[Spridgets] ok, who tech'd this car?

[derf]

I like your idea of the shoulder being too long.  I was thinking he
bought cheap lug nuts and over-torqued them.  Some studs sheared and
some maybe just stripped and let the lug nuts slide off.
I've seen a video of that TR4 crash.  I thought that TR4 broke an
axle.  Great video, the guy trashes the car and when he catches his
breath he says something like "Well, that sucks."


On 6/13/07, Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson at thicko.com> wrote:
> Might be too long of a shoulder on the lug nuts. They "torqued up" by
> bottoming out, but did not fasten the wheels tightly to the hubs. I was that
> nearly 15 years ago with a guy on the British Race Group Team, in a TR4 with
> a surrey style hardtop. He lost a rear wheel coming in to 7 at Blackhawk and
> totaled the car when it rolled.