The factor about drifting is that the people who find themselves actually, actually good at it make it look straightforward. However the 2024 Ford Mustang is designed to make these not expert in the dead of night arts of oversteer really feel like heroes, even for treasured moments. Forward of Mom’s Day, Components Drift champ Vaughn Gittin Jr. hit Virginia Worldwide Raceway with Mustang Chief Engineer Laurie Transou to take Vaughn’s mother Daybreak and Lauren’s daughter Claire out for some driving classes.

The video begins with Daybreak and Claire getting aware of Launch Management — a characteristic that maybe appears considerably uneventful in video, although anybody who has ever skilled it in actual life is aware of it packs a punch. From there, the crew takes to the skidpan to experiment with the Mustang’s new Drift Brake, which was developed with Gittin’s involvement and is obtainable by means of the Efficiency Pack on all trims.

My colleague Steve DaSilva defined how the Drift Brake labored again in September when the brand new ’Stang was introduced. Steve is aware of his Components Drift higher than anybody I know, so I’ll defer to his experience right here:

The Mustang, like many trendy vehicles, splits its parking brake off to a second, electronically managed rear brake caliper. But it surely appears Ford’s efficiency engineers took a take a look at that break up rear setup and went, “Dangle on. Components Drift vehicles have twin rear calipers. We will do one thing right here.”

That “one thing” was to deliver Vaughn Gittin Jr. on board, to assist develop a drift brake that Ford claims is a “competition-ready system.” That’s loads to dwell as much as, particularly when the twin rear calipers on FD vehicles are way more highly effective than a bit of single-piston e-brake, however possibly the Blue Oval meant competitions at your native grassroots occasion.

Flick the automobile into Observe Mode, and that brake deal with turns into an unlatched lever tied straight to the secondary rear pistons — one which gained’t lock itself within the engaged place mid-slide.

In fact, those that recall the Focus RS know that this isn’t the primary time Ford has tried to go down the ability of drifting to the plenty. As Gittin explains to Claire within the video, the Mustang’s Drift Brake solely requires that the motive force pull up the handbrake when steering within the course they intend to float, then merely let go of it whereas staying on the fuel. Ideally on a closed course, as a result of Ford may be very clear that Drift Brake “ought to by no means be used on public roads.” (Right here’s the place you set your individual Mustang crashing joke. Aren’t ad-libs enjoyable?)

Anyway, Claire, Lauren and Daybreak every depart the automobile with the unmistakable grin that solely oversteer can present, earlier than testing the brand new pony automobile’s Line Lock mode for impromptu burnouts to cap a Mom’s Day I doubt anybody concerned will quickly overlook.