Looking back at the sway bar scandal of 2008, it’s hard not to smile at the kind of garage stall chaos NASCAR used to serve up. Back then, it felt like a lighthearted blend of spy thriller and garage-bay sitcom, with one missing sway bar, a suspicious paint mismatch, and teams swapping stories that never quite lined up. But Michael Waltrip always chuckled at the idea that it was anything more than a harmless misunderstanding. However, team owner Jack Roush has a far more interesting take.

Jack Roush’s sway bar tale debunked

Roush also claimed the sway bar had distinctive paint, marking it as Roush property, and that paint was sandblasted off before it was returned. Waltrip shrugged it off. “I don’t know anything about that,” he said. “I heard it was painted blue. When we realized it wasn

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