Details - Flipping Pistons earns 5,000 dollars - LITERALLY ??

yes, nobody disputes that. Casper even ran the quicker time and more mph. Fact is, BR crossed the line .03 ahead of Casper and was it due to the piston flip?
I get what your trying to correlate there, but its flawed premise. What if UT took a big dump before the race? What if caspers tires were slack, what if his carburetor loaded up, all those things MIGHT have been a factor, but he lost at the TREE, zero way to attribute that to his piston flip claim. Another way to ask your question would be, if Andy would have cut a equal light, would the piston flip been a advantage?