{"id":16243,"date":"2015-06-26T09:09:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=16243"},"modified":"2015-11-11T10:34:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T18:34:38","slug":"shelby-gt350-returns-to-the-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/shelby-gt350-returns-to-the-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Shelby GT350 Returns To The Track"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 was made famous by the late Caroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer-turned race car driver turned\u00a0race team manager and car builder. The iconic GT has been reborn for this season, and will get a chance to once again live up to its name this weekend at Watkins Glen International.\u00a0 The race-ready version of Ford Performance’s new icon, which originally made a name for itself in 1965, will return to the SportsCar world in the IMSA Continental SportsCar Challenge.<\/p>\n

The GT350R-C shares aggressive bodywork and most of its parts with the production Shelby, per series rules. This includes its 5.2L V8, which features an exotic flat-plane crankshaft and is set to pump out 526 horsepower in street tune.<\/p>\n

The one thing that is sure to make a difference this time around with the return of this legendary Ford Mustang is the tech.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a lot of new technology including a lot of aluminum, a double ball front suspension, independent rear suspension and an all new powertrain that will include technological advances that very few people in the world will have an opportunity to experience,\u201d said Eric Zinkosky, Ford Dynamics Suspension Technical Specialist.<\/p>\n

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