<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/detroit-auto-show/" rel="tag">Detroit Auto Show</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/" rel="tag">Coupe</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/special-limited-editions/" rel="tag">Specialty</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/2011-boss-302r/"><img hspace="0" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/630boss.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>Ford Racing Boss 302R - click above for hi-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
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In addition to the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/2011-ford-mustang-gt-offcially-rolls-with-a-5-0-v8/">5.0 2011 Mustang GT</a>, Ford's also selling a new Boss 302R race car. If you haven't been paying attention, Ford's previous generation FR500C racer has been racking up victory after victory. Besides winning a race two days after the first FR500C was sold (you buy 'em at a Ford parts counter), the FR500C then went on to win three Triple Crown championships in Koni competition as well as back-to-back driver's championships in FIA GT4 (featuring Corvettes, Caymans, Aston Martin V8s, etc). And the Boss 302R is better. Or potentially better...<br />
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Featuring a racing version of the new 5.0 32-valve Ti-VCT V8, a six-speed manual transmission, roll cage, race seats, five-point belts, data-acquisition equipment, racing shocks and springs as well as Brembo brakes and special tires. How much? $79,000. There's also a $129,000 Boss M-FR302R1 that's eligible to race in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series (formerly known as the Koni Challenge). It comes complete with a sealed, high-output motor, better cooling, close-ratio transmission, a seam-welded body, Koni dampers, upgraded ABS system, tuned exhaust and a special one-piece drive shaft. <br />
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Ford's only building fifty Boss 302Rs next year and they should be available in the third quarter. Anyone else feel like hitting the track? Full press release, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/">2011 Ford Boss 302R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss00_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss10_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss20_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New Ford Racing Mustang Boss 302R is potential personified</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/">New Ford Racing Mustang Boss 302R is potential personified</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19295140/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><small>Ford Racing Boss 302R - click above for hi-res image gallery</small></em></strong></div>
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In addition to the new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/2011-ford-mustang-gt-offcially-rolls-with-a-5-0-v8/">5.0 2011 Mustang GT</a>, Ford's also selling a new Boss 302R race car. If you haven't been paying attention, Ford's previous generation FR500C racer has been racking up victory after victory. Besides winning a race two days after the first FR500C was sold (you buy 'em at a Ford parts counter), the FR500C then went on to win three Triple Crown championships in Koni competition as well as back-to-back driver's championships in FIA GT4 (featuring Corvettes, Caymans, Aston Martin V8s, etc). And the Boss 302R is better. Or potentially better...<br />
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Featuring a racing version of the new 5.0 32-valve Ti-VCT V8, a six-speed manual transmission, roll cage, race seats, five-point belts, data-acquisition equipment, racing shocks and springs as well as Brembo brakes and special tires. How much? $79,000. There's also a $129,000 Boss M-FR302R1 that's eligible to race in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series (formerly known as the Koni Challenge). It comes complete with a sealed, high-output motor, better cooling, close-ratio transmission, a seam-welded body, Koni dampers, upgraded ABS system, tuned exhaust and a special one-piece drive shaft. <br />
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Ford's only building fifty Boss 302Rs next year and they should be available in the third quarter. Anyone else feel like hitting the track? Full press release, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/#continued">after the jump</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/">2011 Ford Boss 302R</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss00_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss10_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-boss-302r/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/12/boss20_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New Ford Racing Mustang Boss 302R is potential personified</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/">New Ford Racing Mustang Boss 302R is potential personified</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19295140/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/28/new-ford-racing-mustang-boss-302r-is-potential-personified/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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