Bronco to race in Baja 1000

[77bronco_ed]

Maybe this was posted already?
Bronco to race in Baja 1000 as a tribute...

https://jalopnik.com/the-2020-ford-bronco-r-will-race-at-the-baja-1000-1839612418

https://www.motorauthority.com/news...-r-race-prototype-based-on-ranger-t6-platform

 

[WILDHORSES]

Lots of news coming out right now, there is a live feed on instagram.

Jim

 

[West Tn Dawg]

Here's another link. What do yall think? Looks like a good start to me.
Race Bronco Prototype

 

[englewoodcowboy]

Its close, this is a race skin but less the wide body etc. you get the general idea. This shows a fixed roof but it def. is not. It should put a lot of minds at ease as we said all along. I can't wait to see it race. Spring will be here before long and you will see the production units then.

 

[Jebus]

In Fords words...

Back in the Saddle



It was built for this, its engine roaring through the heat of the Mojave and its racing tires spraying desert sand. As the last grain settled, the vehicle that is all at once a tribute and a test and a tease, came in to focus. It was no mirage. Bronco – in the form of a race-inspired Bronco R prototype – is back.

As a tribute, it was appropriately parked alongside the Bronco that Rod Hall and Larry Minor famously drove to an overall win 50 years ago at the 1969 Baja 1000 – a victory that no other 4x4 has replicated. Featuring a race livery inspired by Hall’s winning vehicle, Bronco R passes the torch to off-road racer Shelby Hall, Rod’s granddaughter, who will drive it for portions of this year’s prestigious race in honor of her late grandfather.

https://media.ford.com/content/ford...9/11/04/ford-back-in-the-saddle-bronco-r.html

 

[broncosam]

It looks more like a Ford Flex than a Bronco

 

[Apogee]

The Bronco R-prototype looks like a modified Jeepspeed Cherokee body to me...cool, but probably a fairly liberal interpretation of the production body shape. I do like that they appear to have kept the front fender ridges, though not great for visibility, it is one of the many things I like about my EB's looks.

 

[73azbronco]

So basically it does look just like the tarp draped rendering.

 

[BRONCOchild]

I can see where the 4-doors will fit. There's still a lot of room between the driver and passenger door in relation to where the hardtop window" frame begins. Now, let's see the consumer version of it because a fiberglass "Baja" body still leaves a lot to the imagination.

 

[yakelys69]

I like the front profile and think its great they're racing in the baja 1000. I hope in production they offer a crawler version with a solid front axle. BRONCO

and a Race Crawler
BRONCO