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Re: Rules and 'Cheating'

To: Rick.Yocum@mail.sprint.com
Subject: Re: Rules and 'Cheating'
From: Simon Favre <simon@mondes.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:38:37 -0800
Well, that's ONE way to increase the Lead content of the fuel! ;=)

Rick.Yocum@mail.sprint.com wrote:
> 
> I witnesses an incident at a Trans Am race at Michigan International
> where the winner "ran out of gas" between the winner's circle and tech.
> Two guys ran to "fetch" some gas and dumped it in so he could drive to
> tech.  It was several days later before the scene reran in my mind and I
> suddenly realized that a can that one guy was handling all afternoon
> suddenly seemed to be all two guys could handle.  It was years later
> that someone who knew told me the can had some gas in it but it was
> mainly comprised of over 200 pounds of split shot to get the car up to
> weight.  Worked.

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