Since NASCAR found spacers under Joe Gibbs car's gas pedal does that mean the have been ...?

Question

...under the gas pedal on every other dyno test? Have they been cheating every dyno test?

Answer 1

Good question. After reading the articles, one can come to the conclusion that it was being done after NASCAR took away eleven horsepower from them a few weeks ago. They were cheating to get back the horsepower they originally had.

I will give them the benefit of the doubt. But, like others above me have stated, if Kyle drops off and we don't see him win, or get top fives more than every two-three races, then I would say there is a real possibility that he has had a horsepower advantage in the cup series that was being masked with a magnet.

It will be interesting to watch the rest of the season play out.

Answer 2

I wouldn't go that far but it definitely opens up the possibility that they may have pulled things in the past and in other series.  I don't think that Coach Gibbs instructed any of his employees to do such things but you wonder what they may have tried to do on their own.  We will probably never know the answer to this question but I will be interested to see if anything else comes out of it and further inspections.

3 STR8 N 08!!!

Answer 3

Probably so. No wonder Kyle has been winning. They need to take the wins back.

Answer 4

It's very probable.  And if anyone thinks that Gibbs isnt pulling something over in the Cup Series as well, they need to lay of the crack pipe for a couple weeks.  

Answer 5

it's very possible except this time they got caught,i was very suprised when i heard of the news and its sad to see.

Answer 6

We will be able to tell by looking at what Kyle does for the rest of the year............He finished 2nd last week so maybe it was just isolated to the Nationwide series.

Answer 7

Usually when someone gets caught doing something, it isn't their first time doing it.  

Answer 8

We will see.

I hate to think that it has come to blatant cheating (grey areas are not defined).

If all of a sudden Kyle starts dropping to 15th place finishes, well the big finger is gonna point boys and girls.

Answer 9

this is ridiculous. Enough with the penalties! Neither drivers are racing for points and NASCAR will probably unsuspend the crew cheifs soon.  

Answer 10

No, they didn't have a need to until now. They were probably afraid that NASCAR would find out once again that they'd got the advantage they had back and didn't want to risk another penalty for hard work from NASCAR.