cheating----to violate rules deliberately, as in a game, or contest.

Two of JGR's NNS cars were found to have 1/4" thick magnets under their gas pedals after Saturday's NNS race. This was prior to a NASCAR mandated chasis/dynamometer test. In theory these magnets would prevent the accelerator from going to its full limit. Thus preventing NASCAR from knowing the actual HP that these Toyotas had going to the drive line. All true, but this case would never hold up in court because NASCAR doesn't know if the magnets were in place during the race.

Magnets under a gas pedal do not provide any advantage during the race. While it's highly unlikely that they were under the accelerators of JGR's #18 and #20 during the race on Saturday, can NASCAR prove that they weren't? As my good friend and fellow blogger, Billy Bob Shakespeare, once wrote, this is much ado about nothing.

NASCAR doesn't have a rule about having something affixed to the underside of an accelerator. A team could have a 2x4 block under one during a race, and it would be legal. It's just a default rev limiter. No chance of the electronics malfunctioning with that.

How does NASCAR know that those magnets were not under the accelerators before, during, and after the race? Maybe a Gibbs employee wanted Lagano and Stewart to perform badly to make himself look better (Kyle?). JD Gibbs issued an apology. For what? It sounds like he doesn't know what takes place at the track.

The Toyota teams were already penalized once this year for building a better, LEGAL, engine than the other manufacturers. I wouldn't blame them if they did take steps to try and prevent that from happening again. I will say that if the #60 RFR Ford of Carl Edwards shows less horsepower than any other car, I'll call shenanigans on that.