Illegal engine at Irwindale Speedway

There are only a select few people who know exactly what happened to the engine in Aaron Staudinger's car in the NASCAR Late Model division at Irwindale Speedway.
And none of them are talking. Don't really blame them either.
Track inscpectors found illegal parts on Staudinger's motor after the race on April 28 and disqualified him.
The track followed by removing M&R Engines, the company that supplied Staudinger's team with the engine, from its preferred list of engine providers.
Who did what to the engine is still a mystery. Even more of a mystery is why would anyone put illegal parts on an engine that was powering a seventh-place car?
Some drivers at the track Saturday had their own theories. The one that made the most sense was that the guys at M&R Engines figured the other two engine providers were putting together illegal engines. The guys at M&R probably decided they had to do the same to compete.
If the results of the inspections after the April 28 race are any indication, the motors from Watkins Engine Development and LIZ-ZARD Racing Engines are as legitimate as can be.
But not every engine in every car in the Late Model division has been inspected. At least one driver said it would be pretty naive to think none of the engines in the Late Model division have been altered in some way or another. He didn't suggest they were illegal to the extent of Staudinger's motor, but most have been changed in one way or another, despite being sealed and spec motors.
Winning a race with a Watkins motor was probably the best thing that could have happened to Staudinger. It's a shame his championship hopes have been ruined because of the illegal engine.