Ford creates a $300,000, 800-hp street-legal version of the new Mustang GT3 race car, and in some ways it’s better than the track-only version. Yikes!
—with eyes on earning a 24 Hours of Le Mans GT-class trophy with a pony car. And now the final side to the series-production Mustang triangle is known: The team simultaneously homologated the Mustang GT3 race car via a $300,000 global street-legal track monster:
Ford's idea was to take the race car and not change much for the street, with the aim of beating GT3 competitors like Porsche, Mercedes-AMG, and Aston Martin at Le Mans and on the road, Farley says. In classic brash Farley fashion, he went so far as to issue a challenge via a quote attributed to him in the official press materials for the Mustang GTD:"This is our company, we're throwing down the gauntlet and saying, 'Come and get it.
Pro driver Hand notes how the aerodynamic drag-reduction system takes downforce out of the car for a boost in straight-line speed, similar to the system used in Formula 1 but not allowed in GT-class racing. Along with its extra horsepower, this is an area where the road car boasts an advantage over the Mustang GT3.
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