“We have a long, great working relationship with each other, both at the highest levels of professional sports car racing, and in developing competitive customer race program and vehicles. “We’re excited to work on this new IMSA program as well as the GT3 customer program with Ford Performance,” said Larry Holt, EVP of Multimatic Special Vehicle Operations.
Not only have they worked with us to develop numerous customer Mustang programs in the past, but its work on the Ford GT program and the new Bronco DR customer race programs has shown together we can provide championship-level race programs for Ford and its customers.”Įngland’s M-Sport, a tenured Ford partner in the World Rally Championship, will handle the engine builds. “There’s no question that Multimatic Motorsports is the perfect partner on this project for us. “With 58 years of global endurance racing heritage, including NASCAR and Australian Supercars today, we are ready to take Mustang to the next level of global performance. “Mustang was born to race from the start and we’re thrilled to introduce the GT3 version to compete head-to-head against some of the greatest manufacturers in the world,” said Mark Rushbrook, Ford Performance Motorsports global director. Michigan rival General Motors also has a new GT3-based model due in 2024, the Corvette GT3.R, which will reignite the decades-long competition between the two brands while taking on some of the best international manufacturers involved in GT3 like Aston Martin, BMW, Lamborghini, Lexus, Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG, and Porsche.
and European SRO championships are high, along with Australia and Japan. With the GT3 formula serving as the most popular of its kind, the potential for Mustang sales in the various U.S. Set to make its debut in two years at the Rolex 24 At Daytona, Ford has committed to entering two Mustang GT3s in the new GTD Pro class along with looking after any customers that order cars to compete in the Pro-Am GTD category. The Blue Oval’s ongoing relationship with Canada’s Multimatic Motorsports will see the 5.0-liter Coyote V8-powered coupe produced in significant quantities to support international and domestic customer purchases, and a Multimatic-led factory team in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Ford will enter the global GT3 marketplace in 2024 with its iconic Mustang and extend its roots at home with a return to factory endurance racing in IMSA.
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