Glue is to blame for problems in pit stops
We’re talking about glue. Not your basic Elmer’s, mind you, but still an everyday adhesive found on store shelves. Hard as it might be to fathom, in a sport of high-powered motors, high-priced drivers and high-pressured decisions, a recent NASCAR Sprint Cup race came down to… glue. Blame glue, along with a subtle rule change, for the cascade of fallen lug nuts and slower pit stops seen this season. And it quite possibly cost one person his job. With track position always critical, time lost in the pits puts a driver farther behind. So teams are re-examining when they glue lug nuts to the wheel before a race and even what the weather conditions are. It doesn’t stop there. Tire changers who’ve spent years doing things the same way struggle to alter how they tighten and loosen lug nuts during pit stops under these new circumstances. — Virginian-Pilot
