{"id":522117,"date":"2010-04-09T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/09\/vaughn-gittin-jr-unveils-new-drift-mustang-annnounces-new-spon\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T14:58:00","slug":"vaughn-gittin-jr-unveils-new-2011-mustang-drifter-announces-new-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522117","title":{"rendered":"Vaughn Gittin Jr. unveils new 2011 Mustang drifter, announces new sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s 2011 Monster Energy Ford Mustang – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nA few days ago, Vaughn Gittin Jr<\/a>. gave a sneak peak<\/a> of his new 2011 Mustang<\/a> and hinted that a new sponsor would be involved for the 2010 Formula Drift<\/a> season. Judging by the green wheels and that the car’s unveiling would be held at Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory<\/a> in Los Angeles, it was an easy assumption that Monster Energy Drink would be involved. The company is most famous in the motorsports world for sponsoring Ken Block<\/a>, and both Gittin Jr. and Formula Drift seem like an easy fit. Sure enough, when the wraps were pulled off the new livery featured Monster’s green and black theme.<\/p>\n

Like the production 2011 Mustang, Vaughn’s new ride features several new upgrades. The chassis and suspension have been updated using the knowledge gained from the 2009 season, and the looks have been tweaked to match Gitton’s ponycar for the street, the RTR-C Mustang<\/a>. Falken Tire remains as a sponsor and has provided their brand new RT-615K tires to be sacrificed on track, and a version of Ford Racing’s 4.6-liter supercharged V8 is still under the hood. So what will happen to the 2010 Falken Mustang? Justin Pawlak, who finished ninth last year with a Mazda RX-8<\/a> last year, is joining the Falken team and will take over Vaughn’s old Mustang.<\/p>\n

We were fortunate enough to receive an invite to the unveiling, and made sure to have cameras in hand. A dark, crowded warehouse isn’t our favorite place to photograph a car, but we did the best we could and have put the resulting images in the high-res gallery below. <\/p>\n

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Gallery: Vaughn Gittin Jr.’s 2011 Monster Energy Ford Mustang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nPhotos by Drew Phillips<\/a> \/ <\/small><\/strong><\/em>Copyright (C)2010<\/small><\/strong><\/em> Weblogs, Inc.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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