Short answer, no, but everyone think that everyone else is cheating. Most of the modifications that people end up getting disqualified is things like gearing ratio etc. that has to be looked at after a race at a shop. All this is on the challengers dime if it turns out to be legal.

I hope that this is a joke, jack on grass, on rear diff, and his fucking head in the wheel well. Be careful out there people an injury in a situation like this is enough to ruin the event for everyone.

...and that is not a Raptor.

Complaining about a 6 speed BMW V8...let that sink in for a second. You realize this is Jalopnik, you might be looking for Jezebel...

Your first sentence is spot on, the second one makes me think that you should be the one blindfolded against a stone wall...

Did you ask your parent's for permission before you got on their computer?

I know it's not the same car but I dealt with a Lexus (Toyota based) GX series that had these same symptoms. The mechanic tired the same thing by changing out the evap canister and that fixed the problem for a little bit, but eventually all the lights came back on. The mechanic said that for these cars it is common to…

Could he have taken blurrier pictures of the field?

Hasidic Jimmy Fallon?

You are the one that is missing the point, what Mercedes is saying is that it should have never happened. Yes this is racing and it was bad luck, but Nico should have never pushed that hard in the first place.

I had a 2007 with a stick shift, I think it was only offered on the I4 models and not the V6.