(By Greg Engle)
Posted: Saturday,January 29th, 2011
Although Jamie Allison, Ford’s director of motorsports, stopped short of saying the Mustang will replace the Fusion as the automaker’s entry in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series in 2013, it’s abundantly clear Ford is leaning heavily in that direction.
Ford introduced the Mustang in the Nationwide Series last year to wide acclaim. Currently, all four auto companies that race in NASCAR—Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet and Toyota—are working on new designs for Sprint Cup racecars for 2013.
The Nationwide Series Ford Mustang debuted in 2010. (NASCAR)
“We like what’s going on in Nationwide—we really do,” Allison told Sporting News. “The more brand identity we have … and Mustang is the most identifiable brand we have in terms of racing and motorsports. So we’ve made it known that we’d like to see Mustang in NASCAR.
“We’re going to see and track how the Nationwide Series is going and how the Mustang’s impacting that and how much we can bring more brand identity into these cars, and then we’ll make a decision on what we’re putting in Cup.
“But we really like what’s going on in Nationwide, and we’d like to see more of that in Cup.”
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