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Best "cheater" street racing story I recently heard:

NY National Speedway record holder with a black '66 Coronet and a worked 361 also did well money racing with the car on Clearview Expressway in the late sixties on LI. At the end of a good night he loses big money to a newcomer with a big block Chevy. So, they ask for a chance to win it back if the Chevy guy will let them put slicks on the Coronet. Chevy guy agrees. They return with an identical '66 black Coronet complete with slicks, one of the first street hemi motors and the license plates from the 361. They win, collect and disappear for awhile because that sh*t could get them killed. Supposedly they only did this twice and no one ever ratted them out.

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That's hilarious!! There were a couple guys that did that way out west in Cranbrook, BC. Except their cars were twin '54 Plymouths. One was a stock six banger, the other had a Hemi transplanted from a Chrysler 300. The story goes they would roll into Cranbrook from nearby Creston, cruise around and set up a bunch of races (and usually get laughed at). Their schtick was they'd say "Ok, we're gonna go get some fuel in case we gotta run from the cops" (or something along that line, get the Hemi-equipped car and clean house all night.

Maybe Canadians out this-a-way are pretty dim, but apparently, these boys had a reputation of having the quickest flathead six Plymouth in the world. Apparently, few questioned them about showing the goods.