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Byron Kinne Creates A Clean Mustang Purpose-Built For Bracket Wars
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Todd Silvey March 25, 2019Simple and clean are good words to describe the look and feel of Byron Kinne’s 1988 Mustang. Byron designed the car to be purpose-built for 1/8-mile racing; whether it’s mid-5-second bracket competition or heads-up index racing at popular Ford events like the National Mustang Racers Association (NMRA) Ford Muscle category.
Byron previously had a ’95 Mustang, which was a small tire car. It ran 6.0 e.t.’s, so when he found this ’88 Mustang, he pounced on the opportunity to go a little faster with a more specifically constructed bracket car.
“We’re pretty much a family team,” Byron says. “My wife, Mandy, my daughter, Lily, and I do it all ourselves and love being together at the races. We just want to be out there having fun and don’t want to worry about a lot of maintenance on a good performing bracket car.”
Byron purchased the Mustang as a rolling chassis but has added many of his own touches. “I bought the basic chassis from a buddy of mine who was a secondhand owner as well. This history is not completely clear, but it is a well-made car. We put in a funny car cage, did quite a bit of detail work, and reworked the front end with
QA1 front suspension components.”