Mustang GT thrills fans at Bathurst ahead of next year’s Australian Supercars Championship.
Ford has revealed its first race-prepared seventh-generation Mustang, with the 2023 GT Gen3 Supercar uncovered at Mount Panorama for the Bathurst 1000.
The blue-oval’s challenger for the 2023 Australian Supercars Championship was shown in the pit lane in a global first appearance of the seventh-generation Mustang in racing guise.
Road-going variants of the seventh-generation Mustang were unveiled in Detroit last month with computer-generated images of the races shown at the same time.
“It’s fantastic to show the seventh generation in racing form,” says Mark Rushbrook, global director of Ford Performance Motorsports. “The reveal of the Mustang Supercar is the first of many with Mustang to race in GT3, GT4, NASCAR and the US National Hot Rod Association competition.
“Mustang has been an iconic brand for 58 years, and its legend will continue around the world. We always say Mustang was born to race, and that is truer today than ever. The GT Supercar is ready to race in 2023.”
It has been built by Ford’s homologation team Dick Johnson Racing, in conjunction with Ford Performance, in preparation for next year when a new era of Supercars racing begins.
The Gen3 GT more closely resembles its road-going counterpart with a production-based Coyote V8 engine, low roofline and long hood.
Ford-supported teams that will race it include Dick Johnson Racing, Tickford Racing, Grove Racing, Blanchard Racing Team and new to the Mustang stable, Walkinshaw Andretti United.
Johnson, the legend whose namesake team celebrated its milestone of 1,000 races at Bathurst over the weekend, has just driven it for the first time.
Andrew Birkic, president and chief executive officer of Ford Australia and New Zealand, says: “It was a special moment to be able to uncover this car in front of passionate Ford fans, alongside all our Supercars drivers.
“It was fitting that Dick took the car for its first laps. He’s a legend and an incredible ambassador for Ford. This car looks sensational, and it’s loud and it’s fast.”
Keyword: Wraps off Gen3 Supercar