Ford reveals the Bronco 4600 stock class race truck
8 February 2021 1:06 pm / 0 comments
Ford Performance has revealed the new Bronco 4600 race truck that will run in the Ultra4 stock class beginning this year. Unlike the Bronco Ultra4 4400 unlimited class machine you saw last week, which merely resembles the Bronco that’s sold in showrooms, this 4600 is based on the production car.
“Innovating the off-road landscape and competing with Bronco’s higher-speed off-road abilities have always been at the core of Bronco brand’s heritage. Our new Bronco 4600 racers underscore our motorsports heritage and how the all-new 2021 Bronco can be tuned from the showroom floor to compete in the gruelling Ultra4 stock class series,” said Dave Rivers, Ford SUV marketing manager.
Ford has a new Bronco that’s ready to run. (Ford)
The automaker’s performance division has built a 2021 Bronco that will compete in the 4600 stock class of the Ultra4 off-road racing series.
The events combine high-speed stretches with punishing rock crawling that’s showcased at the signature King of the Hammers event. (Ford)
Ford also has pure racing Broncos that compete in the unlimited 4400 class, but the new one is based on the production model and an owner could come pretty close to recreating it if they try hard enough. (Ford)
The truck started as a Bronco with the extreme Sasquatch package and uses the stock frame and 2.7-liter turbocharged V6 as required by the rules, which also call for it to be street legal.
Ford unveils its Bronco 4600 Race Truck at the King of the Hammers off-road racing event. The SUVs feature stock 2.7-liter EcoBoost engines and 10-speed automatic transmissions.
Ford is taking off-road racing seriously again.
Ford s enthusiasm for the all-new Bronco is seemingly boundless. Following the announcement of its Bronco Ultra4 4400 built to run in the King Of The Hammers race in the unlimited class starting this week, Ford has revealed its entry for the ULTRA4 Stock Class.
Meet the Bronco 4600: built from the factory stock Bronco two-door SUV chassis and powered by a race-bred version of the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 engine rather than the 4400 s Ford Performance V8. The Bronco 4600 also features a different livery from the unlimited class 4400. Ford describes it as a war paint scheme and pays homage to the 1969 Baja 1000 winning Bronco.