This latest iteration—effectively a special appearance package—borrows its name from a land-speed racing legend.

The Ford Mustang GTD has already cemented its place in the canon of great American sports cars, as it’s the first U.S.-made machine to break the seven-minute barrier at the Nürburgring. The car’s 6:57.685 lap puts it ahead of plenty of serious performance machines, including the Porsche 911 GT3 and the Ferrari 296 GTB.

Ford revealed the Mustang GTD as a street-legal supercar with one clear goal: achieve a sub-7-minute lap time at the Nürburgring. The Blue Oval announced it had achieved the feat at the beginning of the last month,