> I have never heard of a NASCAR team bending the rules!! {:o)

> When I was doing my apprenticeship training several years ago the college
> was holding a spaghetti bridge building contest. The trick was to build a
> bridge that was one meter long, that you could drive a toy car across. You
> then attached weight to it until it broke. (The bridge could not weigh
> more than 750 grams.)

> I got the brilliant idea that we could compete! So we built a bridge.

> We got a ruling by the three engineers who were judges and they all agreed
> that our bridge was within the rules. (Good thing there was no ugly rule!)

> The previous year the winning bridge held 35 pounds. The first weight for
> everyone was 25 pounds. This eliminated about one half the entries.

> When one of the judges saw that our bridge was still in it he reversed his
> decision and asked for our bridge to be disqualified. It was. I asked if
> we could still participate to see how strong it was. The other judges
> thought this would be a good way to stop us from making a scene.

> Our bridge held 40 pounds (Broke after 45 seconds at 45 pounds.) So we
> beat the record from the year before. We were the only non-engineering
> participant. The new record was 102 pounds. Two bridges tied because the
> metal hooks could no longer handle the weight.

> Did we bend the rules?? You bet! All the way to the breaking point.

> Ian {:o)

Why was it disqualified? Post a picture if possible.