Mooresville, NC – Detroit Speed was thrilled to have our new 1966 Mustang Test Car named the Muscle Car of the Year by Popular Hot Rodding during their first annual Muscle Car of the Year competition. The competition is based on recent muscle car projects that were completed in the past 12 months and represent the best in all around performance.

Ten competitors were invited out to National Trail Raceway the Monday following the Goodguys Columbus Nationals. The event was a three part competition that included drag racing, a speed stop challenge as well as an autocross. Each car had to make 10 passes on the speed stop, 10 passes on the 1/4 mile and 10 passes on the autocross so if there were any weaknesses on the car they would surely be exposed.

After all the results were tallied, it was Kyle Tucker and the 1966 Mustang Test Car who came away with the win. One of the things we take pride in the most was that after the event, Kyle hopped in the Test Car and drove it back the entire way to Mooresville, NC. We believe we were the only car not to trailer up and head home.

The Ohio SCCA put together a fantastic autocross and the staff from National trail did a fantastic job
handling the event. Thanks to Popular Hot Rodding and everyone else who made this event happen.

Check out the full results here.

Check out Popular Hot Rodding's video recap here.