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2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar Revealed at Bathurst!
Staff, Monday October 14, 2002.
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Driven by Ford legend, five-time Australian Touring Car Champion Dick Johnson, with Ford Australia President Geoff Polites in the passenger seat, the new 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar turned two laps of the famous Mount Panorama track.
Adding to the historic moment and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ford?s famous Bathurst 1-2 victory of 1977, the original XC Falcon racecars were also demonstrated by victorious drivers Allan Moffat and Colin Bond.
?That was an amazing experience,? Ford Australia President Geoff Polites said after completing the lap in the 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar.
?Everyone at Ford is very proud of this car and we hope the racefans will be too. We have put a lot of effort into this program and we are really looking forward to going racing in 2003.?
Now retired from race driving but still an active Ford team owner, Johnson said he was honoured to debut the first 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar built.
?Ford has something very special here, ? the three-time Bathurst victor said.
?When Ford asked me to drive the first 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar I was blown away. It is a great honour and today is certainly something that?s going to stick in my mind forever.?
A wall of fireworks along the main straight greeted the 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar as it began its demonstration laps, sounding superb as Johnson stretched the new car?s legs on the 6.21km Mt Panorama circuit for the very first time.
The first-ever V8 Supercar to be built by the same engineering and manufacturing expertise used to develop the new Ford Falcon road car, this initial 2003 racer will be used by the company for technical development. Knowledge gained from this factory program will be shared with all Ford?s teams.
Ford?s first 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar took 18 months to build.
It is also the first car built to the new V8 Supercar ?project blueprint? rules developed in close liaison with TEGA (the Touring Car Entrants Group), which for the first time in 2003 will align the Falcon and Holden racers more closely.
In 2003 ?Project Blueprint? will see both Falcon and arch-rival Commodore share suspension configuration and aerodynamic parameters for the very first time, while extending other shared technical details such as the same six-speed Holinger transmission and 9-inch Ford differential.
The primary difference between the two cars will be in bodyshape and under the bonnet, with the Ford powered by its now well-proven 5.0 litre V8 and the Holden by an equivalent Chevrolet.
?It?s an exciting program and I?ve no doubt success will be shared much more evenly between the two manufacturers, which is what the category was always intended to be about,? Geoff Polites said.
?Building our own racecar for the first time since the heyday of the GT Falcon has allowed us to provide our teams with a great deal of immediate and important knowledge, saving them time and resources.
?And we will continue to use this development program to assist them to get the job done.?
Ford has no plans to race the 2003 Ford Falcon V8 Supercar prototype which debuted at Bathurst today, however all its leading teams will race their new models from the beginning of 2003, starting with the Australian Grand Prix meeting at Albert Park (Melbourne) March 7-9.
For further information contact:
Ben Beazley
Media Coordinator
Ford Racing
Phone: (03) 9533 4455
Mobile: 0417-262 753
Email: ben@segalmedia.com.au
