At the end of the 1969 Trans-Am season, Walter Hayes of Ford Advanced Vehicles (yes, that Walter Hayes 😱) brought the ex-Kar Kraft/Bud Moore Mustang over to UK for Frank Gardner. Frank and his crew then updated the car to Group 2 specifications, for the 1970 British Saloon Car Championship season.
It raced as number 104 and 165 with the red/black/white Bud Moore colours. The big Mustang won 8 out of 11 rounds of the BSCC in class D, and almost brought Frank his 3rd saloon car championship. Tyre problems during the final race swung the title to Bill McGovern's Hillman Imp. Book-ends
In November Frank Gardner's Motor Racing Research team entered the Mustang in the end-of-1970 South African Springbok Series (oddly named the Shell Drivers Cup, most likely for commercial reasons), with Mike De Udy. Despite the car's great pedigree and drivers, the team had a lack-lustre series, 10th in the Rand Daily Mail 9h at Kyalami, 9th at Killarney (3h), 4th in Mozambique (3h), 13th in Bulawayo (3h), 9th at Hesketh (3h), and 6th at Goldfields (3h).
This is the #9 livery that was used in all rounds, except the 9hr.
It raced as number 104 and 165 with the red/black/white Bud Moore colours. The big Mustang won 8 out of 11 rounds of the BSCC in class D, and almost brought Frank his 3rd saloon car championship. Tyre problems during the final race swung the title to Bill McGovern's Hillman Imp. Book-ends
In November Frank Gardner's Motor Racing Research team entered the Mustang in the end-of-1970 South African Springbok Series (oddly named the Shell Drivers Cup, most likely for commercial reasons), with Mike De Udy. Despite the car's great pedigree and drivers, the team had a lack-lustre series, 10th in the Rand Daily Mail 9h at Kyalami, 9th at Killarney (3h), 4th in Mozambique (3h), 13th in Bulawayo (3h), 9th at Hesketh (3h), and 6th at Goldfields (3h).
This is the #9 livery that was used in all rounds, except the 9hr.
