Heromaker-
You are right about everything except for one part. USAC is no longer going to have Toyota vehicles. I think they're going to have Ford vehicles next year, I think I heard?
So, in that case, it makes this even more of a head-scratcher. Unfortunately, this was the idea that [I]quite a few[I] competitors I talked to came up with. I guess USAC listened to these people...? Not good.