Cheating? Tell me it ain’t so!

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Any seasoned racer worth his salt will tell you rules are written to be broken or should I say tested. Half the challenge of racing is figuring out what the other team is doing. In the days of Trans-Am and Can-Am series the rule book was still in the process of being written and as the following story tells us some times it was written by whoever’s check book was the biggest. None the less, it’s clear to see some things never change. As long as there is good old competitive racing someone is going to be looking for that advantage many times being kept behind closed doors.
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1963 Player’s 200

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The 1963 Player’s 200 at Mosport featured theheadlining sports racing cars, production sports cars, touring cars and Formula Junior. Feature race entrants included such racing legends as Graham Hill, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske and the list goes on. There are several Grand Prix drivers in the field. Eventual winner, Chuck Daigh was driving a Lotus 19 owned by Arciero Brothers Racing.