All-New Mustang FR500S Race Car To Be Produced

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Matt Rigney October 31st, 2007

By Matt Rigney Author October 31st, 2007

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December 31st, 1969 Another big announcement by Ford this week at SEMA is they are putting into production an all-new Mustang FR500S race "spec" car at their AutoAlliance International Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant. This Mustang FR500S is basicallly a team effort between Watson Engineering in Taylor, Michigan who is doing final interior work and ROUSH who will fine tune (dyno) the 4.6-liter 3-valve V8 engine being produced by Ford in Romeo, Michigan. The Ford Mustang FR500S race cars will be available from dealers at around $75K. The FR500S is intended for on track racing in the all-new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup that will be held at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Another big announcement by Ford this week at SEMA is they are putting into production an all-new Mustang FR500S race "spec" car at their AutoAlliance International Flat Rock, Michigan assembly plant. This Mustang FR500S is basicallly a team effort between Watson Engineering in Taylor, Michigan who is doing final interior work and ROUSH who will fine tune (dyno) the 4.6-liter 3-valve V8 engine being produced by Ford in Romeo, Michigan.

The Ford Mustang FR500S race cars will be available from dealers at around $75K. The FR500S is intended for on track racing in the all-new Ford Racing Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup that will be held at Miller Motorsports Park near Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Tags: Racing, S197 Mustang (2005 )

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By Greg "Eights" Ates #1, Posted: 10/31/2007

Very nice, and the full equipment list on www.mustangnewsnet.com is impressive.
It also shows how expensive even a spec racer can be, which is probably why such a microscopic percentage of the world's population participates in automobile racing.
OTOH, the FR500S might change all that...