---
title: "Watch Pro Driver Ariel Biggs Hit the Track in the Classic Recreations Shelby GT350CR"
description: "Professional USAC Midget racer Ariel Biggs takes The Drive for a few hot-laps around Thermal Race Club in the Classic Recreations Mustang GT350CR"
date: "2018-06-27"
modified: "2018-06-27"
authors:
  - name: "Natalie Fenaroli"
    job_title: "Social Media Editor and Associate Producer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nataliefenaroli"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/video/21750/watch-pro-driver-ariel-biggs-hit-the-track-in-the-classic-recreations-ford-mustang-shelby-gt350cr"
categories:
  - "Builds"
  - "Culture"
  - "Ford News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "ariel biggs"
  - "classic recreations"
  - "GT350"
  - "midget racing"
  - "Mustang"
  - "racing"
  - "Shelby"
  - "thermal club"
---

# Watch Pro Driver Ariel Biggs Hit the Track in the Classic Recreations Shelby GT350CR

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/06/mustangstill.png>)
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Finding a true race car driver who can understand and communicate with the vehicle they're driving is like switching to racing slicks when you've been driving on winter-weather tires: You didn't know what you were missing until you found it. So finding one with the chops to talk about something like an old-school [Ford Mustang](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/21457/2019-ford-mustang-shelby-gt350-aerodynamic-features-straight-from-the-gt500>) with confidence and clarity on camera while simultaneous muscling the car around [the Thermal Club, the private members-only racetrack in California](<https://www.thedrive.com/video/20757/vaughn-gittin-jr-shows-our-resident-road-racer-a-good-time-in-a-2018-ford-mustang-rtr>), is about as rare as hen's teeth.

Luckily for me (and now, for you), Midget racer and certified badass [Ariel Biggs](<https://www.facebook.com/abiggles>) is exactly that kind of racing driver.

Even better, I recently had the chance to ride with Biggs during an event at the Thermal Club when she was driving a Classic Recreations [Shelby GT350](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12263/watch-this-intense-fan-made-shelby-gt350-commercial>) Ford Mustang, a resto-mod that combines 21st Century expertise and tech with 1960s style to make a rolling piece of art. It's a car that has the sex appeal of a musclebound all-American football player. It's big, beefy, and very, *very* loud. And Biggs, clearly, knows how to handle it.

So sit back and watch as Biggs and I talk about the car we’re putting through its paces, as well as about her experience as a USAC Midget racing driver...all, of course, while muscling that awesome Classic Recreations Mustang GT350CR around the track.

![message-editor%2F1530129591339-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1530129591339-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-1.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Nitto Tire*

![message-editor%2F1530129619718-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-13.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1530129619718-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-13.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Nitto Tire*

![message-editor%2F1530129639706-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-22.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1530129639706-nitto-tire-ford-mustang-at-thermal-22.jpg>)
*Courtesy of Nitto Tire*

## Author
Natalie is a road racing driver and coach. She was named one of Five of the Fastest Women You Will Ever Meet by Autoweek and is a lap record holder at Kansas Speedway. When she's not fulfilling her role as Social Media Editor and Associate Producer for The Drive she is a Technical Official for IndyCar.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/nataliefenaroli>)