[Ron61]

Ronbo,

I believe it was the Woods Brothers that years ago filled their tires with water for the weigh in. At that time they weighed the cars and inspected them as they arrived and that was it. They would then go to the garage and remove the extra weight by putting on the regular race tires. On one of the shows with the old NASCAR drivers reminiscing about the good old days, Buddy Baker said he went over to Leonard Woods and asked him why their car was so much faster and he was told to pick up that wheel and tire over there. He said he reached down and almost pulled his arm out of his shoulder when he tried to lift it. Darn I like those shows when they get together and talk about ways they got around certain things.

Ron

Originally Posted by Ronbo

Unfortunately, this is the part of the sport that NASCAR does their best to eliminate. Why they just don't just hand out cars they've had built and be done with it... (kinda like IROC)

It should be more than just the driver, why they still call them "teams" is beyond me. NASCAR doesn't seem to have a clue what a team is. (not to mention crew mechanics don't get asked to peddle potato chips)

One of my favorite "cheats" was when they specified fuel tank size, they forgot to spec the fuel line though. Then found a car with about 100' of fuel line. Not really cheating, just a crafty mechanic.

There was another "weighted rims" trick that I heard about, plus the droppable weights that the pit crew would remove at the first pit. Now this was cheating, but hey, it's just part of the sport. (well, it was anyway)