I don't think this has been posted already (hope not), but I was looking on the American Lemans Series website yesterday because their winter testing was this week at Sebring in preparation for the 12hr. In the photo gallery I saw these 2 pictures of a new mustang testing tuesday! I haven't read anything about it so I'm not sure, but it looks as if this car may racing in the Sebring 12hr in March. Anyway, here are the pictures of the car. Any info would be appreciated.

 

Pretty cool, I wonder what class this car is in. Looks a lot more radical than the FR-500 Grand Am Cup cars

 

I like how they fixed the problem with the hood ripping off at high speeds.

 

Is this one of those race Mustangs you can buy from Ford? I saw one of those at Barrett Jackson. I understand they come with a race 5.0. Why don't they use the 4.6 for racing?

Hey a functional spoiler! I just saw one like that on a Saturn 4 door.

 

Actually I watched a race last year where the mustang had 4 hood pins and the hood blew right off of the car

 

I think he was referring to the hood louvers not the pins.

 

If this car is going to be racing at Sebring in the American Lemans Series than I would guess that it would be in the GT2 class. It is definetely more extreme then the FR-500 Grand am cup cars.

Here's a few other GT2 cars testing at Sebring the same day as the mustang.


And a comparision of the FR-500 Mustang and the Sebring test car.

 

i was wondering why the mustang wasnt competing in the american lemans series.....Just watched the 24hrs of daytona the other day was hoping to see some stangs in the mix but not a single one

 

Is it just my wishful thinking, or do I really see RWL tires on the ALMS car?
If the really are RWL, does anyone know what brand/size they are?

 

Most racing tires have RWL. (Goodyear, Hoosier, Dunlop, etc.)

 

so, still nothing new on the street RWL tires front... :notnice:

 

Did anyone noticed TWO air ducts in the front? twin turbo?

 

Probably brake cooling ducts.