The Rented Mule
Specs & Mods
- Lap times
- 1
- Ownership Status
- Currently Own
- Year
- 2016
- S550 Model
- GT350
- GT350 #
- 0059
- Transmission
- Manual
- Mods - Handling
- MM camber plates; FP springs & sway bars; Steeda adjustable end links; Apex SM-10 19x11 square; and Pirelli DH take-off slicks
- Mods - Power
- None
- Mods - Exterior
- OEM Swing; R splitter; KohR / Multimatic GT4 canards; modified R grill; FP tow rings; and FPRS livery
- Mods - Interior
- Sparco fixed shell race seats; Watson 4-pt roll bar; R rear seat delete; FPRS / Safecraft 5-pt harnesses; fire extinguisher; and Aim Solo
- Background & Plans
- This was the car I drove when I attended the GT350 Track Attack at UMC back in Oct '18. When I learned that the school was going to halt the program and sell some of the cars, I pestered them for months until I was finally offered the chance to buy "my" car. After attending the school, someone asked me how I liked it and I replied that "I beat on that car like a rented mule." So, once it was officially my car, the name returned and stuck. The Mule, as it's now affectionately known, is a dedicated track car that has brought me back to the track after a twelve year hiatus. We've already been to Road America, Autobahn Country Club, and Gingerman, with other events at Barber Motorsports Park, Blackhawk Farms, and a return to Road America to finish out the season. My goal is to keep the FPRS livery in place so that the car lives on as a testimony to it's history, but to continue developing it mechanically and from a safety perspective so that it's a finely honed track weapon someday.
