NHRA FX Class... 2024 Mustang

[Ken Miele]

Hey guys, I was just watching the live feed introducing the 2024 Mustang. If you are a Ford guy its kind of exciting, but its a typical new car launch... nothing special I thought. The new Mustang looks nice, but what I did not expect was Ford Performance getting back into building drag cars. I grabbed a few shots of the new FX class Mustang. I have no details on the FX Mustang, and no info if there will also be a Cobra Jet version for the Showdown or if they will even use the Cobra Jet name. It was a total shock to me that they are still in the dragracing business... what a breath of fresh air.

[SSDiv6]

...and they kept the Line Lock option too!

[Henrys Toy]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Hey guys, I was just watching the live feed introducing the 2024 Mustang. If you are a Ford guy its kind of exciting, but its a typical new car launch... nothing special I thought. The new Mustang looks nice, but what I did not expect was Ford Performance getting back into building drag cars. I grabbed a few shots of the new FX class Mustang. I have no details on the FX Mustang, and no info if there will also be a Cobra Jet version for the Showdown or if they will even use the Cobra Jet name. It was a total shock to me that they are still in the dragracing business... what a breath of fresh air.

Good morning Ken and to all,
Kinda like Sex and Image - Performance sells cars. Drag Racing's quarter mile performance is an accepted " measure " of performance and regular people like ourselves can go to a local Drag strip and enjoy that performance. I'm all for it!

Respectfully,
Henry Kunz 1534 H/SA

[BG56]

From the company who's laying off workers and gearing up for EVs. SMH Big Time!

[Ken Miele]

Originally Posted by BG56

From the company who's laying off workers and gearing up for EVs. SMH Big Time!

Hey man, if you want to go negative... please start another thread. Shaking My Head at you.

[Ralph A Powell]

This is where Fords Dragrace $$$$$$$$$ is going!

SEVENTH GENERATION FORD MUSTANG IS HEADED TO LE MANS
By Alexandra Purcell
September 15, 2022 9:58 pm

The all-new seventh generation Ford Mustang hit the ground running at its reveal just last night, showing off completely redesigned exterior styling, an attractive engine lineup and a high-performance Mustang Dark Horse variant that will be the most capable 5.0-liter V8 street-legal Mustang ever. Additionally, The Blue Oval revealed its latest herd of motorsports-ready Mustangs, as the seventh-generation pony car will race across several classes and event types. One of those Mustang racers will return the nameplate to the iconic Le Mans endurance race.



Ford Racing exited the Le Mans 24 Hours after the 2019 running of the event, pulling the plug on its factory-backed Ford GT racing program at the end of the season. However, The Blue Oval’s hiatus from the endurance race will soon end, as the all-new seventh generation Ford Mustang GT3 will be eligible to race in the event’s 2024 running.

“Mustang is raced at all the great tracks around the world, but there is no race or track that means more to our history than Le Mans,” said Bill Ford, executive chair of The Stampede – the cleverly named debut of the all-new seventh-generation Ford Mustang. “It’s where we took on Ferrari and won in the 1960s and where we returned 50 years later and shocked the world again.”



Ford took Le Mans by storm with the GT 40 race car in 1964. Two years later, three Ford GT race cars took the top three positions at Le Mans. Mustang race cars ran at Le Mans in 1967 and again in 1997, and now, almost three decades later, the pony car will gallop once again in the tough race.

“Mustang will go back to Le Mans,” Bill Ford said. “Once again, we will Go Like Hell.”

We’ll have more on the S650 Mustang soon, so be sure and subscribe to Ford Authority for more Ford Mustang news and non-stop Ford news coverage.

[Tom P]

Speaking of FX class I see Bill Skillman is running in Comp in a FS/SM class Mustang.

Is that the new FX class?

It is good to see Ford still is catering to those of us who would no sooner want to sit in an electric car than an electric chair.

[Brian Oakes]

i see another paper car coming to a drag strip near you and i know you Kenny you will have 1 ordered, lol

[JHeath]

Originally Posted by Tom P

Speaking of FX class I see Bill Skillman is running in Comp in a FS/SM class Mustang.

Is that the new FX class?

It is good to see Ford still is catering to those of us who would no sooner want to sit in an electric car than an electric chair.

No,it isn't It a FX car,it is the 2014 black Cobra Jet that Bill drove in FSS when Drew drove the red 2018 Cobra Jet several years ago in FSS

[Larry Hill]

My guess is the Skillman team is gathering data!