Fernando Alonso says he was "very impressed" with NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson's performance in a Formula 1 car after they swapped rides in Bahrain on Monday.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alonso-impressed-johnson-car-swap/4304650/
http://kickinthetires.net/index.php/2018/11/07/stewart-haas-racing-penalty-was-deliberate-violation-of-rules/
Stewart-Haas Racing penalty was deliberate violation of rules
"Cheating" is hard to state in this business. EVERY competitive team is "bending the rules" as much as they can get by with. If not, there would never be someone faster than the next team with all of the rules Nascar has in place.
EXCLUSIVE: NASCAR responds as teams play shadow games in attempt to ‘confuse’ laser inspection system
http://kickinthetires.net/index.php/2018/07/16/nascar-fighting-back-after-teams-claim-to-have-found-laser-weakness/
With the dominance that Truex's team has had this year, they should be the champions. That said, the format is what it is and if they don't win, then they didn't put the whole season together to make it happen. That's all.