Time for Mustang may have bolted

TIME is running out for the Ford Mustang to join the Supercars Championship next year, Team Penske president Tim Cindric admits.

The American giant expects to continue with its Falcons next year unless the Mustang gets the green light from Ford Australia within the next month.

Penske’s Shell V-Power Racing and fellow Ford Supercars team Prodrive have collaborated on feasibility studies into a Mustang program, which needs Ford’s blessing to go ahead.

The Blue Oval withdrew its support from Supercars racing at the end of 2015 but continues to enjoy success thanks to the two privately funded squads running Falcons.

“At this point I don’t see that we will be running anything different from what we have on track today,” Cindric told Supercars.com of his team’s plans for next year.