We missed this story yesterday, but it appears the winner of last weekend’s NASCAR race in Las Vegas pulled a little trick (or he and his crew did) to gain an edge. When Edwards crossed the finish line in first place he did so with the cover off his oil tank, which apparently can give you up to an extra 10% of performance.

NASCAR found this out and hit Edwards and the team with a pretty stiff penalty, docking him 100 points, fining him $100,000 and a six-race suspension for his crew chief. We’ll see if they appeal.

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