How many lugs on nascar

This will allow you to be more aggressive, get closer to things and not be worried about making a little contact. This is the third Next Gen introduced into the Cup Series over the past 15 years, starting with the controversial Car of Tomorrow in The current car, Gen-6, was introduced in NASCAR noted in a release that, even with the single, center-locking lug nut, tests have shown a half-second is needed to fasten the larger single lug, compared to the 0.

Elliott said he was looking forward to the challenge of learning the ins and outs of the new car, which will make its debut next season at Daytona International Speedway. I think it's going to be tough. Heck, we told you it was coming in our Daytona preview three weeks ago.

During that race weekend, a handful of NASCAR crew members even posted semi-mournful farewells to the old-school way of changing tires as they realized the next time the Great American Race was run, it would likely be with much different pit stops. But even if you knew the single-lug change was imminent, the reality of seeing it and thus its becoming real was still a little shocking. All due respect to the jack men, tire carriers and gas can men their job is also expected to change in , the true cowboys of pit stops have always been the tire changers.

NASCAR fans who were upset about the single-lug announcement -- and gauging by social media, there were plenty -- if they are being honest, that's what they will miss. Even more than the skill it takes to hit those five spots cleanly and twice-over in fractions of a second. It's that five-part sound effect from which people are so scared to part ways. What's it going to be now? We don't know. What it's going to be like when I visit a race shop to watch tire changers run drills?

For years they have kneeled next to posts affixed with five nuts and repetitively practiced hitting them with air guns. Now, will they still be there but hitting only the same spot in the center? Will I ever be pelted again in the pits, zinged by a lug-nut projectile run over by a race car as the car leaves the pit stall and launched into my back? Will my friends at Pit Crew U. NASCAR also does not anticipate making changes to the current roster composition as it pertains to over-the-wall crew members.

Additionally, the new assembly will also decrease prerace preparation time with teams no longer having to glue hundreds of nuts onto the wheels. There are times when we have to open up the garage or pit road early on race day for no other reason than for the race teams to glue up 11 sets of tires.

They can just use the wheels as they are without being glued. The new car is on track to debut in , with a new hp engine formula to follow in or That engine will have electrical components with the sanctioning body moving increasingly toward a hybrid EVO over the next decade. Of course, pushback against change in general is human nature and far from unique to motorsports.

Those who oppose the Cup Series moving to a single, center-locking lug nut for its next generation car — as opposed to the current five-lug pattern — because such a design makes the car "less of a stock car" are missing the point. Ready for more. The mostly negative feedback was predictable. Below we pluck a few of those responses to the tweet and explain why they're misguided.