{"id":291402,"date":"2025-11-17T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/291402\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T23:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:59:09","slug":"mustang-cup-australias-nod-to-johnson-ambrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/291402\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustang Cup Australia\u2019s nod to Johnson, Ambrose"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE incoming Mustang Cup Australia series has recognised Ford icons Dick Johnson<\/a> and Marcos Ambrose with the establishment of trophies named in their honour.<\/p>\n

With the category\u2019s 2026 formats to revolve around a pair of 40-minute races each meeting, points accrued from Saturday races will go towards the Johnson Cup while Sunday points count for the Ambrose Cup.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s in line with an option for entrants to split driving duties between two pilots, or stick with just the one.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the support of legends like Dick Johnson and Marcos Ambrose is a huge coup for Mustang Cup Australia,\u201d said series manager Liam Curkpatrick.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe appreciate their support and look forward to honouring them for years to come as our drivers compete to hold up their cups each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike all modern one-make and sportscar categories, there\u2019s a class structure that opens up \u2018races within races\u2019 \u2013 ensuring that whoever you are and wherever you are running, there\u2019s always something to race for.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn top of awarding an outright Mustang Cup champion each year, we are excited to introduce the unique opportunity of an optional two-driver format, allowing two drivers to pursue separate championships or one driver to compete in both. It creates further opportunities and excitement within the series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson welcomed the category\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m really pleased to see the Mustang Cup come to Australia for 2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dark Horses are a serious bit of gear, and they are the perfect choice of car for young kids taking their first steps into V8-powered racing, or for the older drivers looking to get bang for their buck.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel honoured to have my name on one of the prizes that will be awarded at the end of the season, and I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing the category launch in March next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ambrose added: \u201cI\u2019ve driven for a lot of other manufacturers around the world, but none are as close to my heart as Ford and my time racing here in Australia with the Blue Oval.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had a great time together, we had a huge fanbase, we did a lot of winning and it really was just a glorious time to be around motorsport and the Ford brand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Mustang Cup Australia and Ford came to me to talk about the category and whether it would be ok to put my name on one of their trophies, I said \u2018absolutely!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a great thing. I love Mustangs, I\u2019m a huge fan of Ford, I have a huge soft spot in my heart for the brand here in Australia. I\u2019m certainly happy to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can race for the Ambrose Cup or the Johnson Cup, but my trophy is going to be bigger! So, you better race for the bigger one.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE incoming Mustang Cup Australia series has recognised Ford icons Dick Johnson and Marcos Ambrose with the establishment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-291402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}