Ford launches six Mustang race cars for 2024, including one for Le Mans.
takes the S model one step further, adding strategic seam welding for added stiffness, a larger fuel tank, and different wheels. It'll also undergo"special serialization" to approve it for racing in various racing series. Go up another notch and you arrive at the Mustang GT4, which Ford plans to introduce next year. It'll be available for customer efforts in places like the SRO and FIA GT.Road & Track. “This is something we have never done before.
The car destined for championships like IMSA, the WEC, and other GT3 categories will be called the Ford Mustang GT3. Developed in conjunction with Multimatic, it's an even more focused track beast that gets its own 5.4-liter version of the Coyote V-8. While Ford says it plans to return to Le Mans with this car, it won't arrive until the beginning of 2024. By that time the GTE category, which allows manufacturers to field factory efforts, will have been replaced by the GT3 category, which only allows customer teams with a mix of pro and amateur drivers. That means Ford will have to find a team willing to field its Mustang GT3, as it can't do the job on its own.
Ford has yet to release details on the final two variants, destined for the Australian Supercars series and NHRA Factory X drag racing, but says specifics will arrive in the"coming years." Road & Track staff writer with a taste for high-mileage, rusted-out projects and amateur endurance racing.
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