The Worst CHEATING Scandals in Motorsport History

[@squidcaps4308]

"Smokey"'s biggest trick was when he dipped the whole chassis into an acid bath. He made the sheet metal thinner and reduced weight without changing any of the dimensions.

[@ThursdayNext67]

If I recall correctly, the acid dipping was done by Penske in the Trans Am series.

[@TheLockbeard]

@@ThursdayNext67not just Penske but half the Trans-Am grid. Penske just over did it 😂

[@atenooie]

Bill grumpy Jenkins got one of those Camaro”s and raced it with an Aluminum Big block v8 in “stock” drag racing classes.

[@stephendrake8145]

Mark Donohue & Penske came up with it…

[@TheLockbeard]

@@stephendrake8145 despite common belief, they didn’t. Other teams started it and Penske took it to the extreme.

[@gametime1247]

The Abt drama was exactly that drama. Getting fired for a driver swap in a virtual race is wild af

[@elcactusdelamuerte506]

Tbf despite what's said here he got the seat through nepotism. He was an okay but far from great driver with a streak of bad behaviour. Audi probably wanted to upgrade him for a while this just gave them the ammo of him ruining the brand's reputation to force Abt to sack his son.

[@christiankresse2048]

@@elcactusdelamuerte506Audi Doing lot of more bad things (push him out for example) It’s hilarious to get sacked for that

[@L367Q]

The event with the race was actually just meant to entertain the fans and was not counted at all. He only did it for fun.

[@adambrezing]

@@elcactusdelamuerte506 Hate to breake it to you but nearly every driver nowadays is a nepo baby. Abt arguably has a family legacy so him becoming a driver too seems more natural then the 33rd unkonwn chinese driver getting a seat because his daddy is a tech billionaire. Looking back it was a stupid move by audi ruining a 20-30 year old partnership with abt truning away from audiafterwards and changing their bussines from excluysively audi to nearly everything else aswel. Not a big fan of daniel himselfe but its sad to see audi ruin such an iconic german motorsport partnership :c

[@elcactusdelamuerte506]

@adambrezing where did I say they weren't? Motorsport for the most part is millionaires and billionaires racing on their parents dime Well talking about FE there's only ever been two Chinese FE drivers both of which had more success prior to FE than Daniel. One of which left FE to go and fight for the WEC title. Does success and ability not mean they were more deserving than legacy? I think it explains a lot that after losing his FE seat Daniel retired from Motorsport to be a party planner, he wasn't good enough for a drive elsewhere. I mean the whole controversy started because in equal machinery he wasn't as fast as any of the other FE drivers so got a none pro driver to stand in for him, he himself knows he ain't got the ability. As for destroying the abt-audi/VW relationship it's so sad the relationship collapsed what will the world of cars do without it... Wait they still work together and signed a new contract to allow them to sell tuned up Audi road cars less than 6 months ago that's reported to be a minimum 5 year deal. Huh guess their demise was greatly exaggerated.

[@alexbrock7815]

That virtual Formula E pile-up is just so... stupid.

[@cpt_nordbart]

Oh this wasn't an open Forza Motorsport lobby?

[@DaveyZee72]

The rumour with the Chevelle was that Smokey built 2 of them. The race car and a road car painted silver. When nascar questioned the legality of the race car someone said “there’s a silver one just over there go compare it to that” but the car still didn’t get to race. Big Bill wrote him a cheque. Smokey wiped his ass with it and gave it back to him according to Smokey’s daughter Trish

[@CCCOILS]

if memory serves me right that was the one that he had acid dipped to thin the metal too and some one lent on the roof and dented it dur to how thin the metal was lol

[@DaveyZee72]

@ that was Penskes AMC javelins

[@Drickes94]

I was missing the 1999 F1 season. Some teams decrypted the radio signal for the starting sequence and gave the drivers a visual signal in the cockpit a few milliseconds before the lights went off. The FIA found out and manipulated the starting sequence to make the lights last a tiny bit longer for the European Grand Prix. This way they could easily spot the teams using this trick because of several synchronized false starts. This moment is looking incredibly funny.

[@Hendrik08]

I really don´t understand, why they made such a drama around Abt

[@InvertedFreeSolo]

I was scrolling to see if anyone was commenting about this, talk about overblown. Abt was clearly just trying to keep things lighthearted during the absolute height of the pandemic when people needed a lift.

