After spending the final 16 years of a 38-year aerospace career training Structures Installation Mechanics on the proper way to install threaded fasteners, I can tell you that it is difficult to ...

With the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup beginning on Sunday, NASCAR tweaked the rules regarding lug nut installation and the consequences for teams who fail post-race laser inspection. After Tony ...

NASCAR is acting on Tony Stewart's criticism of loose safety measurements regarding the use of lug nuts with a new rule change. In a memo sent to teams Monday, the governing body informed ...

Just days after Tony Stewart went on a vehement rant calling for NASCAR to require the application of the maximum five lug nuts on each tire, the sanctioning body responded by mandating that very ...

Lug nut, as defined by Merriam-Webster: a heavy piece of metal that is screwed on to a bolt that holds a wheel on a vehicle. You can pick one up at a parts store for a couple bucks or get one cheap at ...

That's not the description of a crew chief in the garage of what would happen if a wheel is loose. It's the description of the potential penalty if his car has 19 instead of 20 tight lug nuts on a car ...