I had a 2000 cougar that I autocrossed right when i got it. I didn't know to add more oil to the duratec.... and autocrossed 1 day each month for 3 years. I've also autocrossed my contour every month for a little more than 2 years. I read to add more oil a few months after getting my contour (and joining ceg)... and have been running +1 qt ever since. Even though I never had any issues over the last 5 years... I feel much better now since reading about the starvation issues... and was thankful i didn't kill my cougar since it was leased... and i beat the shi!t out of it.
There was a contour guy who was at the autocrosses when i had a cougar. He eventually went on to NASA/ASRA (roadcourse)... a couple months later, he was back at the autocrosses with a different car, because he killed his motor on a long sweeper.