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Originally Posted by XcYZ
Derek, you must not be a Smokey Yunick fan...
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Smokey is the reason most of the rules exist. He wasn't breaking a rule if there wasn't one to break
I like reading about Smokey, and would love to build a replica of his '66 chevelle, but honestly, if I were a racing fan in the 60s, I probably wouldn't have been a fan of his. Cheating is cheating.
Now, with that said, NASCAR has changed a lot since the days when "stock cars" actually shared some parts with factory-stock cars, and it was dominated by independent owner/drivers. The sport is nothing like it was then when you ran what GM, Ford, and Mopar built.