NASCAR never ceases to irritate me.

During the telecast of the Brickyard 400, ESPN's commentators talked about the SAFER Barriers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and made it clear that this was a NASCAR development.

WRONG...WRONG...

"On May 1, 2002, Indy Racing League CEO Tony George announced a safety innovation that would revolutionize the sport of automobile racing. George announced that the SAFER (Steel and Foam Energy Reduction) Barrier would be installed in all four turns of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in time for practice for that year’s Indianapolis 500-Mile Race.

Under development by the league and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility since 1998, the SAFER Barrier was designed to reduce the severity of impacts by IndyCar Series cars, one of the most effective safety measures taken in the racing industry in recent years."

http://www.indycar.com/tech/safer.php

I don't like seeing the IRL/IMS and The University of Nebraska's credit being taken by NASCAR. I'm sure there was some input and help given from that organization, but most of the work was done through UNL, and the IRL/IMS.

I guess this example illustrates why there is such rampant cheating in NASCAR.