[Shotimes] Cheating, was Annie goes solo too

[Donald Mallinson]

I guess this is a variation of "if a tree falls in a forest 
and there is nobody there to hear it, does it make any 
noise?"  :)

Actually, cheating is cheating, but it only carries a 
penalty if someone is caught.  The cheater always knows it 
happened, so there was some "noise" and someone was there to 
witness it.  How that person deals with that knowledge 
depends on their own moral code.

Smokey Yunick was the ultimate person to push the rules, and 
yes, cheat knowingly.  And it still goes on all the time 
with people that think they need that edge.

Rule books keep getting thicker as people find ways to 
interpret the rules in different ways, and sanctioning 
organizations have to more closely define what is and is not 
allowed.  That is why entire buildings are filled with law 
books!

I once tried to buy the only Nova to run Trans-Am.  They 
wanted too much money, but I did talk to the guy that bought 
it.  It still had the same motor from when it ran in 66-68. 
  the "302" days.  The motor was an all-out cheater 350 
motor, but the car was never fast enough, even with the 
bigger motor (probably because of inferior drivers/prep) to 
get protested.  And so it goes.

Don Mallinson


Robert Bruce wrote:
> As for motorsports, cheating isn't cheating until you get caught.  Up to
> that point it is only creative interpretation of the rules.  If it wasn't
> for each racer's interpretation of the rules, the sanctioning bodies
> wouldn't need inspectors.
> 
> Robert Bruce
> 93 atx