for posting that George. And Joe, I'm good with what you said too. Ford did do some under the table stuff through late '73 but I don't want to debate what commissioned means either
. Once again, Ford had the performance world by the tail but rules, the economy and the EPA in the '73-74 era all conspired to the demise of factory racing efforts.
Funny too when some years later NHRA went to the 500 CID rule to end Ford Cleveland dominance, things didn't quite work out that way. Ah, but that's a story I'll save for another day.