tatnell>>>"""GM and Mopar are, just like Ford Motors Co, spending lots of money on drag racing, including nitro cars and that is just not going to happen."""""
IMO, Ford spends more on Farce than GM and Mopar combined on all classes. Ford probably spends nada on sportsmans classes due to knowing they can't win.
Nhra "MUST" have the Ford fan's money to survive so they will allow Ford to do whatever they like as in the example below.
In 1964, while working as a mechanical engineer for North American Aerospace Division assigned to the Apollo Project, Ford Motor Sports Division hired Jack to beat the Chevaire race team. They were using a Chevy 327 V-8 wagon. The intention was to beat out the stock car manufacturers award at the NHRA world cup meet in Columbus, Ohio. Ford flew Jack and towed his 1954 "Hornet" powered 6 cylinder car to the meet. Ford knew they could not beat the Chevy race team without Jack's help since he held the class record too. His 6 cylinder flat-head blew the doors off the 327 V-8 Chevy by two full car lengths which allowed Ford to be #1 in the manufacturer's class. This really showed the possibilities of what a 6 cylinder flat-head could do, so by 1967 Jack made new history by using OHV sixes to go too.
http://cliffordperformance.net/