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DEARBORN, Mich, Nov. 4, 2008 – With the addition of the 2008 Cobra
Jet Mustang, Ford Racing will have once again expanded its current
stable of race-ready Mustang race cars.
This time, however, the Mustang is designed for drag racing.
The Mustang FR500CJ, known simply as the Cobra Jet, will be officially
unveiled Nov. 4 at the 2008 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. It joins its road
racing brethren: the Mustang FR500S, the Mustang FR500C and the Mustang
FR500GT.
"The Cobra Jet is the newest offspring of the Ford
Racing lineup of race cars," said Jamie Allison, manager of the Ford
Racing Performance Group. "We started with the FR500C in 2005 and then
followed by the FR500S in 2007.
"All along the way, we worked
with Brian Wolfe, who, at the time, was really in the calibration
activity. He oversaw worldwide calibrations, and he was a big supporter
of Ford Racing, both professionally and personally," Allison said. "He
had always kind of asked us about our plans to do a drag race car and
the time had just come early this year to, indeed, take all of the
lessons we learned, all the processes, all of the relationships that we
have inside with the plant and with the team and put together a
sportsmen-destined drag race Mustang. Clearly, what we did in 1968 is
the impetus for it, and we felt that it was time to bring back the
Cobra Jet."
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