[@elcactusdelamuerte506]

Essentially despite what was said here he had the seat through nepotism and is very much like Stroll in the case he's an okay driver but far from great. Alongside being meh in terms of ability he also had a track record of poor behaviour, it's not hard to see that Audi claiming this hurt their brand's reputation was more of an excuse so they could force his father to sack him. They were likely waiting for a screw up they could take advantage of for a while

[@lucvincentmetz8144]

@@elcactusdelamuerte506 I agree. Abt wasn't a bad driver but clearly not as consistently quick as his teammate Lucas di Grassi. My guess is, that Audi didn't want Abt on the team anymore and this attempted prank gave them the perfect excuse or reason to get rid of him. So whilst it may sound a little overblown to fire a long time employee for such a misconduct, it makes sense from Audi's perspective.

[@ugn669]

Whats so difficult to understand? The guy put someone else behind the wheel and acted as if he didnt. Of course hes going to claim that it was just a bit of lighthearted goofing around... but rules are rules. Had he admitted what happened right after the race I'm sure the outcome wouldve been different. But he tried to actually play it off as if he drove... until it was clear that nobody is buying that story, then the claims of 'joking around' started. I have no problem with pushing the rules, the way Smokey did it. But what Abt tried was straight up cheating, and that deserves a strong punishment.

[@elcactusdelamuerte506]

@@ugn669 Did you watch the vid or follow the story at the time? Abt straight up joked multiple times wouldn’t it be funny if I got someone to stand in on stream before the event. While not mentioned here we also know the entire thing was filmed from another angle (we have the footage) with the pro sim driver who stood in saying they filmed this and some “behind the scenes” chats and skits with Abt’s telling the sim racer the plan was to do a prank video of what they did. Now maybe I’m missing something, but openly admitting to something to thousands of people before the incident happened, creating evidence of your ‘crime’ and telling people involved you’re going to use said evidence to reveal everything that happened doesn’t exactly scream secret covert operation that will never be revealed. Essentially the scenario from Abts point of view is he didn’t give a shit about some video game and didn’t expect anyone else to be taking it seriously, so why not have some fun. To him it was all a joke.

[@jackybeck2479]

Would love to see a part 2! Keep up the amazing work!

[@Clorindee3]

I'm just sad because of Felipe Massa, he really did have a great season in 2008. Obrigado, Massa!

[@fishii8237]

While I don’t think he deserved being fired, cheating in a game for charity very much feels like a “win stupid prizes” moment

[@NoahChapman-ij1sv]

I love you voice man it’s so calming listening to you talk about f1

[@IkennaOMG]

Please make a part 2, i love these series

[@andsoitwas3046]

PLEASE MAKE A PART 2! This was awesome, especially the Smokey part

[@the_chanman]

Part 2 for sure, gotta talk about the latest NASCAR race manipulation at Martinsville and Penske's push to pass trick in Indycar

[@adamweston4152]

Smokey was the king of bending the rules, an absolute legend!.

[@RaptorTwenty4]

Please make a part 2!!!! The NASCAR drama had a more recent scenario in 2024 at the Martinsville cutoff race for the championship 4. Worst case of race manipulation in NASCAR we've seen in a while. You should check it out.

[@BDSFormula1]

3:02 BRO THATS NOT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE PRIX

[@brentonherbert7775]

It is if you're from the free world (aka not america)

[@NevNeedsALife]

​@@brentonherbert7775??? No??

[@elviejomonca4719]

​@@brentonherbert7775 Prix is literally a french word

[@sam-20001f]

that fuel line trick was actully genius...

[@SixLNii]

I like how you touched on other Motorsport controversies rather than Formula 1 this time around. ^-^

[@yivgeninikolchook5788]

Awesome vid i hope for part 2 in the future

[@bladebrave2866]

Firing a guy for cheating in a video game is a bit silly

[@sirseven3]

Cheating in a video game is a bit silly

[@rick_fortune]

Part 2. :) Best one I've ever heard of was an Australian Historic Touring Car, which never had a brake bias control in its normal racing career, having one hidden as the cigarette lighter. :) And you always hear rumours of cars having parts of the rollcage made into a sneaky hidden nitrous bottle... :) Ingenious.

[@FXDGRND]

Smokey... He downsized two chevelles. One was the race car. When the inspectors said it looks wrong we're going to measure a stock on in the parking lot... What do you knew there was a stock one right there. Smokey had changed up the size on the 'stock' one to match his race car. He's one of the reasons the rule book got more detailed. Then the T-Rex car at hendrick really closed off the loopholes.

