Turning back the clock

I am as anxious as all the others that are waiting to see the modifications that they'd made to the car. The amount of ingenuity guys used to give them an edge over the competition always amazes me. Sometimes it's cheating. Sometimes it's just a matter of how you interpret the rules. Sometimes it's working within the boundaries of the rule book. - But it's always fascinating.

I remember hearing Richard Petty talking about a small rubber block he had attached to the bottom of the hood of one of his race cars. The assumption was that it was there to prevent the hood from vibrating against the air cleaner. It had a hole in the center of it that aligned with the stud that held his air cleaner. - He admitted that the air cleaner stud was hollow and that they ran nitrous through the rubber block straight into the top of the carbs. - Ingenious! When they limited fuel cell size they ran bigger line and wound it around so that it was as long as possible. - No rule broken but a great example of working around the rules to get an advantage.