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World's Largest Lug Nut: world record set in Lansing, Michigan

Sep 23, 2022

Lansing, Michigan, United States--A giant Lug Nut on a smoke stack celebrates the Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball team; it towers over the Stadium District, in Lansing, Michigan, but is located off South Cedar Street near Michigan Avenue and sets the world record for being the World's Largest Lug Nut, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

Photo: World's Largest Lug Nut in Lansing, Michigan. Photo by travelthemitten.com.

"In 1999, the Lansing Lugnuts Single-A minor league baseball team was formed."

"A factory across the street from the team's ballpark attached a lugnut to it's smokestack, which is visible from within the ballpark," the virtualglobetrotting.com reports.

Photo above: World's Largest Lug Nut in Lansing, Michigan. Photo by Kristina_5/flickr

"A lug nut or wheel nut is a fastener, specifically a nut, used to secure a wheel on a vehicle. Typically, lug nuts are found on automobiles, trucks (lorries), and other large vehicles using rubber tires." (wikipedia)

"The Lansing Lugnuts are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Lansing, Michigan, and play their home games at Jackson Field."(wikipedia)

Photo above: World's Largest Lug Nut in Lansing, Michigan. Photo: Google Maps

"When minor league baseball came back to Lansing, Michigan, in the mid-1990s, the “Lugnuts” was chosen as the local team name. Though somewhat controversial at the time, it has become a beloved nickname that translates into a great cheer; “Let’s Go Nuts!,” when fans are trying to inspire the team or celebrating a victory," the Atlas Obscura reports.

"Shortly after the team began playing baseball in Lansing, an oversized lug nut was installed atop a brick smokestack across the street from the team’s home field, the Cooley Law School Stadium. Today, it proudly symbolizes the 20-plus years of Lugnuts baseball history and tradition in the city of Lansing."

"The lug nut is visible from many areas surrounding the smokestack. Paid surface parking lots and on-street parking meters are available nearby."

"The Lansing Lugnuts are a Class A minor league baseball team that plays at Cooley Law Stadium just a few blocks from Michigan’s state capitol building," the travelthemitten.com reports.

"A nearby factory put the world’s largest lugnut on its smokestack around the same time the baseball team was formed – see it at the corner of E. Michigan Ave. and S. Cedar St."