{"id":418337,"date":"2026-05-08T18:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/418337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:34:17","slug":"supercars-news-iconic-aussie-championship-winning-ford-mustang-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/418337\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Iconic Aussie championship winning Ford Mustang sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2011-Lakeside-Classic-Lakeside-RacewayPete-Geoghegan-Mustang-Eastern-loop.jpg\" alt=\"Triple championship winning Geoghegan Mustang sold\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Geoghegan Mustang pictured at the 2011 Lakeside Classic. Image: Glenis Lindley<\/p>\n<p>The 1967 Ford Mustang in which Ian \u2018Pete\u2019 Geoghegan won the 1967, \u201968 and \u201969 ATCC titles has been snapped up by a collector.<\/p>\n<p>It was bought in recent months alongside an ex-Bob Jane Holden Monaro GTS 350 raced in period by Jane and John Harvey.<\/p>\n<p>The two cars had previously been sold as a pair at auction in 2021 and were located in New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Both have undergone a mechanical refresh at Garry Rogers Motorsport before being put on display at the Museum of Vehicle Evolution (MOVE) in Shepparton, Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>The Monaro was already on display in recent weeks while the Mustang has now arrived following a trip to Winton Motor Raceway on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-676588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3605.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>GRM delivered the Mustang to the museum alongside its own multiple championship-winning Mustang Trans Am car.<\/p>\n<p>That machine was driven to the Trans Am title by Nathan Herne in 2022 and James Moffat in \u201923 and has been purchased by a seperate collector.<\/p>\n<p>GRM director Barry Rogers told Speedcafe that car was sold primarily to free up space in the team\u2019s workshop.<\/p>\n<p>The Melbourne-based operation switched its Trans Am program from Mustangs to Camaros this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/250635\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/250635.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Geoghegan Mustang pictured at the 2011 Lakeside Classic. Image: Glenis Lindley The 1967 Ford Mustang in which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-418337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}