[@atharvanaik7]

Yes please make a Part 2 what is talking about motorsport scandals and not including the Spygate

[@johnsuffill6520]

Definitely need a part 2 👍

[@E4RLIES]

2:09 you are well on the way mate your channel is outstanding ❤ Here’s to a fantastic 2025 for you! 🏁🏁🏁🏎️

[@TygQ]

The reason massa all of a sudden decided to fight for the 2008 wdc again was because it got reveald that the scandel was known before the end of the season that year, according to the rules the race should have been voided before the season ended. But they didnt to "protect the integrity of the sport"

[@theunknownstuntman4010]

It is joked that Smokey wrote half the NASCAR rulebook due to his "inventive interpretations" of the laws lol

[@rtwg605]

I lived up the street in Tulsa from a guy who won numerous NHRA races and championships over many years by cheating. He'd increase the size of the flywheel by with on a mm over regulation. Not enough to get caught during inspection but enough to give the driver a jump off the line . Then just maintain speed across the line.

[@justynsetterfield5585]

Part 2 - volvo btcc head angle / ford wrc boost tank rule bends please 😂

[@scottaylor2273]

Part 2! I'd love to see a piece on the F1 king of the tire nudge Emo Fittipaldi. The 80s were fun.

[@emdotrod]

Cheating for a virtual race that raises money for charity is probably one of the stupidest decision one can make.

[@Z3NTURIO]

"cheating" he just didnt care

[@VicarOfMayhem]

Heard of Smokey Yunick? I read his book "Best Damn Garage in Town" almost 20 years ago! Man was a legend!

[@alexotero7105]

Couple of things: 1- Alonso had pace in Singapore, he probably would’ve been in contention for the win had it not being for mechanical woes. Also, the only reason Crashgate worked at the time was because the pits would close when the SC came out and therefore it would bunch the whole field up before opening again (which Briatore and Symonds knew, hence why they pitted Fernando early). The guys that stayed out during that period had to pit again and someone got a penalty for pitting with the pitlane closed, handing the lead to Alonso. This whole situation was a unnecessary, considering he won the next round in Fuji on raw pace alone. 2- MWR and Penske didn’t talk between them. The whole Gilliland-Logano thing was completely separate, since both Front Row Motorsports and Penske were technical partners and it was an order that came from above. Vickers pitted during the restart, not in the last lap, which guaranteed Truex’s spot and after Logano passed Gilliland he got in as a consequence, too. The ensuing mess had Brian France put Jeff Gordon in the Chase as well simply because he could, arguing that “he got screwed by the situation” which he did, but the rulebook is there for a reason (naïve of me to expect NASCAR or any ruling body to be comprehensive and coherent with the rules, I know).

[@TechyGamerRP8715]

We want the Part 2

[@didgereemedia194]

In the 1987 edition of the Bathurst 1000, the Texaco Ford Sierra team (Eggenberger Motorsport) was disqualified after finishing 1st and 2nd. Drivers Steve Soper, Pierre Dieudonné, Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz were ultimately disqualified over illegal wheel arches, and during the race were investigated for mixing fuel illegally (which, from what i understand was dismissed). The disqualification of the Sierra's gave Peter Brock his 9th Bathurst victory

[@jaxsonbateman]

Part 2, let's go!

[@driftmaster1]

Smokey Yunick’s chevelle was NOT 7/8 scale that would have been visually obvious making the mid sized chevelle noticeably (about 10 inches/25cm in length) smaller than the compact Nova

[@jacekatalakis8316]

The whole saga of the Dodge Boys inthe NHRA in the early 90s,fromDarrellAlderman's whole year suspension in 92,to the burndown in1994 and the mind games Geoffrion played with Kurt and WJ, to the break in in 1995 and destroying the engines and the infamousfront page asking if they were running nitrous in Pro Stock which was banned/still is,well...... There's a lot to unpack there,and there wereother teams that would get caught with nitrous. NHRA is filled with scandals,and cheating, you could do a whole series on it and then some.Hello there JFR in the late 2000s and that infamous moment at the US Nationals and the whole controversy around that

[@aperson4713]

Couple things you got wrong, the Celica had a restrictor plate that would expand upon being installed. Also the Chevelle wasn't 7/8ths scale, it was however extensively modified aerodynamically.

