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.
-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Lieb
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:23 AM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ok, who tech'd this car?
I am not buying the "wrong lugnuts" theory. If he had "torqued them up",
they would not have walked off. The studs would have sheared, but the video
plainly shows lugnuts on the ground with nothing in them. For all four
wheels to have come off at once, he had to have merely started the nuts and
walked away. He also HAD to have noticed that soomething wasn't right as he
pulled up to the line. I am betting that this was his first event where he
changed tires at the track.
David Lieb
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