When you talk about the 'national series' for FFord in Australia you'll find that many are quite pleased that it's been detached from the V8 Supercar meetings.

It was a costly arrangement and very testing, not on the driving or preparation but on the logistics and bank overdrafts. And I gather, though I may be wrong, that it's more than just 'state' series now. It just doesn't go as far afield.

Not that I keep abreast of FFord, it's a category I've never considered worthwhile though it's gained fame because it was the only one there. Remember how it came about?

A Pommie racing school found it was cheaper to put Cortina GT engines into cars than try to keep up their F3/FJunior engines and it all went from there. And it led to people spending more money keeping engines standard than turning them into real race engines.