[@Reinier0895]

A part 2 would be awesome

[@gregr2]

Dude, you could make an entire video on Smokey Yunick alone. I know he's a NASCAR guy but still.

[@Rick-ww8gu]

part two please! :)

[@BDSFormula1]

8:24 he said You don’t want this smoke

[@InvertedFreeSolo]

You should absolutely do an entire video on Smokey.

[@corbinselanne7990]

The 2013 NASCAR scandal led to a 13-driver Chase, as besides Truex getting ejected for Newman NASCAR added Jeff Gordon through a special power of the sport's head honcho that let him add Jeff as a thirteenth Chase driver.

[@bertholdbouman3007]

They should reinstate Briatore's life time ban from Formula 1! Once a thief, always a thief. So why are these Alpines all of a sudden so quick? 1 + 1 = 2

[@ryandriver9478]

Hilarious that F1 would allow teammates allowing each other to pass and not really “race” but they make a huge scandal of someone wrecking on purpose…

[@Suzukibob69]

I was hoping Smokey Yunick would make it in this video 😂

[@ShaunAlbertandMori]

In the end Logono and Truex had the last laugh, Truex won the championship in 2017 and Logono as of now has won 3 championships

[@penguinbrony2415]

You also missed a big part of Spingate, which was Jeff Gordon. He was added as the 13th playoff driver after being screwed over by Spingate.

[@kennypaine3212]

I think we need a full episode on Smokey yunick 😊 sounds like an outside the box thinker to me

[@Sub_93]

Shocker that no one got banned for Abu Shotty 2021. I guess everyone who worked that race is fine in the FiA’s book as long as they were messing with Hamilton.

[@x1x1x1gamer]

Part 2!!

[@MAINSTRATEGISTF1]

Typical Joe. Uploads a Mazespin joke video before talking about scandals in F1. Love it, buddy! 👏👏👏

[@Mannard74]

A simulation racing series? lmao

[@HomeOfMacWoeffie]

And yet mr briatore is back in F1 again...and nobody loses words about it

[@Mstwantd]

I would like a second part

[@mauldothelastcrafter8194]

He didn't say "No joke, no joke," he was saying "No shit, no shit." I hate when translators take liberty like that

[@nicolesgaming8917]

The worst part of Spingate...? NASCAR called an audible and added Jeff Gordon as a 13th Chase driver. Yes, he also lost out initially because of the race fixing, but it proves that NASCAR's rules are up to the sanctioning body's whims as to how they're enforced. Also, for part 2, look into Junior Johnson's different, shall we say, innovations. Above all, though, if ya ain't cheatin", yes ain't winnin'.

[@billypratt4201]

Virtual E race..........LOL How embarrassing

[@danafarmer2901]

How about a video on pro stock motorcycles. In the NHRA there is always some “alleged “ cheating going on.

[@BDSFormula1]

1:50 most of the following shows teammate Lucas di Grassi apart from the podium shot

[@SwineBrothers]

Smokey Yunick was a genius.

[@johnl5525]

Part two. And more words to please the algorithm so you can have more views and subscribers and finally RULE THE WORLD HAHAHAHAHA.

[@jonasbicudo7919]

man fresh out of the box here

[@TysonCatharine]

Thanks for the analysis! I have a quick question: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

[@lukeyarasheski5510]

Missed a huge chance to use the "jeezy crites" clip from top gear when discussing the Renault "crash." Also should have talked about the cat who rode the wall in NASCAR to make the cut

[@Jorge.Painkiller]

7:53 let's not forget races like Silverstone where he spun like a Beyblade. You don't lose a Championship in one race

[@backwoodsman5498]

Smokey didn’t make a 7/8 car, it was all aero tricks but stock size. The templates were him and Junior Johnson together (the banana Galaxie Johnson raced). Penske acid dipped Camaros, mounted a fuel tank 25’ in the air so it would flow faster, added a brake booster to work as a vacuum to retract calipers to change brake pads, got an AMC dealer to put a part number on a 917 brake so they could use it in Trans Am, Penske did a lot of cheating, Smokey didn’t cheat he lived in the grey area

[@joeldespres]

I meen the FE start on the sim was pretty much a real life start.

[@keithgoh123]

Well piquet Jr snitched on the team and never got another drive

[@wrestlingstuffv2]

11:46 - Every racer on the grid must have obeyed. This is better than any Ferrari strategy.

