New Pony racking up the checkered flags
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New Pony racking up the checkered flags
Looks like they are doing something right with the cammer 5.0 motor. They've won 4 out of 5 races so far.
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/featu...?release=21248
DEARBORN, July 27, 2005 -- The Ford Mustang seems to make a big impression anytime it arrives on the scene. The debut of Ford Racing's Mustang FR500C in the Grand-Am Cup's GS class this year has reinforced that point with a vengeance.
Through the middle of June, Mustang FR500C race cars had won four of the six events on the Grand-Am Cup circuit in which the car competes. The checkered flags came in the first six months after Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology, announced a new Mustang competition and performance parts program. The FR500C features a 5.0-liter Cammer DOHC V-8 engine into competitive racing this year, and the results have been nothing short of astonishing.
In February at Daytona, Tom Nastasi of the Blackforest Motorsports team hopped into his just-delivered Mustang FR500C on the Wednesday before the race, and was in winner's circle on Friday afternoon.
"The car is awesome," Nastasi said afterward. "I was only able to put practice laps on the car and didn't make any changes. It was that good right out of the box."
Just to show that Nastasi's win was no fluke, the FR500C proceeded to collect checkered flags at California Speedway and Laguna Seca Raceway in California, and then again at Mosport in Ontario.
Ford Racing Performance Parts (www.fordracingparts.com) is now taking orders for the FR500C race cars as they begin an initial build of 25 cars for use in Grand-Am Cup competition.. A couple of caveats, however: the cars are not street legal, and the sticker price for the FR500C is $125,000.
Just as Ford has a long history of technology transfer from racing programs into cars for the street, Ford Racing is parlaying their success on the track to make future production Mustangs that much better.
"The Mustang FR500C is paying dividends not only on the racetrack, but also in the development of performance parts for the 2005 Mustang," said Davis. "It's proving out the Mustang's performance capabilities and providing development data to future production vehicle programs such as the 2007 Shelby Cobra GT500."
http://media.ford.com/newsroom/featu...?release=21248
Originally Posted by Ford Motor Company
DEARBORN, July 27, 2005 -- The Ford Mustang seems to make a big impression anytime it arrives on the scene. The debut of Ford Racing's Mustang FR500C in the Grand-Am Cup's GS class this year has reinforced that point with a vengeance.
Through the middle of June, Mustang FR500C race cars had won four of the six events on the Grand-Am Cup circuit in which the car competes. The checkered flags came in the first six months after Dan Davis, director of Ford Racing Technology, announced a new Mustang competition and performance parts program. The FR500C features a 5.0-liter Cammer DOHC V-8 engine into competitive racing this year, and the results have been nothing short of astonishing.
In February at Daytona, Tom Nastasi of the Blackforest Motorsports team hopped into his just-delivered Mustang FR500C on the Wednesday before the race, and was in winner's circle on Friday afternoon.
"The car is awesome," Nastasi said afterward. "I was only able to put practice laps on the car and didn't make any changes. It was that good right out of the box."
Just to show that Nastasi's win was no fluke, the FR500C proceeded to collect checkered flags at California Speedway and Laguna Seca Raceway in California, and then again at Mosport in Ontario.
Ford Racing Performance Parts (www.fordracingparts.com) is now taking orders for the FR500C race cars as they begin an initial build of 25 cars for use in Grand-Am Cup competition.. A couple of caveats, however: the cars are not street legal, and the sticker price for the FR500C is $125,000.
Just as Ford has a long history of technology transfer from racing programs into cars for the street, Ford Racing is parlaying their success on the track to make future production Mustangs that much better.
"The Mustang FR500C is paying dividends not only on the racetrack, but also in the development of performance parts for the 2005 Mustang," said Davis. "It's proving out the Mustang's performance capabilities and providing development data to future production vehicle programs such as the 2007 Shelby Cobra GT500."
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Originally Posted by racingtheburg
Cammer motor is the shizzle.... I think they will bring her back in a factory car I hope 
Chris hit me up let me check out the black beast
Chris hit me up let me check out the black beast
Go to QSL tonight. I'll be there. Trying to retune it right now and clean my dirty ass K&N.
