I agree with many of the things you are saying.....it's sad to see that way Stock cars, sorry cookie cutter cars have developed over the years....much better racing in the 60's-80's...yes racing may be closer today, but it seems that in many cases it comes down to winning by saving fuel, etc...
While the cars can never be truly "stock", at least make them race whatever body style they sell...because of their trying to even the playing field with the "Car of Toworrow", we will never see another Monte Carlo SS, Laguna, Superbird, Daytona, etc......
As for Mayfield......even if he wins (not likely) he will still lose in the long run....he has no future in NASCAR....NASCAR management will see to that....(they don't like anyone questioning their control over the sport)
Mayfields situation is a bit different from Tim Richmond's as Tim was trying to cover up his AIDs, and he did make a come back before health issues ended his career for good as well as his life. No one really knows if Mayfield is using drugs or not (he said-she said....)
It's a sad situation for Mayfield............