What 20 years of racing brought to the Ford Mustang Dark Horse T8-Spec pack

When Ford Australia and Triple Eight Race Engineering sat down to create the Mustang Dark Horse T8 Spec pack, the first rule was simple: no shortcuts; no logos without substance; and no borrowed credibility without earned input.

This is the story of what happened when an engineering business that goes racing met an engineering team that’s been developing cars in Australia for more than 60 years.

Holloway works in Ford Special Vehicles Engineering. He's spent months developing the Mustang Dark Horse T8 Spec pack alongside his colleague Tom Dohrmann, Supervisor, Special Vehicles Engineering at Ford Australia, and a team of engineers and designers.

It's an understatement from a seven-time Supercars Champion. But it also explains why this collaboration works. Both parties came to the table as engineers, not as marketing departments looking for a logo exchange.

That knowledge is what gave Triple Eight a seat at the table with Ford.