And so it begins....

http://eye-on-nascar.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/19681720/3...

48 Team caught

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Kubara on February 17, 2012 at 4:53pm

Some of the old guys at the local NH and Vermont races get pretty creative in their cheating.
A few years ago a guy had a plastic sports bottle full of lead to add weight to his car

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on February 17, 2012 at 4:59pm

Big picture......what did Chad want Nascar NOT to see....this was just a ploy I tell you

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on February 17, 2012 at 5:37pm

Big Picture? Ploy? How do you figure? What does Chad have to gain by getting caught?

As it stands the #48 has a cut up race car that they will have to repair and make pass inspection, These cars have several hours in the wind tunnel and that time was just wasted. This car will go on the track with zero wind tunnel aero numbers. Chad and team are facing fines, loss of points and possible suspensions.

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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on February 17, 2012 at 6:11pm

NIKAL...it was sarcasm bud. I would like to know what was gained...

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Permalink Reply by Wally Meier on February 17, 2012 at 6:12pm

NIKAL I feel less than qualified to argue with you but considering how high the chances are of getting caught what did they have to gain by tweaking the pillars in the first place. Also they have the Shootout car to model the new sections after (I realize it's not wind tunnel time) a car that is going to see plenty of practice and race time. I don't believe Chad does anything without a reason.

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Permalink Reply by timothy price on February 17, 2012 at 9:07pm

at the last Twin 200 race at Ontario Moter Speedway A.J. Foyte had an inspetor walk by his car after qualifing and he herd ais hissing
upon closer inspecton he found N2O on the car that was leaking so they made his crew remove the system and re-qualify
result was car was @-MPH faster FOYTE stated THEY JUST FOUND WHAT WE WANTED THEM TO!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on February 17, 2012 at 11:26pm

@Nikal, as you know Hendricks has money to piss away on 'testing'. What if it passed, and was a competitive advantage? cheap!

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on February 18, 2012 at 12:35am

NIKAL,

It doesn't seem to stop them does it?

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on February 17, 2012 at 10:51pm

The very firs thing I thought of when I heard the news earlier today was the old short-track saying "Make them look over here, so they're not looking over there".

I remember hearing a year or two (maybe 3 now) ago about either Morgan Shepard or Joe Nemecheck buying a car from I think RCR that had a tricked-out Roof-Rail system that would somehow "sink" down into the car a little bit at speed. The buyer was never told about this when they bought it they found it when they were replace the rollbar padding and when the padding was removed the roof-rail lowered down a bit.