I would say that I raced at least 6 or 7 MTX Focus. There are quite a few in my area. Maybe the guys couldn't drive or maybe I just got lucky, but from my experiences a stock Focus (exlcuding the FSVT) is no match for my stock 95 LX. Remember anything can happen at the "track"

The question asked was "What do you think would win in a race". Everyone automatically starts talking about 0-60 times and 1/4 mile times. Those are not the only races there are. From a roll, let's say 40mph a stock 2.5 would absolutely eat up a Focus. From high way speeds the MTX will lose a lot of it's advantage over the ATX.

My vote still goes to the Contour.