UPDATE: 2010 FUNNY CAR BODIES
Tue, 2009-06-30 11:00
John Force Racing just took delivery of a truckload of 2010 Mustang Funny Car bodies. When 
they hit the strip remains a mystery.
“I don’t know yet,” Fourteen-time NHRA champion John Force admitted, suggesting that it would most likely be later in the season.
“It may be during the Countdown,” Force guessed. “We haven’t even looked at them other than a glimpse from the back of the trailer.”
The game plan is for all of the Ford teams, the four within the JFR stable along with Bob Tasca III and Tim Wilkerson to debut the aerodynamically improved bodies simultaneously.
“We’ll mount them in Indy at the Eric Medlen Project,” Force said. “Tasca will probably take his to Murf McKinney or Victory. We want to gear up our program to handle all of the Ford teams in the future, right now we just don’t have the manpower.”
Force believes the forthcoming bodies may be the best yet, a far cry from the initial version his then two-car team debuted in 1998.
“We went one direction with the aerodynamics that we felt was right and later learned that it was wrong,” Force admitted. “The first Mustang we had out there, the aero people told us we were better served to turn that body upside down and make it into a boat.”
Force told CompetitionPlus.com that his original bodies were built by Roush.
“I’m gonna be honest, I’d like to go back to Roush and keep the money in the Ford family,” Force admitted.
The new bodies are made by MetalCrafters in Fountain Valley, Ca.
Bob Tasca, along with Force, welcomes the new body into competition whenever it becomes race ready.
“The car has spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel,” Tasca explained. “You can only do so much with the modeling and the wind tunnel before the race track takes over. The NHRA has a lot of measures in place every step of the way.”
The new car is an improvement over the last version and marks the third redesign of the Mustang since Force switched over from GM.
Tasca believes the 2010 Mustang will show marked improvement, but cautions that Ford has reached the limits of what is humanly possible with the design.
“I know you’re not going to put this body on the car and immediately pick up all of this speed,” Tasca added. “You’re already reaching the limits of what man can achieve in tires and aerodynamics.”
Even if the new design were to offer incredible performance advantages on the track, Tasca believes its greatest attribute can be found in its marketability.
“We’re excited about bringing out this car because of the buzz it will create. This is about winning on Sunday and selling on Monday. This car will play a bigger role of selling on Monday than it will in winning on Sunday. The bodies we have are fantastic but it’s about pushing the 2010 Mustang. It’s about generating excitement behind and American icon.
“I’m more excited about the 2010 on my showroom floor than the one that will be on my race car. The fans buy the one on the showroom floor.”
they hit the strip remains a mystery.“I don’t know yet,” Fourteen-time NHRA champion John Force admitted, suggesting that it would most likely be later in the season.
“It may be during the Countdown,” Force guessed. “We haven’t even looked at them other than a glimpse from the back of the trailer.”
The game plan is for all of the Ford teams, the four within the JFR stable along with Bob Tasca III and Tim Wilkerson to debut the aerodynamically improved bodies simultaneously.
“We’ll mount them in Indy at the Eric Medlen Project,” Force said. “Tasca will probably take his to Murf McKinney or Victory. We want to gear up our program to handle all of the Ford teams in the future, right now we just don’t have the manpower.”
Force believes the forthcoming bodies may be the best yet, a far cry from the initial version his then two-car team debuted in 1998.
“We went one direction with the aerodynamics that we felt was right and later learned that it was wrong,” Force admitted. “The first Mustang we had out there, the aero people told us we were better served to turn that body upside down and make it into a boat.”
Force told CompetitionPlus.com that his original bodies were built by Roush.
“I’m gonna be honest, I’d like to go back to Roush and keep the money in the Ford family,” Force admitted.
The new bodies are made by MetalCrafters in Fountain Valley, Ca.
Bob Tasca, along with Force, welcomes the new body into competition whenever it becomes race ready.
“The car has spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel,” Tasca explained. “You can only do so much with the modeling and the wind tunnel before the race track takes over. The NHRA has a lot of measures in place every step of the way.”
The new car is an improvement over the last version and marks the third redesign of the Mustang since Force switched over from GM.
Tasca believes the 2010 Mustang will show marked improvement, but cautions that Ford has reached the limits of what is humanly possible with the design.
“I know you’re not going to put this body on the car and immediately pick up all of this speed,” Tasca added. “You’re already reaching the limits of what man can achieve in tires and aerodynamics.”
Even if the new design were to offer incredible performance advantages on the track, Tasca believes its greatest attribute can be found in its marketability.
“We’re excited about bringing out this car because of the buzz it will create. This is about winning on Sunday and selling on Monday. This car will play a bigger role of selling on Monday than it will in winning on Sunday. The bodies we have are fantastic but it’s about pushing the 2010 Mustang. It’s about generating excitement behind and American icon.
“I’m more excited about the 2010 on my showroom floor than the one that will be on my race car. The fans buy the one on the showroom floor.”
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