guy to drive the very
first laps of the new Mustang,” said DJR Team Penkse’s current
championship-leader Scott McLaughlin, who shared the wheel with his teammate
Fabian Coulthard (cousin to former F1 driver David) during the test session.
“Not only does it just look right, and sound awesome, but it feels right too –
in terms of balance, settings – we’re starting off a great base as we develop
the car for next year.”
Once testing is complete, the Mustang Supercar is
set to make its race debut at the Adelaide 500 to be held at the end of
February, when it will face off against similarly prepared racing versions of
the Nissan Altima and the new Insignia-based Holden Commodore.
