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Richard Petty, the legendary Nascar driver, once said that the secret to winning at Nascar is knowing how to "cheat neat." There's great art in knowing how to
by GCA10 10y ago
Richard Petty, the legendary Nascar driver, once said that the secret to winning at Nascar is knowing how to "cheat neat."
There's great art in knowing how to rejigger a car that must look like a Toyota Camry, but obviously is not the same Camry that you or I could buy from the local dealer for $30,000.
There's a blog post for someone to write about Silicon Valley's efforts to put the Petty Principle in action. Lots of gray in the middle on this one. I'd love to see someone's comprehensive take on what's forgivable these days vs. unforgivable.
- pryelluw 10y agoSmokey Yunick's 7/8 '66 Chevelle is the classic NASCAR cheat story. It's on the Wikipedia page here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick He basically scaled down a car's dimensions to make it lighter while still looking similarly to the full size version. This made NASCAR introduce jigs to measure the cars. A rule that is still very much in use.