Thursday, July 21st 'What If' Question

Some say if you aren't cheating you aren't trying. Others say it's what the sports about, trying to find the loophole and beat your competition in every possible way.

Other say that cheating has no place in the sport and cheaters shouldn't prosper. In NASCAR there have been plenty of cheaters, although their fans might say it wasn't intentional or illegal. But, every team in NASCAR has been busted for something whether they were the first to the finish line or the random man picked out for inspection.

Some of the most recent controversy has surrounded some of the biggest names in the sport. Clint Bowyer won last year in New Hampshire but was then fine and docked 100 championship points. Carl Edwards won at Las Vegas in 2008 and failed post race inspection and was also fined and docked points. A few of Jimmie Johnson's wins were followed by failed post race inspection.

They aren't the only ones. What they did have in common was that they won the race and then were deemed to have cheated. While they were monetarily fined and docked championship points, crew chiefs and other players might even have been suspended, the win still stood. One thing that NASCAR will not do is take a win away, which some don't agree with.

This past weekend in New Hampshire Ryan Newman won a NASCAR modified race before his machine failed inspection. In a surprising move his win was taken away and it has prompted the discussion of why that doesn't happen in NASCAR's top three series. There's the argument that the integrity of the sport and competition calls for it.

Or that the only way to keep the teams on an even playing field is to make sure they're all playing by the rules and the rules are enforced. Should they break those rules they should be severely punished. Cheaters shouldn't be winners. Newman's win though came not in one of NASCAR's top three series where the wins will always stand because as NASCAR says, when fans leave the racetrack or the broadcast goes off the air, everyone should know who the winner was and see a post race celebration.

But ...

What if #NASCAR took away wins in Truck, Nationwide & Cup Series, would teams be less inclined to cheat/bend the rules?

@smokinace88 Yes because you take a win away from someone its gonna make them think twice

@Lady31RCR I think so...I think they should do that!!

@GoDuke4382 Nope. They don't race for the record books.