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This has been beat to death and we will probably never know for sure. The facts don't look good, though:

1) When the Dodge Boys came back they weren't able to dominate like they had before. In 1994-95 Alderman, Geoffrion, or both of them were in almost every final round. After the "break-in" they were also-rans.

2) Darrell Alderman was suspended for two years for cocaine use and was suspected of dealing as well. Would you put it past him to use NOS? Especially if he was trying to win more money to pay for nose candy?

3) Pretty much everyone in auto racing, and most other sports, is cheating. Steroids in almost every sport. The old NASCAR adage is "if you're not winning you're not cheating hard enough." Just look at how often NASCAR crew chiefs are fined and suspended. In the Mopar camp the AAR and TA teams cheated in 1970. Sam Posey readily admits the cars were acid dipped and the differential housings were made of magnesium and then spray painted to look like iron. I have Sam on video saying "we cheated from the nose of the car to the tail of the car." He also said they had to change cars one time when after passing inspection the tech inspector leaned up against the roof and it caved in.

As I always say, this would be a great world if there were no people and no money. Anytime big money is involved, people cheat.

My guess? Guilty.

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It's funny, the only one actually caught was Jerry Eckman's Pontiac when it blew the oil pan off at Columbus and a bottle was found.

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Firstoff Jerry Eckmans oilpan did'nt blow off...it had to do with his dry sump can and there was'nt a bottle,it was a different form of nitrous..As for the mopar car,sure it was never proven but i just find it interesting that AFTER nhra posted a warning stating it was going to start checking for nitrous,the mopar car NEVER won again matter of fact has'nt won the title since

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Definitely not a story worth pursuing for a definitive answer. On the other hand, there are some funny stories out there regarding the liberal interpretation of the rules that are worth sharing. For example, there was a S/S racer on the West Coast whose laughing gas addiction was exposed when a roll bar mounted "fire extinguisher" let go and blew out through the windshield of his SS/GT car while coming back up the return road. Now, having had a battery explode under the hood of my truck whilst driving it, and the "Holy ****! What was that?!?" (It was like a shotgun going off.) reaction, I giggle every time I think about a nitrous bottle going off inside a race car (underwear issues come to mind.). That's where this discussion needs to go. BTW, I also recall a West Coast SS/A car that didn't like to be parked near another one at a points meet, as it made it rather easy to spot (ahem) "firewall modifications".

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