Fogg bringing Mustang back to Bathurst

Angus Fogg will be back in Australia racing his iconic black and gold Ford Mustang in Touring Car Masters.

Kiwi veteran Fogg has been a regular visitor and has always turned heads with his yellow-eyed fire breathing 1970 Fastback Mustang.

In 2025 he and his 800 horsepower V8 will return at the Bathurst 1000 in October before backing up at the following TCM round in Sandown in November.

Even though Mount Panorama is always a highlight, Fogg has never raced at Sandown and is looking forward to giving his Mustang a run at the “Home of Horsepower.”

“Any chance you get to race at Bathurst is obviously very much a bucket list thing for Kiwis and Aussies – actually, for car racing people around the world. So I feel very, very lucky to be able to go and do it again,” he said.

“The added bonus this time is we’re going on to Sandown in Melbourne. I’ve never raced there, though I went years ago as a crew member with Team Kiwi and Jason Richards. 

Angus Fogg’s 2025 Mustang. Image: Adam Croy

“It’s one of Australia’s bucket list tracks because it’s fast and bumpy – and like Pukekohe, it’s not going to be there forever. With 35-plus muscle cars on the grid, it’s going to be quite a spectacle.

“This car’s eight years old now, and we’ve kind of kept it going as you do. But it was really due for a little mechanical and body birthday. 

“My good friends at Moselle have given it a ‘roll it in glitter’ treatment, iSignit have given it a new livery, and we’ve got a few new sponsors on board – which is awesome because as you can imagine, it’s not cheap to be doing what we’re doing.”

The last time Fogg raced in TCM was the 2024 round at Bathurst in February where he finished a strong fourth in the Trophy Race, but was unable to carry on.

It came at the end of a busy period where he also competed in the Combined Sedans class in a support event for the Bathurst 12 Hour the weekend before.

He took a race win, but overall honours were dashed by a final race crash.

“It was a bit of a comedy of errors – a wheel came off at very high speeds, sheared the studs,” he said.

“We were Half a lap from winning the weekend until the wheel decided to snap off going into McPhilliamy.

Fogg leads into Murray’s corner in Sports Sedans back in 2023.

“The things you learn along the way, I guess. That won’t be repeated. 

“Hopefully it’s reliable and nothing falls off, because at Bathurst if something does go wrong, it goes wrong in a big way. 

“We were unlucky, but also lucky with the incredible support we got from the Australian guys to get back going again.”

Fogg has previously taken three wins at Mount Panorama and made headlines by hitting 300km/h charging down Conrod Straight.

However, that will not happen in 2025.

“Last time out we reached 300km/h down Conrod Straight,” Fogg said. 

“This year, TCM have been very vocal that we’re not allowed to be doing 300 plus, so all the Kiwi cars are rev-limited and diff-mandated to about 285 max. 

“If we go any more than that, we’ll be in the naughty room! 

“Having said that, there are no rules about how fast you can get up to that speed – so that’s what we’ve been focusing on.”

Since his last visit in 2024, Fogg has stayed busy by racing in the Touring Car Masters New Zealand series.

The 2025 livery for Angus Fogg. Image:Adam Croy

He credits his return to Australia with the growth of the New Zealand based series.

“It’s an invitation thing – quite a few from TCM NZ, quite a few from Mainland Muscle Cars in the South Island, and a couple or three of us from Central Muscle Cars in the North Island,” he said. 

“We’ve ended up with 15 cars, seven from the south and eight from the north. 

“There’s all sorts of weird and wonderful people and cars going. Some have been before and some haven’t. 

“It’s going to be really interesting to see how it pans out. There are certainly some very fast cars from the South Island in particular – and of course Tony Quinn’s taking ‘the beast,’ which I had a drive of the other day. That car’s certainly not lacking in straight-line handling!”

Photo: Dirk Klynsmith

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