Gradient Racing, a Texas-based motorsports outfit that competes in IMSA, will field the No. 66 Ford Mustang GT3 beginning in 2025, ending its current alliance with Acura.
Gradient Racing will partner with Ford Performance to work toward competition in 2025, capping off a six-year partnership with Acura. The motorsports team will test the new race car throughout the summer of 2024 to learn all it can about the Ford Mustang GT3 and bring a competitive machine to the GTD class next year.
“We are incredibly excited to join the Ford Performance family with the new Mustang GT3 for the 2025 season and beyond,” said Andris Laivins, Team Owner of Gradient Racing, in a team release. “Our good friends at Multimatic have done an incredible job with this car. It represents the pinnacle of GT3 engineering, and we can’t wait to put some serious miles on it and learn more. The factory team has done a massive job developing the new platform, and as a customer program we will benefit a lot from their experience.”
“We are pleased to welcome Gradient Racing to the Ford Performance family, as they prepare their newly acquired Ford Mustang GT3 for an upcoming IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship program in 2025,” said Mark Rushbrook, Global Director of Ford Performance Motorsport. We are excited to support them in this new chapter of their IMSA program. It is our continued mission to offer the beating heart of Mustang to customer teams worldwide – from Mustang Dark Horse R and Mustang GT4, to our ultimate expression of Mustang in our sports car racing line-up, Mustang GT3.”
Currently, Gradient Racing’s No. 66 Acura NSX GT3 is driven by Katherine Legge, Tati Calderon, Stevan McAleer, and Sheena Monk. Gradient has not announced its driver lineup for next year, however, but indicated that such announcements will be disseminated via social media over the coming months.
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What a bad ___ looking machine! I know that form follows function especially in the racing world, but Multimatic and Ford have hit this one out of the park! Now, let go get some more wins!