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Hold on to your butts, people. <a href="http://www.fordracing.com">Ford Racing</a> and <a href="http://www.roushfenway.com/">Roush Fenway Racing</a> have unveiled their new stock car based on the poniest of pony cars. Prior to this, Ford teams in NASCAR have driven Fusions. Well, all right, none of them were <em>actual</em> Fusions or will be <em>actual</em> Mustangs. Rather, they'll be normal stock cars like everyone else in NASCAR drives that are covered with enough stickers and fake grilles to make you <em>think</em> that you <em>might</em> be looking at a Mustang from the stands. Man, "stock car" has really become a contradiction in terms. <br />
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Now you won't see Mustangs turning left next week in Charlotte at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The new car will compete in limited races next year and then only in the Nationwide Series, not the Sprint Cup. As such, it won't be based on the Car of Tomorrow platform that the Sprint Cup series uses. This first new Mustang to race in the Nationwide Series will be the No. 16 Con-way Freight Mustang driven by Colin Braun for Roush Fenway Racing. Is it enough to make us love NASCAR? Not quite, but if we had to race a bathtub on wheels, we'd pick this one.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.fordracing.com/news/detail/?article=37001">Ford Racing</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/">Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19194343/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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Hold on to your butts, people. <a href="http://www.fordracing.com">Ford Racing</a> and <a href="http://www.roushfenway.com/">Roush Fenway Racing</a> have unveiled their new stock car based on the poniest of pony cars. Prior to this, Ford teams in NASCAR have driven Fusions. Well, all right, none of them were <em>actual</em> Fusions or will be <em>actual</em> Mustangs. Rather, they'll be normal stock cars like everyone else in NASCAR drives that are covered with enough stickers and fake grilles to make you <em>think</em> that you <em>might</em> be looking at a Mustang from the stands. Man, "stock car" has really become a contradiction in terms. <br />
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Now you won't see Mustangs turning left next week in Charlotte at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The new car will compete in limited races next year and then only in the Nationwide Series, not the Sprint Cup. As such, it won't be based on the Car of Tomorrow platform that the Sprint Cup series uses. This first new Mustang to race in the Nationwide Series will be the No. 16 Con-way Freight Mustang driven by Colin Braun for Roush Fenway Racing. Is it enough to make us love NASCAR? Not quite, but if we had to race a bathtub on wheels, we'd pick this one.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.fordracing.com/news/detail/?article=37001">Ford Racing</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/">Mustang stock car unveiled for NASCAR Nationwide Series</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19194343/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/13/mustang-stock-car-unveiled-for-nascar-nationwide-series/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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