On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Kevin Sullivan wrote:
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Phil Ethier wrote:
>
> >
> > > The single knock off and a hammer is MUCH faster than lug nuts. Many
> > > race cars today still use a similar system.
> >
> >
> > It is difficult to imagine anything being MUCH faster than a NASCAR pit
> > stop...
>
> Don't they use a single knock off and (air powered) hammer?
Nope. NASCAR uses five lug wheels. They do glue the nuts to the wheel,
so there's no fiddling with the lug nuts. F1 and (I think) Indy cars
use a single lug nut.
David
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