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One can even choose to pose their fantasy Mustang in a burnout pose, or have it quietly lurk next to a darkened parking garage pillar, in the dead of night, waiting for its next victim. Customizations are downloadable, and come in varying sizes – ready to be used a a Facebook pictures, Myspace Profile background or Twitter Avatar. Hope you enjoy these fun color-combinations!

Guess the old joke – “FORD: F*#ked On Race Day” – may be proven or disproved in 2010 – when Ford’s Mustang comes to the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series. It’s the first time Mustang will race under the NASCAR name, and we have an official stock car rendering above. I’m thinking the flood lights and grill won’t be in a production model – but it’s still a bad ass looking racer. Check out Ford’s official press release below.

MUSTANG extends racing presence – enters NASCAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2010 NATIONWIDE SERIES

DEARBORN, Mich., July 28, 2009 – Mustang is already the most successful single nameplate brand in professional racing history, but it hasn’t competed in NASCAR – until now. Brian Wolfe, director of Ford North America Motorsports, made the announcement today that Mustang will debut as part of NASCAR’s “new car” limited rollout in the 2010 Nationwide Series.

“We’re excited about Mustang coming to NASCAR,” said Wolfe. “It’s the most successful product nameplate in racing history, and it seems only right that it should be coming to the most popular form of racing in North America.

“We had been talking with NASCAR for some time about Mustang as part of its vision for a ‘muscle car’ rollout for the Nationwide Series. We both saw it as a way of differentiating the series from Sprint Cup,” said Wolfe. “We loved the idea, so we jumped on the chance to extend Mustang’s racing legacy to a new series reaching a huge and loyal audience. Mustang has dominated other forms of racing, including NHRA drag racing, Grand-Am Cup road racing, and Formula D drifting, and now it’s coming to NASCAR Nationwide.

“I think race fans – and Mustang loyalists – will be very pleased when we publicly roll out the first car later this fall.”

Ford Racing has gone through the official NASCAR submission and approval process for the new car, and, once templates are finalized, production of Mustang parts will start so teams can build the first cars for testing later this fall. “We’re excited about the new car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and particularly the new body styles such as the Ford Mustang,” said NASCAR President Mike Helton. “It’s going to be one good-looking race car.”

The 2010 Ford Mustang will join the 2010 Fusion (Sprint Cup) and the 2009 Ford F-Series (Camping World Truck Series) as Ford’s competitive entries in NASCAR’s three major professional series.

“We’re excited about being able to race Mustang in front of our loyal NASCAR fan base and know it’s going to win races and championships just like it has in every other series it has competed,” said Wolfe. “The Mustang created the pony car movement when it debuted in 1964. Now, the NASCAR Mustang has the opportunity to create a whole new look to stock car racing at its highest levels.”

From the time the very first Mustang rolled off the assembly line in 1964, it was destined to race. Whether it be from the 1960s drag racing cars and the Shelby GT350-R SCCA racers, to the Trans-Am Boss 302 Mustangs of the seventies, to the IMSA and Trans-Am cars of the eighties and nineties, to the drag race and sports car racing Mustangs of today, Mustang has been a winner.

Mustang currently competes professionally in the NHRA Funny Car and Pro Stock divisions and places like the Grand-Am KONI Challenge, SCCA World Challenge, and the Mustang Challenge Series. In addition, thousands of Mustangs see action by grassroots racers at road courses and drag strips all across America. Since its debut in 1964, Mustang has compiled more than 2,000 professional racing victories in NHRA, Grand-Am, IMSA, SCCA, NMRA and NMCA, as well as other racing series.

2010 Mustang Badge

Slight changes are coming to the classic pony on the Mustang emblem. The badge will receive a darker tone of gray with a sharper and more flowing mane. This horsey looks faster, as if he’s in the middle of his life’s fastest gallop. Now, will this Mustang be plastered specifically on the 2010 Mustang, the GT or all future ‘Tangs?

Douglas Gaffka, chief designer for the 2010 Mustang, says: “We lifted the head to make the pony more proud, tipped the neck into the wind to give it a feeling of greater speed and better balance… It’s more chiseled and more defined and looks more like a wild horse… It’s more realistic in terms of proportion to an actual Mustang.”

2010 Mustang Fender

Now this is the type of Mustang front end we like to see. Wider headlights that fall further back into the body, sleek and angled like this pony is ready to get down to business. The 2010 Mustang also looks a bit leaner than previous models, has Ford started a diet plan?

2010 Mustang Convertible

We now look back to 1967′s Mustang convertible. The door and frame line of 2010′s teaser shot looks like the first-gen run of convertible Ponies. Again, Mustang is looking slimmer than usual, it appears as though you can hardly use the side view mirror.

2010 Mustang Interior / Dash

Well, it’s actually more of a side show, leaving much of the dashboard hidden from view. We see those over sized gauges and one powerful old school race car steering wheel. Mustang’s horn is where you’ll find the new Pony badge, but don’t forget to look up at the road occasionally!

2010 Ford Mustang in public!

Is this the combination of all Ford’s efforts? Fans spotted the car at Woodward over the summer and have uncovered…well nothing. Since August there have been so many undercover 2010 Mustang photos leaked onto the internet it wouldn’t surprise us if Ford was just dressing up 2008 – 2009 Mustang mules to mess with us. The official 2010 Mustang is expected to make its first public appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show this November.