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Your cheatin' car.(how NASCAR teams break the rules)
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The Sporting News
- Article date:
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May 7, 2001
- Author:
- Spencer, Lee
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NASCAR teams will do anything to win a race, including cheat. But exactly how do they break the rules and get away with it?. We decided to find out.
NASCAR has taken steps to make sure its drivers play by the rules. But despite changes in technology, it doesn't always work.
As the early Alabama sun scorches the Talladega asphalt, heat of a different kind is on the 43 cars as they line up to enter NASCAR s infamous "Room of Doom." This is the place where prerace inspection will continue until the last infraction is discovered.
The brightest minds in the garage study the cars. Steve Hmiel, Robin Pemberton, Michael McSwain, Todd Parrott and his father, Buddy, are ...