Global Ford boss takes TV talkshow host Jimmy Fallon for wild Aussie V8 Supercar ride

The international CEO of Ford, Jim Farley, has returned to the wheel of a V8 Supercar and taken Jimmy Fallon – host of The Tonight Show in the Usa – for a wild experience close to a test monitor in Detroit.

“How harmful is this?”, Fallon questioned ahead of the ride began.

“Fantastic. Aaaarggghhh. Oh my god,” he then screamed from the passenger seat of the howling V8 race car.

“Wow. My palms are sweating. That was insane,” Mr Fallon explained as collapsed to the ground following the ride.

The thrill experience was not as frightening as it appeared, as Mr Farley is a effective newbie racer who competes in his own classic Ford GT40.

He has also driven a V8 Supercar various times in the past, even demonstrating the Mustang at the Goodwood Festival of Pace in the United kingdom in 2021.

The new Mustang will be applied as a ‘Gen3’ racer when V8 Supercars gets a Ford Mustang-as opposed to-Chevrolet Camaro levels of competition upcoming yr.

The incredibly hot-lap automobile is the older S550 series and was never raced in Australia right before it was delivered to the Usa in 2015 for screen and demonstration work.

Aside from the Goodwood operates in Britain, Mr Farley experienced driven it just before at the Detroit test observe in a shakedown ahead of the Pageant of Pace.

Mr Farley also cast a new V8 Supercars relationship very last month when he achieved Cam Waters, who concluded 2nd with a Ford Mustang in this year’s Australian championship, when they were being each getting a refresher study course with a pointed out British racing driver coach – Rob Wilson – at Goodwood in the United kingdom.