Brickyard Legends Team present :
Zakspeed-Ford Mustang Turbo

In the late 1970s, Zakspeed was the official Ford team in the German "Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft" (DRM) series, a predecessor of the current DTM. The company constructed and entered an FIA Group 2 Escort and the Group 5 Capri, based on the MKIII production model. During this period, the Zakspeed team achieved a number of victories including the overall championship in 1981 with driver Klaus Ludwig. In the early 1980s, Zakspeed also prepared a Mustang for Ford USA's Special Vehicle Operations to race in the domestic IMSA Camel GT series. The Mustang chassis was based on the Group 5 Capri.

Ford's involvement in IMSA racing became effective in 1980, with Walter Hayes, vice president of public affairs in Europe. He was transfered to Michigan and started to take actions to get Ford more racing prone. Michael Kranefuss, who ran Ford touring cars as well as he worked for Zakspeed, joined Ford's racing program. He was named Motorsport Director in 1976. Walter Hayes called Michael Kranefuss later in 1980, and the two of them made plans to get Ford into big time racing. In 1981, Michael Kranefuss was named head of Ford's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO). After hiring some people and setting up what had to be done, Ford's future was set. One of the first thing Michael Kranefuss did was to get in touch with Erich Zakowski, the German Ford touring car specialist for whom he had driven a decade ago.

The first really big move was to withdraw the Ford Capris bodywork off, and use the Mustang bodywork instead. While the cars had some potential, they appeared slightly short on power. They were consistently hampered by overheating problems. However, Klaus Ludwig grabbed some victories aboard the Ford Mustang TC. Bill Scott and Tom Milner had some facilities, and this led them to run the cars for Ford Motorsport. In 1981, Klaus Ludwig won at Brainerd and Sears Point, after leading from flag to flag. Ford took back the program in 1982, after Miller High Life withdrew its support at the end of the 1981 season.

- mod includes one physics set :
ZAKSPEED_MUSTANG_TURBO.HDC.HDC - 1981 WCM,DRM championship, 1.7lt (Diffuser)

- the mod is linked to GTC-TC-76 class and the BMW CSL.

Credits :
- papag21 : 3d, mapping, file structure, templates, skins
- greg7 : physics
- jandri : sounds

Installation instructions:
- extract folder to X:/GTL/

Enjoy