One of many longest and most successful partnerships in Supercars history is determined to total with Walkinshaw Andretti United confirming they are going to fling Ford Mustangs from subsequent year.
The decision, announced on Friday, way the ex-Holden factory team will procure producer strengthen for the main time since 2016 as it races two of the Gen-3 subsequent period Mustangs within the 2023 Supercars championship.
The 2021 Bathurst 1000-successful team’s stream ends a decorated three-decade affiliation with Holden, including 27 years competing as the Holden Racing Crew.
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British driver and Walkinshaw founder Tom Walkinshaw used to be on the helm when HRT rose to vary into a powerhouse within the 1990s with Craig Lowndes and Trace Skaife racking up 5 straight championships from 1998 to 2002.
HRT would trail on to own interaction six drivers’ championships and 7 Bathurst 1000s with notorious names equivalent to Lowndes, Skaife, Greg Murphy, Garth Tander, James Courtney and the legendary Peter Brock turning into synonymous with the team.
The team lost its factory-backing before the 2017 championship before Tom Walkinshaw’s son and successor, Ryan, partnered with Andretti Autosport and United Autosports to make WAU, claiming a breakthrough triumph at Mount Panorama final year with drivers Chaz Mostert and Lee Holdsworth.
“For over three a long time we own gone head-to-head in competition with Ford, nonetheless joining forces with them for Gen-3 used to be the apparent route ahead,” Ryan Walkinshaw acknowledged.
“We’re going to wear the Holden badge with pride correct up till their closing fling in Supercars on the terminate of 2022.
“However now it’s time for swap, it’s time for a original chapter.
“To own producer strengthen all but again is terribly valuable for our fling team and the targets we own, and we thank Ford for his or her have confidence in us.”
The stream to the Blue Oval has been labelled a homecoming by Mostert, who spent eight years at outdated Ford factory team Tickford Racing before joining WAU before the 2020 championship.
“I’ve had a long and successful relationship with Ford within the previous, so it’s undoubtedly thrilling to be re-joining the Blue Oval in 2023 and previous,” Mostert acknowledged.
“This would possibly occasionally be a puny of a homecoming to step abet into a Mustang that is for particular.”
Their future plans right, WAU will be having a watch to jump abet from a disappointing Perth SuperNight when Supercars travels to Winton for the next give up on this year’s championship on Also can 21 and 22.