Very true Doherty .
I found this article from last year when Chad Knaus got suspended for cheating and as you can see NASCAR has never treated everyone the same when it comes to cheating
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/mark_zeske/02/22/inside.nascar/index.html
cheaters should be dq'd, end of discussion....but many racers run in the gray areas of the rulebook which isn't a blatant cheat. i know many people cheat blatantly and get away with it sometimes....but if they are caught then they are caught.......they should be dq'd. tech is there because people have cheated...that makes sense....otherwise nobody would complain and there would be no need for tech.....there is a fine line sometimes as to what cheating is...sometimes the rulebook isn't so specific....but thats a gray area.....Gray areas are fine......it's the blatant that annoys me.....it's the fact that an official knows somebody has illegal parts and they are let go that bothers me....thats my opinion....and everybody is entitled to their own opionion whether it's this or that. i know people like to be one step ahead and thats fine...thats racers edge.....but to go against the rules is a cheater.....once a cheater always a cheater
My buddy Pinecrest...
The Grey area sounds better, and NO I have never cheated although I have messed around in the biege area. The Biege area is that fine line of knowing that you might not pass tech. but is outside the box of the grey area because there was no rule to say yes or no. Another color to take into consideration is the blue area, which is trying something that no body has ever tried before.
The biggest area is the green area, thats the color of money and something you will never learn from racing unless your the scanctioning body.
Mid I realize that allot of people on here know you and thus far I have been able to maintain my anonymity which gives me much more latitude to say things . It probally wasn't fair of me to put you on the spot like that so I am not going to bust your balls about this but cheating is like being pregnant , either you are or your not .
Pinecrest- In short I do not cheat - AT ALL!!
Although that may sound like B.S. it is true and there is a reason for it.
We cannot rent a ride, or sign a sponsor knowing that the car may not pass tech. or miss a show.
I have always looked at it this way. If you have to cheat to win the only person your beating is yourself.
One of my favorite series is the IMCA modifieds- all crate cars- all crate motors- all on the same tire, all run under the same rule book, and you can race the things coast to coast in the USA for good money. They have a rule- if you cheat you are blackballed from the series nationwide, and when your caught the part is taken away and beaten to death with a sledge hammer right in front of you and everyone else that wishes to watch.
Not a bad rule and more then likely the reason the series has over 1200 cars registered across the country.