An interesting look into recent history shows it was Roland Dane himself, as part of the then V8 Supercars board, who touted the introduction of a Mustang back in 2013.
He actually lodged a proposal, and was concerned it wasn't being looked at properly by the board at the time.
Said Mr Dane back then:
“The days of four-door medium and large saloons being main players in the market place have gone,” Dane told motoring.com.au. “So that’s what it [the paper] is really about.”
“Now times are changing again. We have to have an open mind as to whether we go back to those two-door vehicles.”
“If they wanted to race the Mustang here on the platform we have got today it would be easy to do,” he said.
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