The self-taught engineer was a genius at aerodynamics, and his tricks to make a car's body slip through the air were far ahead of his time. Smokey Yunick, owner of Daytona's Best Damn Garage in Town, was a perpetual thorn in the side of NASCAR in general, and Bill France in particular. It was not until July 31, 1951, that another winner, Jim Delaney at Rochester, New York, was disqualified, this time for a non-stock camshaft. This was a good thing for Bill France: He went into his second race with the courts having already affirmed his right to throw out a competitor.Р”В«ut with as few as 15 cars showing up for some of the rest of the eight-race 1949 season, France wasn't anxious to kick out any other competitors. Westmoreland promptly filed a $10,000 lawsuit, which was thrown out of court. Dunaway ended up last, and Roper won the $2,000 purse. When the dust cleared-literally-it was Roper who was declared the winner, because there was evidence that Westmoreland's Ford, a genuine moonshine-runner, had modified rear springs. The winner was Glenn Dunaway, who drove Herbert Westmoreland's 1947 Ford all 200 laps, finishing three laps ahead of second place, Jim Roper, who had read about the race in a comic strip and showed up in a Lincoln. The race took place on a three-quarter-mile dirt oval track, for 150 miles. So a large percentage of the field of 33 vehicles came straight from a local dealership. Founder Bill France insisted that since the 'SC' in NASCAR stood for 'Stock Car,' that his race not be populated by backyard-built, chopped-and-channeled hot rods, but by cars that actually looked like, well, cars. On June 19, 1949, the very first NASCAR 'strictly stock' race was held in Charlotte, North Carolina. In no particular order, here are 10 choice tales of cheating in NASCAR. 'But it would be more frustrating to give up trying to make our car better.' Knaus has had his share of run-ins with NASCAR inspectors (see number 3). 'It can be frustrating,' says Chad Knaus, crew chief for four-time champion Jimmie Johnson. Every year, the NASCAR rule book gets a little thicker, a little less gray. Smokey Yunick, the legendary Daytona Beach mechanic, used to insist that it wasn't cheating if the rules didn't say you couldn't do it (see number 2 below). That can cover anything.Р”В«ut for decades, mechanics and crew chiefs have done their best to work around NASCAR's rules. But there are a lot of gray areas in motorsports, though NASCAR does have that clause in the rule book-which we've seen, but weren't supposed to, since it's secret-regarding 'actions detrimental' to the sport. We can all agree that cheating happens when you break a rule. (To younger readers: A carburetor is a device that was used in the rest of the world before fuel injection was invented, but is still used in NASCAR. Doug Benc/Getty Images Defining cheating in NASCAR is as much an art as getting away with an oversized carburetor.

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