[Zeke]

I see some design changes coming. Sort of a back up system where the gun operator only needs to flip a lever and a secondary driver engages another set of cogs or even a hex shape at the end of the nut.

That's bound to happen again and that was one hell of an expensive failed nut. What's funny is that if the team had a huge pair of locking pliers they probably could have stayed in the race, albeit out of the points.

So in that sense, I guess it's a matter of 'what's the point?'

(edit) After I typed my post I got in the shower (where we do out best thinking) and thought that a lot of us Pelican people would have grabbed a mallet and the big ass chisel and removed that nut in 5 seconds. Add in the time it might take to hand thread the nut off, R and R the tire, and secure a new nut, I say 15 seconds at the most. That would have at least been in the points finishing wise.

Racing has gotten so technical that the mechanics are far removed from mundane procedures that involve a BAH (big ass hammer). I bet there's a mallet and chisel on the pit wall from now on.