[@MatthewLittle]

"The NASCAR rules are more complicated than a ******* Rubik's cube..."" American motorsports fans have been saying that since they created the cockamamie Playoff system in NASCAR; the reason they changed it: Matt Kenseth spanked the field in 2003, winning the title whilst only winning 1 race the whole year and NASCAR didn't like it.

[@spacedisco612]

The guy who announced Michael Waltrip Racing was closing also got kicked out of the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans during the race for nearly killing Mike Rockenfeller

[@corbinselanne7990]

And then another issue takes the number 71 Ferrari (Kauffman's car) out of the race later on. Meanwhile Rockenfeller, who was one of the reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans winners, was the second Audi R18 to wreck out of that race after contact with Ferrari-shaped GTE traffic (Allan McNish wiped out the number 3 R18 in the first hour after finding Robert Beltoise in the number 58 while trying to overtake Rockenfeller's R18 while Timo Bernhard was behind the wheel of the number 1)

[@munyaradzichanetsa6474]

Create one about Smokey please

[@GerardKhacha]

I still don't understand why football (or soccer) is the most popular sport in the world when we have this.

[@hassanessam8033]

Part 2 🤞

[@RandomAccount6241]

team penskay 😭😭😭

[@Darkrobin465]

9:15 NASCARs least funny moment was the end of the 2001 Daytona 500. Crash gate was not cool but not one of the worst.

[@ohhiitsmike]

Abt’s punishment was harsh wasn’t it?

[@elcactusdelamuerte506]

The drama was more Audi taking advantage to get rid of a driver who was meh and with a history of bad behaviour, but got protection from his dad

[@paulhost6628]

Part 2 pls

[@budsodastories]

The Nascar ones old news how about the most recent one with Austin Dillon at Richmond

[@BDSFormula1]

9:56 pronouncing Penskey as Penskay is like pronouncing Mersaydeez as Merkrades

[@samidibnla-asaad6456]

what the heck is "mersaydeez"??

[@ctheos69]

NASCAR MENTIONED!

[@InitialP_Photography]

1:32 looks like normal Formula E activities to me

[@Mopgonpblr]

M3 GTR in part 2? 😏

[@sugarnads]

Where was jordan and schumachers traction aid?

[@stampede122]

Can’t break any rules if they don’t exist

[@familygaume6345]

Michael Waltrip racing (again) rocket fuel

[@belodie]

"Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated." Could you please explain what was changed that caused this notice be added?

[@BDSFormula1]

The script, probably

[@milkseparator3485]

13:34 Wait a minute; how do you pronounce "Hyundai"?!

[@mewry6669]

That was so bad wtf 😭😭😭

[@natebelcher3401]

And Pen-skay instead of Pen-ski lol

[@BDSFormula1]

Hundi

[@lornarayfield7383]

That's how we pronounce it in England

[@milkseparator3485]

@@lornarayfield7383 I don't think so...

[@L367Q]

The story with Daniel Abt is actually not as big as it is made out to be. He did everything consciously and just for fun. The event was actually just meant to entertain the fans and was not counted. Even his Insta followers knew about it.

[@rogerramjet7729]

A guy i know was at rally Australia the year the toyotas were cheating. He said rhe celicas were viaibly faster than any of the other cars. There was murmurs that something was up

[@RandomGuy08-f1j]

Was Smokey in Cars 3 based off this man?

[@rohitchandran4471]

Yep

[@rickmassey1272]

Smokey Yunick followed the rules is it his fault if those rules WEREN'T SPECIFIC?

[@nascarnational]

i wouldn't say smokey yunick was a cheater, rather a rule-bender. he found discrepancies in the nascar bulletin that he could simply weasel around thanks to his clever genius. in some cases, it wasn't much, but was honest enough & did the job

[@rickmassey1272]

Smokey Yunick...😎👍🏿

[@zigi_cubing]

9:18 to me the nascar rules are more complicated than a Rubik's cube too. especially that I can solve one (yeah I'm just here to flex lol)

[@futten3230]

the chevelle wasent 7/8 scale it it has 7/8 scale that would have ment the car being over 60 cm shorter then an original what he did was he used a ford fairlane frame as they were stiffer then the gm frame he moved the body backwards on the frame for better weight distribution and massaged the body in certain areas for better aero and he made a mostly flat floor he dident chop the roof

[@ScamLikely9327]

If you think the cheating scandals in F1 are wild you need to look up early NASCAR.