Chad Knaus instructed Jimmie Johnson over radio to intentionally wreck the #48 car if they won, since it might not pass post-race inspection. Believe it or not, this isn't the first time that something was intentionally ruined in Nascar:
1953--Tim Flock destroys any memories of a stellar driving career, so he can instead be remembered as "That Guy With the Monkey".
1963--Worried that a budding acting career could steal time away from racing, Richard Petty intentionally acts stilted and bored in "43: The Richard Petty Story".
1971--A kick-ass, high-banked short track is built in the middle of the woods, but, as the area is better known for boring relaxing, Pocono Raceway is torn down and rebuilt.
1984--After winning his 200th race, Richard Petty quietly sends his 745-cubic inch engine to the junkyard.
1990--The rarely-seen softer side of Dale Earnhardt is shown, when he intentionally runs over a piece of debris to let the only man with a better mustache win the Daytona 500.
1993--Rusty Wallace intentionally flips his cars at Daytona and Talladega to show the importance of NOT wrecking to his young son Steven (apparently this didn't work).
2001--A young Chad Knaus destroys his first year as a crew chief by working with Stacy Compton
2011--Mike Mackler further destroys his reputation by doing a blatant rip-off of The Onion in this article.
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