loophole
A loophole is like a small trick or gap in the rules that lets race teams do something special that others might not expect, helping them go faster or be better.
A loophole in racing regulations refers to an unintended gap or ambiguity in the rules that teams exploit to gain a competitive advantage without technically breaking the rules.
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"Well, just they wouldn't have had to [1622.7s] bring that even up if people weren't abusing it. That's the thing. Yeah. It's one of those where [1628.0s] it's like, Hey, we can, we can fix this..."
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"We're never going to get away with that little loophole again. You're never going to see that car again."
Stephen Cox TV host, racer and longtime voice of Mecum auctions. CarCast
"T&E calls it a loophole that gives car makers exactly the get out of jail free card that they've wanted for years to keep flogging their gas guzzlers with some tiny batteries in a plug."
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