We've said it before, but it's a fact that few things are as simple as they look. Take something as commonplace as lug nuts: They hold the wheels onto a vehicle. That's simple enough, but another ...

You might’ve recently heard about an alarming TikTok trend called the “lug nut challenge.” It’s said to involve bored kids loosening or stealing the lug nuts off random vehicles and hiding out nearby ...

In the old days, all you had to worry about was Ford ½-inch, GM 7/16-inch, and the weirdo ½-inch left-handed Chrysler stuff. Today, hot rodders are faced with tapered seats, multiple-length shanks, ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — In just 24 hours, the Covington Police Department had five reports of a dangerous trend called the "Lug Nut Challenge." "How the trend works is individuals will loosen the lug ...

NASCAR will switch to a single lug nut for fastening its tire and wheel assemblies in Cup cars next season, ending decades of using a renowned five lug nut pattern. An official told NBC Sports the ...

Reports are warning drivers about a new, dangerously dumb TikTok challenge spreading across social media where people are being encouraged to loosen lug nuts on cars to see what happens. It sounds ...

DENVER, N.C. -- Tony Stewart is "beyond mad" with NASCAR over the sanctioning body's lack of lug nut enforcement on pit road, the driver/team owner said Wednesday. NASCAR stopped requiring teams to ...

That's not the description of a crew chief in the garage of what would happen if a wheel is loose. It's the description of the potential penalty if his car has 19 instead of 20 tight lug nuts on a car ...