Ripping Around In V8 SuperCars Proves Ford’s CEO Is The Coolest
Jim Farley runs the ship at Ford, and as CEO, he has some sweet job perks like driving a Ford Mustang V8 Supercar.
Jim Farley is at the helm of Ford, and for that, we’re quite happy. You see, Farley actually enjoys wheeling a car. Usually one with a blue oval. And we’ve recently learned through Australia’s V8 Supercars racing website that Farley has had a go in the Mustang built for that racing series.
If you don’t already know, think of the V8 SC series like Australia’s version of NASCAR. The race cars share no components with a standard production car, meaning this ride was a full-on racer. And Farley wasn’t wheeling it for fun. According to one of his twitter posts, Farley will be driving this car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. With that course being tight and technical, it was good to practice at Michigan’s M1 Concourse for the coming overseas party.
Goodwood will take place in the second week of July, and as described on their website, “the Festival of Speed is motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party, an intoxicating celebration of the world’s most glamorous sport.” Naturally, Ford’s presence in motorsport will be well represented by a number of historic cars, but we’re pretty sure he’ll be one of few active industry CEO’s actively wheeling a car. Goodwood typically live-streams their events, so be on the lookout on their YouTube channel if you want to watch the action.
The car he’s driving actually dates back to 2015. Back then, the car of choice for the V8 Supercar series was the Ford Falcon. This happens to be the original body this car wore. As was typical of V8 SC of the time, each respective manufacturer chose their 4-door as the representative race car. Sound familiar, NASCAR fans? And like NASCAR, V8 SC also allows cars in that never were made with a V8 anyway, like the Nissan Altima. But either way, it’s a ground-pounder of a V8 and that’s all that matters. In 2015 this car was shipped to the US, and somewhere along the way was given the updated Mustang body we see here.
Photos: Supercars.com, Ford Performance
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