The #25 Ford Mustang The car currently competing in this year’s Supercars championship is up for auction and could fetch a bargain if it wins the title at the Bathurst 1000 in just a month’s time.
Walkinshaw Andretti United is selling chassis WR028 to free up space at its Clayton facility before this Mustang’s driver, Chaz Mostert, gets a new race car next year.
Organized by LloydsThe auction is scheduled to close on Sunday, September 15 at 7:00pm (AEST) – just hours after the flag is thrown at the end of this year’s Sandown 500 endurance race.
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That means anyone who buys Mostert’s Mustang will get their hands on the car before the end of the season, with the Bathurst 1000, Gold Coast 500 and Adelaide 500 taking place later in the year.
Walkinshaw has done this before, selling Mostert’s 2021 Holden Commodore race car in September of that year for $610,000, before going on to win the Bathurst 1000 the following month.
The Mustang WR028 chassis made its debut at the start of Supercars’ ‘Gen3’ era in 2023, and despite not taking a win last year – leaving Mostert without a win or pole position for the first time – the car and its driver have been in fine form this year.
With three wins this year, including back-to-back victories in Sydney, Mostert is just 81 points behind championship leader Will Brown, with a maximum of 1200 points still up for grabs over the remaining four rounds of the season.
While the sale is likely to be completed by Monday, the car won’t be delivered to its new owner until next year, when it will be painted in a similar colour scheme to the Bathurst 1000.
For the first time, Walkinshaw will also include a race-tuned 5.4-litre Coyote V8 under the Mustang’s bonnet when it sells, rather than leaving it up to future owners to source their own powertrain.
At the time of writing (3 p.m., September 12), bidding is up to $210,000.
