The deal: Edwards' oil-tank lid was there and then it wasn't. NASCAR believes that the lack of the lid could give Edwards a bit of an advantage, and since he won the race, that was proof enough.

When driving the 21 and 38 car, we pulled the shifter boot off and the oil tank lid off until NASCAR started to tech it. It's 100 pounds of downforce. "Let me try and put this in perspective for you.

An empty oil storage tank in Weld County over-pressurized Monday night, blowing its lid. It likely caused a boom heard around Lochbuie. Residents of the area were roused by the loud noise, with ...

The lid of the 1-ton tank at the sprawling Tesoro refinery “blew off” about 1 p.m., said Inspector Gustavo Medina of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

HAMPTON, Ga. -- Jack Roush is prepared to take a polygraph test to prove he didn't intentionally rig the oil tank lid in Carl Edwards ' car to come off during last weekend's Sprint Cup race at Las ...

NASCAR post-race inspections are rigorous, so the chances the missing lid would have been overlooked are roughly nil. When it was indeed discovered missing, Edwards was docked a severe 100 ...

There was no intent at all." Few, if anyone, believed a fastener and bolt would both fail to allow the oil tank lid to peel back 7 inches.