In a message dated 3/31/03 3:09:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, cpollock@xxxxxxxx writes:Wow, hate to say he got it wrong, but according to more than one article, and more than one source, the reason for left hand threaded lug nuts was for NASCAR racing. They found that at high speed and long distance the nuts would begin to back out. Chrysler used left-hand nuts W A Y before NASCAR. Joe Savard, Lake Orion, MI |
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