EP 70 Bonus Ford Test Driver Billy Johnson & Tanner Foust
The Adam Ferrara Podcast
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4.9 • 526 Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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OK, I'm driving the the new Shelby GT500 @ the Sonoma race track. YES! Those of you who know me, this could go either way. So I decided to get more info on the supercharged 760 hp mustang.
Billy Johnson is a race car driver and the test driver for Ford who did the work on the car. I talk to him and my pal race car driver Tanner Foust.
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| 0:00.0 | Gt 500, baby. |
| 0:09.0 | Hi guys, thank you for joining me for this bonus episode. |
| 0:21.1 | I am very excited. |
| 0:23.1 | I have to thank my friends at Ford and Shelby for inviting me to the Sonoma Raceway to drive the new Shelby GT 500. |
| 0:30.4 | Yes, and those you who know me know that this could go either way. |
| 0:34.8 | So, I decided to get some more background on the car. |
| 0:37.7 | I'll be talking to Billy Johnson, professional race car driver and a Ford test driver that |
| 0:42.9 | worked on the GT 500. |
| 0:44.9 | You'll also hear me get some advice from another race car driver that I know and love. |
| 0:49.1 | The little shit. |
| 0:50.5 | I'm glad you guys are here. |
| 0:52.0 | Listen to this. |
| 0:53.4 | Ayacocca asked the legendary Shelby to turn the Mustang into a high-performance vehicle. |
| 0:58.5 | And Shelby jumped at this opportunity. |
| 1:04.3 | My guest this week is the 2016 MSA Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS champion. |
| 1:10.8 | He currently drives for Chip Canasi racing in the UK, the number 66, 4GT, which I got to |
| 1:18.5 | drive as well, Billy. |
| 1:19.7 | I don't think I drove it as well as you. |
| 1:22.2 | I got to drive it also. |
| 1:23.4 | That's a more accurate way of saying that. |
| 1:26.5 | When he was 17, he won a scholarship to race at the Skip Barber Racing School |
| 1:32.1 | and a scholarship to race in Valencia, Spain, to compete in their inaugural season's Formula One, BMW USA Challenge. |
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