Yes, the race car industry uses AN aircraft hardware, and one of their best structural designers wrote a book about it. It is about understanding why various types of fasteners perform (or fail) as they do; and then knowing this, how to select and install the proper piece of hardware for a particular application.

Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook by Carroll Smith covers in depth the hardware design itself and the installation methods of all types of AN threaded and non-threaded fasteners including standard nuts and bolts; camlock and dzus fasteners; floating and fixed platenuts; rivnuts; tinnerman nuts; helicoils; tab, star, tapered, & standard washers; lock and cotter pins; drivelocks, quick releases; standard and cherry rivets, and several types of AN bearings - all including single fastener connections through complex joint designs in dry and wet (fuel tanks) conditions.

The second section is on AN plumbing fittings and techniques including solid fittings and flexible lines and hoses as used in both low and high pressure applications; in fuel, oil, and hydraulic systems. This section will show you how to design a plumbing system, select the proper fittings, and install it in an efficient and safe manner.

This is an absolutely exceptional book on the subject that no airframe technician should do anything less than memorize.