In 2019 and 2020, Ford's Bronco-R ran in the tough Baja 1000. The lessons learned in this backcountry off-road race were well-learned as Ford Performance took them and applied them to a new generation of off-road racing Broncos. Those lessons were learned quite well as Ford took three podiums in this past weekend's King of the Hammers off-road race.
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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.