GT4 Mustangs on the way

After the first won on debut at Phillip Island, a second Ford Mustang is about to fire up in the Australian GT4 championship.

Jason Gomersall will slide into his ’stang at Sydney Motorsport Park and there is more Mustang action planned for the future.

It could even include an Australian raid on Le Mans.

The man behind the Mustang moves is Andrew Miedecke, the former racer and successful car dealer who is now also the Australian agent for Multimatic, the company that builds GT4 and GT3 race cars for Ford Motorsport.

Miedecke landed the first Mustang GT4 which has set the pace in GT4 with his son George and speedy youngster Rylan Gray driving.

“We have landed a second Mustang and it will be running with Jason Gomersall at Eastern Creek in October,” Andrew Miedecke told Auto Action.

“Gomersall Motorsport, which includes Aaron Seton, will be responsible for the car. I have assisted Jason but he ordered his car before I became the representative for Multimatic.”

But two cars is not enough for Miedecke, who says he is fielding interest for more of the $440,000 turn-key racers.

“We think we can support about six cars in this country. Multimatic builds a lot of racing cars and they do nice stuff. Like the Porsche WEC car and the Ford GT.”

“I think GT4 is gathering momentum and we’re expecting more people to get on board with the Mustang GT4. It’s a natural fit for Australia.

“We know all about Coyote V8 engines, MoTec engine management systems and Holinger gearboxes.

“Spares for the Mustang are a fraction of the price of European spares. It’s much cheaper to run.”

Miedecke is already working on a plan for the weekend of the Bathurst 12-Hour in 2025, hoping for a standalone GT4 race.

“A standalone race would be very well subscribed. The other day I was talking to a team owner in the UK and he was saying ‘Everyone in the UK wants to race at Bathurst’.

“Across Asia, I’m continually being asked about a GT4 race at Bathurst.”

But there is another twist to the Mustang tale, as Miedecke is also pushing to get the latest Dark Horse model accepted for production car racing in Australia.

It is a sellout for road use in Australia with more than 1000 cars set to be delivered in coming months.

“We’re working to get acceptance in 3E production cars,” he said.

There has also been some talk, but no official moves yet, for an Australian series for the Dark Horse.

Ford Motorsport is working to get one-make Mustang Challenge series running in a number of countries, starting in the USA, and Australia is believed to be on the list.

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