Lug Nuts

[mudslinger47]

The pit stops would not be eliminated, they would only be standardized time-wise so as to decrease the advantages of the highly funded teams who can afford to train or hire highly paid specialists that really have no relevance to the competition on the racetrack. They are peripheral to the actual competition between car and driver against car and driver. This is one "gimmick" that would earn NASCAR back some of the credibility it's squandered over the past decade or so in the form of actually implementing a policy that would cut costs and would somewhat level the financial playing field for the lesser funded teams.

Smokey Yunick once said USAC Silver Crown races are the last true racing competition in America. Qualify the cars. Start 'em straight up, run 100 miles and see who's able to manage their car and right rear so as to be the fastest the last 25 miles of the race. No pit stops for tires or fuel. In a Silver Crown 100 miler if ya' pit ya' lose. That's why I enjoy the Crown 100 milers. It's strategy from the drivers seat instead of from computers and high priced race strategists.

F1 is not the subject nor is there any comparisons being made in that regard.

Allow the exact same number of people over the wall as NASCAR allows now but do it without a tricked up floor jack that costs thousands and replace it with 4 small reusable air bags that will emerge out of the bottom of the car to lift the car merely by pushing a quick-attach air fitting onto a common fitting placed about anywhere on the outside of the car and voila!! the whole car is raised in a level, easy and safe manner. To let the car down just detach the air supply and down on the tires it goes. No jack man exposed to traffic on the right side running around with a floor jack, much smaller chance of the car dropping inadvertently due to a possible unstable external jack. Safer? Definitely.

The single nut wheel fasteners are pretty much self explanatory. Obviously it's easier to be sure that 4 wheel nuts are secure as opposed to 20 lug nuts.

I think your missing the point but that's OK, NASCAR isn't listening to us anyway....

[CIRF]

I think your missing the point but that's OK, NASCAR isn't listening to us anyway....

Well, you're 1 for 2.

The point is not missed, the point is added safety in the pits as well as on the track and to somewhat level the financial playing field for the lesser funded teams.

But, you're absolutely correct about NASCAR not listening. If they were watching and listening they wouldn't have gone out of their way to alienate more than half the fan base of just a dozen years ago in the name of keeping the big money teams and sponsors happy with their gimmicks and lack of rules enforcement consistency.

[Clayton_Wetter]

Mostly because the pit stop is part of the race, part of the challenge and part of the planning.... that would eliminate one third of the race challenge...

Pit stops should be the same for all, to insure that that race is won during the race itself. Good luck or bad luck in the pits should be far less of a factor than what it is now.

[old fan]

I agree clayton totally