Virgil, you cannot lay all of that on Ford. GM has pulled its far share of shenanigans as well.
To say has never won much of anything is just wrong. When Ford was in Indy, GM did not even bother trying to compete. When Ford pulled out, and sold it all to Cosworth, Cosworth continued winning. Then GM finally stepped in. Even then they lost two years in a row to renegade Ford teams who had no factory support. Of course, Honda and Toyota own Indy now. It will be a while before any of them have the record Offenhauser had at Indy.
Truth is Ford has always been better at building road racing engines than at the quarter mile.
Skuzzy, I can lay the current state of affairs in Stock and Super Stock directly at the feet of Ford. Since they began buying the rule book for both classes in 2008, when they became "the official vehicle of NHRA", the amount of damage done has been incredible. Their paid for change to the basic foundation of Stock Eliminator has altered the basic premise of the class completely. Stock Eliminator was based on the primary rule that above all else, any car that ran in Stock Eliminator must be a production car, street legal, sold in quantity to the general public, certified for use to the industry standards for safety and emissions. That rule was specifically written to prevent purpose built cars from being entered in the class. The entire idea was that anyone who wanted to could go down and buy a car just like they saw compete, and they could drive it home, with legal license plates and insurance. Special high dollar purpose built race cars were specifically excluded from the class, intentionally, as part of the main reason for the class.
What Ford did to the class has driven many long time competitors out of the class, it has shrunk the car count, and discouraged potential racers from getting in.
I can also say that through the years, Ford has lagged far enough behind Chevrolet in sportsman drag racing, and even with their new bought rule book, the best they can do is go fast in certain classes, and win very few races. Honestly, the same applies to sportsman stock car racing, or circle track racing, whichever you prefer. I've never seen a race track with entry level classes that specifically and strictly forbid Ford cars from competing. I have seen nearly a dozen such tracks and classes with rules that forbid Chevrolet cars from competing.
GM, for the most part, never saw much purpose in "Indy car" racing, and rightly so. The amount of return on the investment was and remains paltry. GM learned that lesson when they associated themselves with Roger Penske. They spent millions, and won races. But they never got the sales they got from just providing pace cars. The fact that Penske stuck the screws to them did not help.
GM has been the car to beat in NASCAR for most of the last 40 years, though during certain periods Ford and later Toyota did exhibit some real competition.
Honestly, in drag racing and stock car racing, Chevrolet has been the dominant force more often than not for the longest period of time in modern history. Both at the professional level and the sportsman level, Chevrolet, and not Ford, has won more races and more championships. Ford has had some great moments, and some great competitors. But Chevrolet has been in the winners circle and on the championship stage a lot more often.