| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/24/2008 4:07:08 PM | | I don't understand how people can say that Nascar drivers, as a group, are in shape. It is a little demanding physically to drive a race, but it's much more mentally demanding. So have my "real world" jobs been too. That didn't qualify those jobs as being sports. I've also been involved in competitions (sales), but those didn't qualify them as sports either. Also, to hear someone equate running into a wall while in a race as remotely equivalent to a football QB being sacked is ridiculous. A racecar driver is very well protected (especially since the installation of the harness that would have undoubtably save Dale Earnhardt's life) and when a driver hits the wall, 99% of the time his day is over. A QB gets hammered, he has to get back up and do it all over again, and again, and again. That I or anyone else couldn't get in a race car and race competitively doesn't qualify racing as a sport either. There is a complete lack of athletic ability in racing. That doesn't mean that some drivers aren't athletic though. I just don't believe that adds any value to driving. Don't worry, I was a professional golfer when I was younger and I don't consider golf a sport either. Please don't let my OPINION upset you, it's just my opinion (and I have been to many Nascar races also). | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/24/2008 4:23:46 PM | Your opinion doesn't upset me; we all have them & no one persons opinion is more right than the other..it's just that 'our own personal opinion'. I do more than just "go" to races; I actually do various jobs for 3 teams (weekends from my regular job) which allows me to know more of what goes on that most people that are sitting in the stands or watching it on tv.
I just got a visual that made me laugh so hard-a big ole NFL football player trying to squeeze himself into a racecar then the other side of that "trying to find the racecar driver inside the football players uniform"-those guys are way little (my labs are bigger)!!
Man I have to give it to you about golf, I don't know how you can judge the distance, etc much less when it looks like a grain of salt in the air. I had a friend Mike that lived in Tucker, GA & his sister was in the LPGA (?) and he was going to take some of us friends to a local golf course & give us some lessons but he was brutally murdered in his golf store (we had just left about 15 minutes before it happened)-everytime I think about golf I think about him.
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/24/2008 4:31:23 PM | | Funny thing is that my sister's last husband was a football player for UGA (lineman) and later had his own race car (dirt track and I think he eventually did some Bush). He was a terrible driver but every time someone else drove, they would win. He is 6'8", just shy of 300#. I have a good friend here in Augusta whos inlaw builds most of the chassis' for race cars and they both laughed when we talked about drivers being athletes. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/24/2008 4:36:05 PM | Oh dear God thanks for the laugh-I can't believe I had that thought then you knew of a true story...6'8" !! Who was his sponsor "Jolly Green Giant"? I bet he had to have some major springs in that car!
I have 2 cousins that live in Augusta & my gosh is it hot & humid there (even though it's only 2 hrs or so from Atlanta). I've watched to boat drag races down there in 2000 but always wanted to go see The Masters. What time of the year do they have that?
The last couple of years I've volunteered for the Bell South Classics at Sugarloaf in Duluth, GA (that's fun) but last year it changed & wasn't as big as has been in the past. One of our officers told me why but I can't remember; I know Tiger wasn't here last year.
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/24/2008 7:25:55 PM | Well, even if you think golf isn't a sport, atleast women do not compete with men at the professional level, as there is some level of strength involved.
If this thread was entitled "Do you think basketball is a sport", basketball players would be laughing at deniers. When people need to attack, get defensive, throw insults, and get so mad, you can tell that they really have nothing else to argue with.
I can say it is a motor sport,or a spectator sport with skilled drivers.. (not athletes) Do you foresee driving around making left turns being introduced into the Olympics? | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/28/2008 10:16:05 AM | | If you can count driving around in a repetitive circle for 3 hours at very fast speeds, then I suppose NASCAR could be called a sport, but its a very close-run thing. As its been pointed out numerously, the drivers don't really do anything athletic, except turn the wheel. Personally I find it incredibly boring to watch like baseball and golf, too much commentation and not enough action. Formula Oneis in the same boat, but it can be called a sport because they actually have more challenging courses, more turns, more to think about, and that's why its more entertaining. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/29/2008 8:12:38 AM | YES,YES AND YES. How would you like to sit there for hours on end in a hot car, no breaks, no radio to listen to, going 150 plus miles an hour, trying to be the fastest car? I think the stress alone is tough.
