The Mustang Supercar was built by Ford’s homologation team Dick Johnson Racing with Ford Performance in preparation for the 2023 season.
Ford today showed the first race-prepared seventh-generation Mustang, the 2023 Mustang GT, which was uncovered at Mount Panorama ahead of the famous Bathurst 1000 ‘down under.’ The road-going versions of so-called Gen3 Mustang were revealed in Detroit last month. Back then there were only computer-generated images of the race cars shown.
This GT is a precursor of the next generation of Ford performance race cars, including an anticipated return to LeMans during 2024 in an IMSA GT category. The street and track-capable performance MDH – Mustang Dark Horse – is Ford’s next racer. (AutoInformed.com on Late to the Daytona Grid – Ford to Run in GT3 in 2024)
“It is fantastic to be able to show, for the very first time globally, the seventh-generation Mustang in racing form,” said Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “The reveal of the Mustang Supercar is the first of many, with Mustang to race in GT3, GT4, NASCAR and NHRA competition globally. The Bathurst 1000 starts today with practice before qualifying on Friday. The 1000km race is on Sunday 9 October. The seventh-generation Ford Mustang will arrive on Australian roads in late 2023.
The Mustang Supercar was built by Ford’s homologation team Dick Johnson Racing, in conjunction with Ford Performance, in preparation for the 2023 season when a new era of Supercar racing begins. The Gen3 Mustang GT Supercar sort of resembles its road-going counterpart, with production-based Coyote V8 engine, low roofline and long hood that the ground breaking original pony car was known for.
Ford supported Australian teams in 2023 racing the new Mustang, include Dick Johnson Racing, Tickford Racing, Grove Racing, Blanchard Racing Team and new to the Mustang stable, Walkinshaw Andretti United. Johnson, the Aussie Ford legend whose namesake team is celebrating the milestone of 1000 races this weekend, drove the car for the first time this afternoon.
I’ll bet he will have kind things to say…
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
Ford Shows 2023 Mustang GT Racer before Bathurst 1000
The Mustang Supercar was built by Ford’s homologation team Dick Johnson Racing with Ford Performance in preparation for the 2023 season.
Ford today showed the first race-prepared seventh-generation Mustang, the 2023 Mustang GT, which was uncovered at Mount Panorama ahead of the famous Bathurst 1000 ‘down under.’ The road-going versions of so-called Gen3 Mustang were revealed in Detroit last month. Back then there were only computer-generated images of the race cars shown.
This GT is a precursor of the next generation of Ford performance race cars, including an anticipated return to LeMans during 2024 in an IMSA GT category. The street and track-capable performance MDH – Mustang Dark Horse – is Ford’s next racer. (AutoInformed.com on Late to the Daytona Grid – Ford to Run in GT3 in 2024)
“It is fantastic to be able to show, for the very first time globally, the seventh-generation Mustang in racing form,” said Mark Rushbrook, Global Director, Ford Performance Motorsports. “The reveal of the Mustang Supercar is the first of many, with Mustang to race in GT3, GT4, NASCAR and NHRA competition globally. The Bathurst 1000 starts today with practice before qualifying on Friday. The 1000km race is on Sunday 9 October. The seventh-generation Ford Mustang will arrive on Australian roads in late 2023.
The Mustang Supercar was built by Ford’s homologation team Dick Johnson Racing, in conjunction with Ford Performance, in preparation for the 2023 season when a new era of Supercar racing begins. The Gen3 Mustang GT Supercar sort of resembles its road-going counterpart, with production-based Coyote V8 engine, low roofline and long hood that the ground breaking original pony car was known for.
Ford supported Australian teams in 2023 racing the new Mustang, include Dick Johnson Racing, Tickford Racing, Grove Racing, Blanchard Racing Team and new to the Mustang stable, Walkinshaw Andretti United. Johnson, the Aussie Ford legend whose namesake team is celebrating the milestone of 1000 races this weekend, drove the car for the first time this afternoon.
I’ll bet he will have kind things to say…
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, publisher (kzhw@aol.com), is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. Zino is at home on test tracks, knows his way around U.S. Congressional hearing rooms, auto company headquarters, plant floors, as well as industry research and development labs where the real mobility work is done. He can quote from court decisions, refer to instrumented road tests, analyze financial results, and profile executive personalities and corporate cultures. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.