As far as being a Fordnatic - when it gets to NA$CAR, all of the cars are the same - recall the travails of the COT - and the engines are all 355's and carry about the same Hp so a maker's badge is just a decal. The only difference is how many bushels of hundred dollar bills are required to buy the best of the best equipment, the savviest crews and engineers and the most talented drivers. I might even cut back on my viewing as the COT( ) has NOT made for better racin', just safer . And short track races, 1/2 - 3/4 mile are not run enough times to warrant spending so many hours in front of the boob tube.