NASCAR – doping scandal?
What has the world come to when Americas favorite past time has been corrupted by the forces of evil. It seems that even NASCAR isn’t immune to a doping scandal! What you haven’t heard? But, it isn’t what you think. Most sports depend on human performance, so if you want more performance you dope the human. Obviously, sports involving animals are an exception, you dope the animal (horse, dog etc). So, if you are a NASCAR team, you guessed it – you dope the car.
Michael Waltrip’s team has been caught “doping” his car with fuel additive.
Waltrip’s crew chief and team director were suspended indefinitely after a fuel additive was found during inspection.
David Hyder, his crew chief, was thrown out of the garage and fined $100,000 — the largest monetary fine in NASCAR history. Team director Bobby Kennedy also was kicked out.
Adding the substance, described by NASCAR as an oxygenate, would boost the octane in the fuel, thus making the engine run better at higher horsepower.
All I can say is; when you can’t trust that the Tiger in your tank isn’t on drugs, what has world come to!
Posted: February 16th, 2007 under General.
Tags: doping, sports_doping