Ford Mustang Goes Racing in Europe
04-15-2010, 01:29 PM
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Ford Mustang Goes Racing in Europe Mustang GT to FIA GT3
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s official launch at Gosselies, Belgium was the venue for the world premiere of the all-new Marc VDS Mustang GT3, which will be campaigned in this year’s GT3 European Championship by Belgian Eric De Doncker and Canadian Scott Maxwell.
The latest addition to the GT3 grid weighs in at just 1350kg and features a 5.3 litre V8 engine, which produces 560BHP. These performance figures, combined with the all-new transaxle on the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 guarantee that the car will be a serious contender during it’s debut season.
The first car, with the chassis number MVDS001/001, was built by the team’s project partner Multimatic in Canada before being shipped to the United Kingdom, where it underwent a successful initial shakedown test at Ford’s European test facility near Luton, Bedfordshire.
De Doncker and Maxwell will race the #98 Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3, while the drivers for the #99 car will be announced by the Marc VDS Racing Team shortly.
The Marc VDS Racing Team, together with Multimatic, will build additional cars to order, for customer race teams looking for a competitive GT3 package off the shelf. The cost of the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 has yet to be confirmed.
For more information please contact the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 Project Manager, Eric De Doncker, at eric@marcvds-group.com.
The Marc VDS Racing Team’s official launch at Gosselies, Belgium was the venue for the world premiere of the all-new Marc VDS Mustang GT3, which will be campaigned in this year’s GT3 European Championship by Belgian Eric De Doncker and Canadian Scott Maxwell.
The latest addition to the GT3 grid weighs in at just 1350kg and features a 5.3 litre V8 engine, which produces 560BHP. These performance figures, combined with the all-new transaxle on the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 guarantee that the car will be a serious contender during it’s debut season.
The first car, with the chassis number MVDS001/001, was built by the team’s project partner Multimatic in Canada before being shipped to the United Kingdom, where it underwent a successful initial shakedown test at Ford’s European test facility near Luton, Bedfordshire.
De Doncker and Maxwell will race the #98 Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3, while the drivers for the #99 car will be announced by the Marc VDS Racing Team shortly.
The Marc VDS Racing Team, together with Multimatic, will build additional cars to order, for customer race teams looking for a competitive GT3 package off the shelf. The cost of the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 has yet to be confirmed.
For more information please contact the Ford Mustang Marc VDS GT3 Project Manager, Eric De Doncker, at eric@marcvds-group.com.
i know its road racing, but my god that HUGE wing. i didnt expect it to be that big 
04-15-2010, 03:10 PM
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I just hope that this doesn't inspire a bunch of "stangricers" that tack wings like that on the back of their V6's.
Other than the colors, that's a cool looking car. I'm interested to see how it fares in that series.
Other than the colors, that's a cool looking car. I'm interested to see how it fares in that series.
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04-15-2010, 06:40 PM
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Do you mean adding a wing, so the front end looks like its leaving the line hard going down the highway looks strange.
*** end low, front end high?
1000lbs of downforce in the rear only?
i gotta remove the wing from my stang. i thought it was cool til now.
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Good sir, are you in fact implying that should the vehicle in question add a winged appendage, it would display extreme transfer of weight to the rear end of the car? To draw my example in simile, it's chin would be quite aloft, and its rump thrust onto the ground! Is one thousand pounds forced downwards on onto the rear of the car enough? Most verily not!
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ya theyre played out and disgusting on anything but a real r
