If you attended an IMSA race this year, you might have seen a pair of Shelby GT350Rs racing in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. You definitely heard them—I can personally attest that their 5.2-liter flat-crank V8s made some of the loudest noises on the grid. Now, you can expect to see a lot more GT350Rs on track: Ford just introduced this new Shelby GT350-based GT4 race car.

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Based on the GT350R-C that races in IMSA, the Ford Mustang GT4 made its official debut today at the SEMA Show. This Mustang racer was developed with Canadian engineering firm Multimatic, which ran the GT350R-C in IMSA last year and manufactures the road and race versions of the Ford GT.

The ready-to-race (and not-street-legal) Mustang GT4 shares its 5.2-liter flat-crank V8 with the Shelby GT350, but here, it's paired to a paddle-shift six-speed racing transmission. Suspension changes come courtesy of Multimatic, and include modified dampers, lower control arms, and rear stabilizer bars. Ford also added an FIA-compliant roll cage, 18x11-inch wheels, slick tires, and revised aerodynamics to turn the GT350R into a legitimate race car.

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Thanks to new out-of-the-box racers like the Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, McLaren 570 GT4, and the upcoming BMW M4 GT4, this entry-level sports car class has one of the most exciting grids in racing. The Mustang GT4 will certainly be a great addition to this field—and definitely a noisy one.

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