Many might not know where the inspection platform started, but I was one of the designers on a team to work on its beginning. I did the 3D Pre-Visualization with animated movies to show how the concept would work before its development into engineering, Located next store to the NASCAR Research Development Center, we were lucky enough to win the project.
More info about it here: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/nascar-basics/nascar-inspection.htm
