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All-new Shelby® GT350R-C embodies Ford innovation through
performance as race car makes its competition debut this weekend at
Watkins Glen
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Shelby GT350R-C to compete in the remainder of the 2015 IMSA
Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge with Multimatic Motorsports
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Competition version of Shelby GT350R features all-new 5.2-liter
flat-plane crankshaft V8 created to extend on-track performance
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- (Business Wire)
There’s no mistaking the wicked sound or aggressive looks of the all-new
Shelby® GT350R-C that Ford announced today would see its
first official track time at Watkins Glen this weekend.
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Ford Shelby GT350R-C, the competition version of the reincarnated icon, will compete in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a showdown of the most popular - and accessible - performance cars from around the world. (Photo: Business Wire)
Ford Shelby GT350R-C, the competition version of the reincarnated icon,
will compete in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, a
showdown of the most popular – and accessible – performance cars from
around the world.
The GT350R production car was unveiled in January, and is one of more
than 12 new vehicles Ford Performance will bring to market through 2020.
Since its introduction, sports car enthusiasts have eagerly awaited the
debut of a racing version.
"Like so many Mustangs before it, the Shelby GT350R is a car born to
race,” said Dave Pericak, director, Global Ford Performance. “We’re
taking it to the track as the GT350R-C and we’re ready to see what it
can do against the best competition in the world.”
Both production and race car versions feature the first-ever production
car V8 from Ford with a flat-plane crankshaft. This unique layout –
typically reserved for the world’s most exotic sports cars – helped
create the most powerful naturally aspirated engine Ford has ever
produced.
The race car features an adapted version of the advanced, fully
independent suspension from GT350R – fitted with revised spring rates
and antiroll bars, lower ride height, unique track-tuned alignment
settings, revised bushings and cross-axis ball joints in the front.
Longtime Ford partner Multimatic Motorsports, which will manage the race
team, returned to the blue oval in the series’ Grand Sport division in
2014, piloting the Mustang Boss 302R with some of the most popular and
talented drivers on its roster. The squad will field drivers Billy
Johnson, Scott Maxwell, Austin Cindric and Jade Buford for the GT350R-C
debut at Watkins Glen.
“Ford is committed to the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge and we’re
very happy to be campaigning its product here,” said Larry Holt, team
principal, Multimatic Motorsports. “We like the endurance format, and
the racing is always intense. Strategy plays a big role; the cars must
be fast and reliable, and there are always at least 10 contenders
running door-to-door for two and a half hours. It is the perfect home
for the GT350R-C.”
“American muscle cars have a storied history in the Continental Tire
SportsCar Challenge, and we eagerly anticipate the start of a new
chapter with introduction of the Shelby GT350R-C,” said Scott Atherton,
president of IMSA. “Mustang has earned icon status through its racing
heritage going back to the competition Mustangs of the 1960s, and this
new race car will undoubtedly add to the legend.”
For full technical details of the production GT350R, visit http://racing.ford.com/series/more-racing/news/articles/2015/01/shelby-gt350r-mustang--the-most-track-capable-production-mustang.html.
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Source: Ford Motor Company
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