Brad Brand and his gorgeous black 1992 Mustang Coupe have long been a favorite amongst fans of heads up racing and Mustang fanatics for its sleek look with the turbos peeking out from atop the hood, its awesome stance, and wheels up charges. Brand experienced a top end crash during the Shakedown at E-Town at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park last fall.  The engine let go as it went through lights and it erupted in a fireball, carrying the car through the sand trap and hard into the catch net when the chutes didn’t deploy.  Since that time, everyone has been wondering when we’d see the little black coupe with the monstrous twin turbocharged big block back on the track.
A couple images surfaced today over on the Yellow Bullet forums of a 2007 Pro Stock Ford Mustang that Brand has reportedly acquired, and will become the next Outlaw 10.5 racer to try their hand at ADRL’s Extreme 10.5 class.  The Rick Jones-built car originally belonged to John Nobile and campaigned on the IHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock trail where he piloted it to 6.2 second elapsed times.  He later sold it to Bob Yoak and was driven by veteran Frank Gugliotta before Yoak put the entire operation up for sale.

Little is known about Brand’s XTF plans, including whether or not the powerplant from the Coupe or one very similar will find its way in the more aerodynamic and much lighter new Mustang.  However, it’s probably a safe bet, given his success in recent years with his combination in Outlaw 10.5, that the new ride will see the hairdryers under the hood in some configuration.

And given that success – which includes runs into the 6.5 second range on 10.5W’s – he should definitely be a threat to the frontrunners in the ADRL. Reportedly, the Coupe is still undergoing repairs from the Englishtown crash and will, much to the delight of race fans everywhere, return to the track at a yet to be determined date.