New Ford Mustang BOSS 302R Unveiled

Ford Racing unveiled today the next generation of racing Mustang in the form of the new BOSS 302R, a beast fitted with a new 5.0-liter V8 engine. Bud Moore Engineering prepared the race car in honor of the 40th anniversary of Parnelli Jones’ 1970 Trans-Am championship, with prices starting at MSRP $79,000 and with deliveries expected to begin in the third quarter of 2010.

Aside from the 5.0-liter four-valve engine mated to a six-speed manual transmission, each Mustang BOSS 302R will come equipped with a roll cage, race seats, safety harness, data acquisition and race dampers/springs, and a Brembo brake and tire package.

“We expect the BOSS 302R to continue the successful tradition of winning with factory-built production-based race cars from Ford Racing,” Jamie Allison, director, Ford North America Motorsports, said in a release.

“The FR500C and FR500S road racing Mustangs, and the Mustang FR500CJ (Cobra Jet) for drag racing have proven to be great cars for our customers, helping teams win races and championships. We believe that the BOSS 302R will provide that same sort of competitive product for our customers with the tradition you can only get from Ford Racing,” he added.

The BOSS 302R1, with an MSRP of $129,000, comes with a special Grand-Am Homologation Package, ready to compete in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series, starting with the season-opening race in Daytona on January 29, 2010.

This variant will feature a race engine with an upgraded cooling system, a close-ratio six-speed transmission with integral shifter, a seam-welded body, race suspension/KONI dampers and ABS brake tuning, race performance exhaust and a high-speed balance one-piece driveshaft.

“We have a great team on the BOSS 302R project,” said Andy Slankard, Ford Racing engineering supervisor and the lead engineer on the BOSS 302R project. “Between our partners at AutoAlliance International, where the Mustang is built, Team Mustang, Multimatic and the entire Ford Racing team, we have once again proven to be a leader in turnkey production-based race cars.”