Gurney, let me assure you that "competitive cheating" in auto racing began long before Loyus and Brabham and likely with the first race having rules to assure the even competition Mac mentions.   From then on sanctioning bodies have tried in vain to write rulebooks and racers have looked for any wiggle room they could exploit.

The present day NASCAR rule book contains a dilly though. Nearly every penalty that NASCAR hands down mentions section 12-4-A of the NASCAR rule book. That NASCAR rule covers "actions detrimental to stock car racing." NASCAR applies it freely from to everything from illegal suspension parts to fighting.   What actions are these? Why they're whatever NASCAR deems them to be at any given moment.

Probably the most famous cheat of all time was at Daytona where NASCAR measured the size and volume of the fuel cell in a car built by the legendary "creative genius" Smokey Yunick. Smokey had a shop in Daytona about 10 miles across town from the Speedway called the "Best Damn Garage in Town."   After arguing with NASCAR officials about their measurments, the officials had removed the offending cell for confiscation and further testing. Smokey just slid in through the window, started the car, and drove it across town to his shop with the fuel cell sitting at the judge's feet!


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