The explosion of growth in the X275 category has been well-documented: simply put, if you aren’t building a car for this class, you just aren’t hip to the times. Out of the woodwork these cars have come, and the number of ongoing projects in chassis shops and garages across the country are too high in number to count or keep track of.

Veteran Missouri-based doorslammer racer and custom turbocharging shop owner Dan Saitz recently debuted his incredibly sharp new 1989 Ford Mustang Coupe, which has been set up for competition in X275, Drag Radial, and True 10.5. This beautiful and just plain clean Coupe receives its motivation from a 364 cubic inch Small Block Ford fed by a single, intercooled 85mm turbocharger with FAST XFI and a tranny and converter from TCI.

Saitz, who has previously contested the Pro Street and Pro 5.0 ranks in the street car and all-Ford arena and later in Pro Modified and Pro Extreme with an ultra-slick GT500 Mustang, hauled this brand new piece down to Georgia last month and entered it in Radial vs. The World, where it was outclassed by the monstrous Big Block, twin turbo cars, but reeled off a 5.04 at 149 MPH best.

According to Saitz, his latest ride was also built also with the intent of conforming to the NMRA and NMCA 275 Drag Radial rules – which closely mirror those of X275 – making for another solid entrant in the touring series next season.