Go "Smoke'
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/29/2008 1:25:29 PM | You know I hear the same reasons over and over why people don`t think Nascar it`s a sport , most people that say it`s not a sport are non Nascar fans ,I was not always a Nascar fan but then I got into the side by side racing where races like F1 and IRL /Champ are more follow the leader,you can sit in your office and eat your timbits and think you put out as much energy as a nascar driver I think you should get off your butt and go and try a Petty experience you can choose to drive or be a passenger in a car ,then I would like to see some of you in there and wet your pants as you go beside the wall at the speeds these drivers go.
Is Nascar a sport yes a motorsport just as IRL/Champ/F1 are motor sports I enjoy watching both F1 /IRL/Champ/GT races /motocross , hell I`ve even watched swamp buggy races on HD Net Tv. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 3/29/2008 7:35:45 PM | | Before I injured my leg I could go out on a golf course and shoot 64 from the professional tees any given day. I could dunk a basketball, run very close to a 4 minute mile and I've won a few tennis tournaments/played on my college tennis team. I have some idea of what athleticism is and while I can't disagree that NASCAR is sporting, I have a difficult time believing it is a sport. It's much more accurate to call it a contest, even more so, a race. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/1/2008 1:25:22 PM |
Drive a F1 car and see how athletic you need to be.
There's a lot of things you have to be athletic for that can't be considered sports.
Bodybuilding, anyone?
Going and riding 20 miles on your bike?
These both require athleticism, but aren't sports. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/1/2008 8:22:46 PM | | Im a big racing fan. I've been on Pocono Raceway doing 110 on my car and its pretty demanding on the road course section. It looks easy on TV but in real life you'd feel more safe playing rugby. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/1/2008 8:52:01 PM | | come on. NASCAR is a real sport. im not a nascar driver but i do race at a local track in Va and its more than havin a ball in hand game. in a game u get commercal timeouts, and most of the time the players only play for an hour if they are lucky. drive at 180 plus for 4 plus hours and no timeouts to sit down have a drink and figure out ur next play. thats why NASCAR is a real sport. you only have a split second to make a decision. NASCAR and all racing venues are true sports. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/2/2008 8:45:16 AM | | same can be said of F1 and other motorsports regarding split second decisions, and just because endurance is a mainstay in NASCAR doesn't necessarily make it a sport, you people act like that's the hardest thing in sport, to stay in a hot car for 4 hrs, going really fast, be serious please... | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/2/2008 9:41:57 AM | | The definition of "sport" is an athletic activity requiring skill and physical prowess often in a competetive nature. Nascar is competetive and does require skill, but doesn't require a athletic ability. So 2 out of 3 ain't bad. There are alot of "sports" that fall in this catagory. Golf, curling, bowling just to name a few. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/2/2008 5:00:25 PM | | man its more than just driving, u gotta know whats going on with the car. do u think you can drive a car that handles like crap at the speeds they run. yeah they may sittin down but the upper body takes a beatin from the g forces and the arms are worn out. endurance is key in any sport. if u cant endure the nature of the sport u wont suceed. name me another sport that endures the time laspe of racing?? | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/2/2008 6:01:26 PM | Or throw around one of those tires; I have one fully inflated from Elliott Sadlers test & I work out & it's heavy to me. And my friend Chris Miko that is gasman & hauler driver on the # 9 Nationwide team has put a full can of fuel on my shoulders like they do & have to be on the wall, jump down without losing their balance, etc....my knees couldn't take it (surgery 1996).
Whether people think it's a sport or not (it's like religion & politics-everyone has an opinion but no one opinion is right) but NASCAR is physically demanding & you have to be in shape. | |
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| Do you think Nascar can be considered a Sport?
Posted: 4/2/2008 6:06:23 PM | bet nealinho has no clue how to change a tire since he has no clue what a true sport is.
and know body has told me what is a sport if racing isn't . racing is the sports of all sports the rest are all just little boy games. GOOD luck gtogone in your up coming season | |
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