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Subject: I don't know

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Rick

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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 17, 06:16:36pm

Remember what Knaus said on the radio? "Are you sure it's flat?"

"Its tearing the car apart!"

"Ok, come on in then."
My point is, I don't think Knaus was ready to throw in the towel just then... but to play devil's advocate again.... what would be the point in a top teir team cheating at Daytona? hear me out here....

Let's use Joe Nemecheck as an example. He started at the back and no one expected him to get a top 30. At the end of the race they tear down to top three cars plus 3 or 4 cars chosen at random. So at the end of the race, assuming Nemecheck was still running, he had about a 1 in 10 chance of having his car torn down for post race inspection. pretty good odds that it wouldn't be. So let's say Nemecheck uses TC in order to finish higher... not because he stood any real hope of winning... even he is smart enough to know that wouldn't happen... But he finished 43rd. Lets say he missed his accident and the TC allowed him to finish lets say 35th. That means he'd have made about $30,000 more than he did. That would mean he'd be able to make another race and if he did that all year, he could theoretically make all of the races on the winnings he earned as a direct result of moving up a few spots each week.
He sure as shit wouldn't wan tto win a race. remember when Petty won his 200th race. He was celebrating with Ronald Reagan and the news guys and all. DW knew somethign was wrong and he asked if he should stick around and France told him to leave. Petty was called outside and told the engine was illegal. Petty got to keep the win but lost his purse and points. Later Petty said if Maurice had told him the engine was illegal, he'd have finished 2nd or 3rd and no one would have known.

And that is my point. If Nemecheck used TC to move up a spot or two I bet he could get away with it all year. But if Johnson won a race with it, they'd catch him. And don't say they wouldn't because both Knaus and Letarte have been suspended for cheating before. So everyone knows they've done it and that they're capable of doing it again.

So what would be the point of Knuas using it in a race he wa scapable of winning, knowing full well they might find if during the tear down?

Now remember what I said, the TC device is about the size of a dime and can be turned on and off from a source outside the track so the chances of getting caught would be slim. But if they did get caught.... even Hendrick's money couldn't pull a rose out of Chad's ass....

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