ep. 29: How to Change a Tire
Don't know jack about loosening lugnuts and swapping spares? Us, neither. But why don't more women know how to change a tire? And where did the boys-only rules about car care come from anyway? Today, C&C investigate with one handywoman who fixed a flat but broke her date and another whose racetrack dates led to pro racing's first all-female pit-crew.
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