When revealing the seventh-generation Mustang final yr, Ford introduced a number of racing variants, most of have which debuted.
We have already seen the Mustang GT3, Mustang GT4, Mustang GT Supercar, and Mustang Darkish Horse R. That final one represents a brand new class of race automobile designed for Ford’s personal Mustang Problem one-make collection.
Ford has now revealed its race automobile for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Collection, and it includes a design borrowed from the road-going Mustang Darkish Horse. There is not a lot commonality past the essential design, though the 2 vehicles each characteristic V-8 engines and rear-wheel drive. The traces of the road automobile and race automobile are completely different as a result of the race vehicles need to match a template created by NASCAR.
The Mustang Darkish Horse NASCAR race automobile is predicated on NASCAR’s Subsequent Gen design launched for the 2022 season. The design presently depends on a 5.9-liter V-8 paired to a 5-speed sequential transmission, with drive despatched to the rear wheels. The chassis includes a metal space-frame design that’s frequent to all vehicles.
2024 Ford Mustang Darkish Horse at Charlotte Motor Speedway, July 2023
Along with the Ford, the 2024 NASCAR Cup Collection can even embrace vehicles sharing the design of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Toyota Camry.
The Mustang Darkish Horse NASCAR race automobile will make its monitor debut on Feb. 4, 2024, through the Conflict on the Coliseum exhibition race contained in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
It will not be the primary look of a Mustang in a NASCAR race automobile. The Mustang has been a fixture in NASCAR since coming to the Xfinity Collection full-time in 2011. It joined the premier Cup Collection in 2019.