Not if the ACO are supervising and serious about enforcing it. If the teams won't go through with that, charge them an exorbitant fee--like say a quarter or a million dollars or way more--in exchange for secrecy. The Mafia does it for "protection", and so do insurance companies, who's basic concepts are owed to the Mafia. Or then tell them to show the cars, pay a huge fee in exchange for weaseling out of it, or then threaten them with an in race time penalty.
Sam's point is make the punishment fit the crime. And I agree with him, as well as on the point that if it's a set up day, maybe the ACO should be more lenient. But if it's during an official session, let alone a pit walk or autograph session (the reason why the ACO copied the concept from the ALMS was to promote fan and media interaction with the teams), then hammer them.
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