[LostPony]

As pointed out above, Multimatic was key to the initial success of the current Mustang racing program in Grand Am, and has a long history with Ford in racing. They switched to the Aston is GS, but they were developing the Focus for the ST class, but it is my opnion that this watered down the effort as more attention seemed to be paid to the Aston program.

I for one am glad to hear that they will return to the Mustang program for the next gen cars. With teams like Roush and Multimatic, the new cars should be relatively competitive from the start, and maybe the sanctioning body will be over thier love affair with the Porsche people by then.