NEW MUSTANG SPORTS SEDAN NEARING COMPLETION

Sports Sedan racer and category president Michael Robinson is putting the final touches on a new Ford Mustang he plans to unleash against his fellow competitors later this season.

Robinson, who has been a mainstay of the category and known for racing his iconic Holden Monaro for many years, will be making the switch to the blue oval in the next few months and believes that the move to the Mustang will lead to improved handling and performance.

 “The Mustang should be significantly better than the Monaro. It’s quite a lot lower in its centre of gravity and better in its weight distribution, so cornering should be improved,” Robinson told Auto Action. 

It will be a momentous occasion when the car finally hits the track, considering the project has been in the works for a number of years. 

“I’ve been building my Mustang for two and a half years, and before that, Riverside Racing, who originally built the frame, worked on it for a couple of years, so it’s been a project about 5 years in the making. I’m hoping to get the car out on track sometime in the next few months,” shared Robinson. 

The Ford Mustang brand has gone through a renaissance period in Australia since it re-entered the Supercars Championship and Robinson’s Sports Sedan will differ from the Supercars iterations fans have become familiar with in recent years. 

“It’s a Mustang body which we’ve shaped differently from Supercars. It’s quite a bit wider, all fiberglass and carbon fibre panels, panel shift gears, and it’s got a Chevrolet 6-liter engine with about 750 horsepower compared to Supercars which run on around 600 horsepower. So the car is lighter, wider, and hopefully a fair bit faster, which is the plan.” 

Robinson has also enlisted the help of former Supercars and Sports Sedan driver Darren Hossack, who will get in the car and shake it down before its racing debut. 

The Sports Sedan category has experienced a resurgence in recent years since it has linked up with both Supercars and the SpeedSeries as part of its support card lineup, with around 25 entries expected to take part in the next event at Tailem Bend. 

The next National Sports Sedan Series round is on May 31 to June 2.

JASON SKYLLAS

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