From the 80s decade to the mid 90s, the Ford effort in the IMSA GTO class was constant. The Mustang was the most usefull model, but the Jack Roush Racing team also developped and ran T-birds and Capris.
Does anybody remember these cars and provide me all kind of information about :
- Who designed it?
- How many cars were built?
- What team(s) ran them? What about the staff?
- Chassis, body, engine, suspension, transmission, -brake, cooling and exhaust systems-, dimensions, tires, wheels, ... technical data?
- all other things which must be known on these machines...
The Jack Roush's T-Birds and Capris in the IMSA series.
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, Jan 27 2007 13:09
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 13:24
They also ran the Merkur, a US version of the Sierra. I had one at the time, and Ford would invite us to the races. I believe they won the championship with Scot Pruet driving.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 21:29
Ford had a big presence in the GT classes back in the mid 80s through the early 90s. In Trans Am they ran Mercury Capris (Mercury version of the Mustang) in 1984-85, with Tom Gloy winning the title in 1984 in the Lane entry and Wally Dallenbach Jr. winning in 1985 for Roush. They switched to Merkurs for the Trans Am in 1986, winning the title with Scott Pruett in 1987. Roush also ran a Capri alongside the Merkurs for Deborah Gregg. The Merkurs were four cyl turbos, but in 1988 they put a pushrod V-8 in a Merkur for Pruett to run on occasion. In 1989 the switch was made to Mustang as the preferred Ford entry and won the title with Dorsey Schroeder. Meanwhile, and parallel, in the IMSA GTO category there also were Fords running. Roush ran Mustangs, winning the title in 1985 with John Jones, and in 1986 and 1988 with Scott Pruett. In 1989 Roush switched to Mercury Cougars and won with Pete Halsmer and I believe in 1990 with Dorsey Schroeder. As far as the Ford Thunderbird, I recall one running IMSA in the mid eighties entered by Brooks Racing for various drivers including Bruce Jenner and Willy T. Ribbs.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 04:22
For '88, Roush ran Merkurs in GTO, with Pruett and Pete Halsmer.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 05:19
Appears to be the end of the straight at Mid Ohio. The crowd in the stands is going wild.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 04:02
Originally posted by RA Historian
The crowd in the stands is going wild.
It was the wood plank t-shirt giveaway day.
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 14:35
Ford invited us to the Watkins Glen round of 88. we got to do a lap of the track in between races(with about 40 other Merkurs, 1/2 the US models sold). It was the slowest I ever drove the car, but they did win the race.
