Mustang Mania, Texas Style, April 22-23

WHAT:

A rare sighting of the all-new 2005 Ford Mustang highlights the North Texas stop of the 10,000-mile, round-the-country, Great American Pony Tour II Thursday and Friday, April 22-23. View 40 years of automotive history "on the hoof" from club members' 1965 Mustangs to the all-new 2005 model.

* 200 classic Mustangs traveling with the Tour will arrive Thursday afternoon en masse.

* Part of the 40th anniversary celebration of Ford Mustang, America's original pony car and a cultural icon.

* Local North Texas Mustang club members will meet and lead the Mustang stampede through I-20 to I-635, to a reception at the Texas Shelby Continuation Facility on April 22.

* On April 23, the tour will visit Dallas Mustang Parts before heading to the Texas Motor Speedway for a tour and photo op.

  April 22 Schedule:
  4:00 p.m.            Pony Tour II arrives via I-20 to I-635
  3:30 - 5:30 p.m.     Media reception at Texas Shelby Continuation Facility
  6:30 - 8:30 p.m.     Public reception and car show at Texas Shelby
                       Continuation Facility

  April 23 Schedule:
  8:30 - 10:30 a.m.    Reception at Dallas Mustang Parts
  10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Lunch reception and aerial photography at Texas Motor
                       Speedway

  WHO:
  *  2005 Mustang Program Manager Gary Boes

* Pony Tour II organizer Dave Turnball, who quit his job to lead this tour across the country, and Mustang owners from around the world on the Tour

  *  Local North Texas Mustang owners

  LOCATIONS:
  Texas Shelby Continuation Facility/Unique Performance
  13950 Senlac Drive, Suite 300
  Farmers Branch, Texas 75234

  Dallas Mustang
  10720 Sandhill Road
  Dallas, Texas 75238

  Texas Motor Speedway
  3601 Highway 114
  Justin, Texas 76247

PRNewswire -- April 19