Ford Mustang FR500S Launch

driving school. Powered by a 4.6-liter 3-valve, fuel-injected V-8 production engine and featuring a Ford Racing cold-air intake, the FORD MUSTANG FR500S includes a 6-speed transmission with an upgraded clutch and Ford Racing short-throw shifter. The Ford Mustang FR500S features the same braking used on the Mustang FR500C, along with unique two-way adjustable front dampers with coil springs and an adjustable anti-roll bar in both the front and rear suspension.

“The new Ford Mustang FR500S is the result of Ford Racing working with Miller Motorsports Park, the Auto Alliance International production facility and everyone with Team Mustang to produce an affordable race car that is durable and lives up to the powerful reputation of the Mustang,” said Jamie Allison, manager, Ford Racing Performance Group. “We were able to use production racing parts out of our own catalog to ensure this car handles and performs with the power and aggressiveness the Mustang is known for.” With the addition of the Ford Mustang FR500S to its current stable of Mustang race cars, Ford Racing now provides customers a racing ladder – all within one manufacturer – to climb up through the ranks of professional racing. The Ford Racing ladder begins with the Ford Racing High Performance Driving School at Miller Motorsports Park featuring specially prepared school Mustangs.

The next step on the ladder is the Ford Mustang FR500S, which is delivered as a race-ready vehicle, complete with a racing seat and safety harnesses, and provides competitors with a base to hone their driving skills and an exciting year-long schedule to race against other semi-pro drivers.

Moving further up the ladder puts racers behind the wheel of the Mustang FR500C, which competes in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series, and the FR500GT4, which competes in the GT4 European Cup Championship. Both Mustangs are proven winners with each car having won championships in its first year of competition.

At the top of the ladder sits the FR500GT3, which is the ultimate race-bred Mustang. The FR500GT3 competed in select FIA GT3 European Championship races in 2007 and will be campaigned full-time in 2008.

Customers or competitors looking for more information on how to get behind the wheel of their own Ford Mustang FR500S or to be a part of the new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup should contact Miller Motorsports Park at (435) 277-8790, www.millercup.com, or visit www.fordracingparts.com/FR500.

Date : 12 Dec 2007 11:28:58 Source: Ford

Date : 12 Dec 2007 11:28:58
Source: Ford