Ford NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle pose for a photo with their new 2008 Shelby GT500KR’s in front of Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ebay motors and the maker of race game “GRID” held an online competition in May for gamers to enter their fastest lap times using a demo version of the game to win a one-of-a-kind 445 Horsepower Mustang GT-R. The top five players of the online competition than attended the GRID launch event in San Francisco on June 4th for a final race-off to determine the winner

Kudos to the 2008 Mustang Convertible as it’s the first and only convertible to earn a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for front crash, side impact and rollover tests. The five-star rating makes it one of six Ford vehicles since 2000 to get a NHTSA five-star rating. Read more in the press release after the jump…

The 2010 Shelby GT500 has been spied and the guys over at Stangnet.com have all the photos for you to view. The photos include exterior and interior shots of the 2010 Shelby GT500 test mule which show several key new elements although most of the car is either painted or wrapped up with camouflage.

Ok, now they are not playing fair, Indiana State Police recently purchased 18 2008 Mustang GT’s to be used as unmarked police vehicles for traffic enforcement throughout the States districts.