NASCAR: Some pit crews nailed by new lug nut rule
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 15:21
in Mathematics & Economics
By Jonathan Ingram, The Sports Xchange When Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his first and most improbable championship in 1980, he was one disastrous pit stop away from losing the title to Cale Yarborough. After leaving his pits at the Ontario Motor Speedway too soon, Earnhardt Sr. ran over his jack. Once on the track, he discovered he had a loose wheel, which was vibrating because of missing and loose lug nuts.