Yep, no conflict of interest at all. No engineers from Ford or Toyota helped out. I'm sure they (HMS) didn't find anything that could be used on the current car or future changes to the Next Gen. What a joke.
Here is one from May of this year. Sounds like Nascar might be shopping ($$$$) around the Championship race between different locations. Phoenix, per Bianchi, paid between 5 to 10 million for it.
https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article305805351.html