Being auctioned off next month by RM, this 1965 Mustang GT350 R has a storied racing past. It won its division title in 1966, raced at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967, and won its class at the 12 Hours of Sebring the same year.
We caught up with Kerry Baldori, Chief Functional Engineer of Global Performance Vehicles at Ford, who helped lead the team that engineered the Shelby GT350 lineup.
According to the upcoming Chicago Auto Show website, the Ford GT350 Mustang comes up as one of the tags under the “Convertibles” section of the “Vehicles on Display.” But we’ve got our doubts.
Ford’s Chief Mustang Engineer, the man behind the new GT350R, slammed down the gauntlet on Stuttgart’s finest, stating that the new GT350R is better than the new Porsche 911 GT3.
Reportedly, the new Shelby GT350R lapped the infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife in just 7:32.19. Holy mackerel, that’s more than five seconds faster than Chevy’s Camaro Z/28.