Thirty years after Saleen’s race team swept the Driver’s, Manufacturer’s, Team, and SCCA Escort Endurance Championships in a single dominant 1987 season, Saleen built a Mustang to mark it — and brought back General Tire, the partner that helped secure that win, to do it. Just 30 examples of this Black Label-based Commemorative Edition exist, each packing a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 tuned to 730 horsepower for the street or 750 for the track. It’s proof that some anniversaries deserve more than a badge.
In a landscape where manufacturers are putting out performance cars with numbers that look more like SAT scores than horsepower or torque outputs, Saleen Automotive and its amped-up power strategy has lost a bit of its wow factor. So, it’s adding a little extra visual flair to its current product line. Drawing on its history, the California-based company has announced the Championship Commemorative Edition Mustang, a package that harks back to the 1987 SCCA Escort Endurance Championships that Saleen’s race team won.
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Steve Saleen doesn’t build anniversary editions just to slap a sticker on a hood — every commemorative Saleen exists because a specific season, a specific trophy, earned it. Thirty years after Saleen’s race team swept practically every title on offer in a single season, this Mustang shows up with a supercharger bolted to its 5.0-liter V8 and a horsepower number that would have been unthinkable to the drivers who won that championship. Only a handful will ever be built, and the parts bin behind this car’s numbers reads like a highlight reel of exactly what made 1987 such an unrepeatable year for Saleen. What actually happened that season to earn a tribute car three decades later?
The Season That Earned a Tribute
In 1987, Saleen’s race team didn’t just win one championship — it swept the Driver’s Championship, the Manufacturer’s Championship, the Team Championship, and the SCCA Escort Endurance Championship in the same dominant season. That’s the kind of clean sweep most race teams never manage once, let alone all at the same time, which is exactly why Saleen brought back General Tire — the same partner that helped secure that 1987 win — to help build this thirty-year tribute.
730 Horsepower, Only 30 Built
Built on Saleen’s Black Label Mustang platform, the Commemorative Edition drops a 3.2-liter liquid-cooled supercharger onto the 5.0-liter V8 to produce 730 horsepower for the street version and 750 for the track-only variant. A new exhaust, a new shifter, and the return of Saleen’s Racecraft suspension setup round out the package.
Only 30 Built, Starting Around $87,000
Just 30 examples exist, with the street car starting around $87,000 — a steep number, but a fair one for a car built to honor a season nobody at Saleen has topped since.
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