Originally Posted by topside

It's only cheating if it's banned by the rule book, to paraphrase Smokey Yunick...


Lots of retired crew chiefs with stories starting to come out about it being used in NASCAR for qualifying back in the day. It sounds like it was pretty common for lesser funded teams using it to be able to "make the show".

'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.