NASCAR drivers are NOT athletes.

Ronde Chumpion

Hey,

Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
baseball players.

Thanks, Ronde Chumpion

Michael

"ronde chumpion" <rondechumpion@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hey,
>
> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> baseball players.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Chumpion

What does a NASCAR driver do to work out, lift his foot up
and down repeatedly?

Mike

Antonio Sanchez

When I knew nothing about motor racing I used to have the
same opinion as you.

But one day I rented a kart and did some laps on a circuit.
I liked it so much that I started racing and then took a
license to race in the local karting championships (I live
in Galicia, northwest of Spain). What I want to inform you
is that motor racing is by no means a no-effort sport, in
fact there is a lot of energy and muscle power to spend when
you train and race. Of course it cannot be compared with
cycling in terms of physical effort (anyway the list of
those sports is not so big), but in order to be a good
driver you must be very well physically. If you don't
believe this please try to check it by driving a racing kart
(I mean a compettion model, if you can) or ask people who
are inside the sport to tell you.

For your information, I have raced during six years in
cycling (1980-85) and two years in karting (1994-95). Now I
play chess (2003-?)

Regards Antonio Sanchez

"ronde chumpion" <rondechumpion@aol.com> escribió en el
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> Hey,
>
> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> baseball players.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Chumpion

Monty

I think they also turn a wheel counter-clockwise. then
straight, then counter-clockwise. then straight, then counter-
clockwise. then straight, then....

"Michael" <mdw3@nospam.cornell.edu> wrote in message news:rs5Ic.4778$vN3.1833@twister.rdc-
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>
> "ronde chumpion" <rondechumpion@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:62f26b38.0407102230.7f7a3f84@posting.google.com...
> > Hey,
> >
> > Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> > baseball players.
> >
> > Thanks, Ronde Chumpion
>
> What does a NASCAR driver do to work out, lift his foot up
> and down repeatedly?
>
> Mike

Alex Rodriguez

In article
<62f26b38.0407102230.7f7a3f84@posting.google.com>,
rondechumpion@aol.com says...
> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> baseball players.

How much more crap is going to spew forth from your
keyboard?
-------------
Alex

Richard Adams

ronde chumpion wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> baseball players.
>
> Thanks, Ronde Chumpion

Whatever happened to the british bid to have Contract Bridge
included in the summer olympics? (I did not make this up)

Richard Adams

AMG wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 23:30:56 -0700, ronde chumpion wrote:
>
>
>>Hey,
>>
>> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
>> baseball players.
>>
>>Thanks, Ronde Chumpion
>
>
> That goes for golfers, too. Walking is not a sport (nor is
> riding in a golf cart).
>
> AMG

Golf is a sport when you carry your own bag. Kind of an
endurance sport, walking 18 holes, hauling around all that
weight in the sun and still trying to hit the ball well. All
bets are off when you have a caddy and a cart, tho.

Michael

"Monty" <monty@nanandmont.com> wrote in message
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> I think they also turn a wheel counter-clockwise. then
> straight, then counter-clockwise. then straight, then counter-
> clockwise. then straight, then....

Since their tracks are mostly an oval, you only have to
practice turning one way. That tip should cut down on their
workout routine.

Michael's Rule: It's not a sport if you can be good at it
and smoke a cigarette at the same time.

-- Mike

Bill Poole

> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
> baseball players.

Some sports are VERY aerobic, very physical, others are
significantly less so.

It is often said that at the champion level, all sport is
90% mental, so the physical and strength and exertion part
is only 10%, right? Could one then say the top NASCAR guy
and the Top Swimmer/Runner/Bicyclist/golfer are 90% the
same champion?

Frank Dumoulan (FRA), Tanu Kiriakov (BUL), Tao Luna (CHN)
and Jonas Edman (SWE) participate in what must be the LEAST
aerobic sports in the olympics, but their medals from
Syndey 2000 are just as GOLD as all the others! And their
sport is just as mentailly demanding, maybe more-so than
most of the others.

Poole Arizona (in training for 2008)

Evan Evans

> What does a NASCAR driver do to work out, lift his foot up
> and down repeatedly?

>

I think thats riding a bike...... I will never understand
the apeal nascar has to some people. Why is dale
e...whatever regarded as such a hero?

Michael

"Bill Poole" <billpoolenewsgroup@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> It is often said that at the champion level, all sport is
> 90% mental, so the physical and strength and exertion part
> is only 10%, right? Could one then say the top NASCAR guy
> and the Top Swimmer/Runner/Bicyclist/golfer are 90% the
> same champion?

Maybe in future Olympics, they could include the sport of
writing legal briefs. That's kind of mental, and the trips
on the steps the law library could divide the sprinters from
the climbers.

M.

Richard Adams

Michael wrote:
> "Monty" <monty@nanandmont.com> wrote in message
> news:fMbIc.1007$Oj4.826@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>I think they also turn a wheel counter-clockwise. then
>>straight, then counter-clockwise. then straight, then counter-
>>clockwise. then straight, then....
>
>
> Since their tracks are mostly an oval, you only have to
> practice turning one way. That tip should cut down on
> their workout routine.
>
> Michael's Rule: It's not a sport if you can be good at it
> and smoke a cigarette at the same time.
>
> -- Mike
>
>

How about have a bear gut and still compete at the top
level?

Michael

"Richard Adams" <ackthpt@concentric.net> wrote in message news:ccsal0$sul@dispatch.concentric.net...
> Michael wrote:
> > "Monty" <monty@nanandmont.com> wrote in message
> > news:fMbIc.1007$Oj4.826@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> >
> >>I think they also turn a wheel counter-clockwise. then
> >>straight, then counter-clockwise. then straight, then
> >>counter-clockwise. then straight, then....
> >
> >
> > Since their tracks are mostly an oval, you only have to
> > practice turning one way. That tip should cut down on
> > their workout routine.
> >
> > Michael's Rule: It's not a sport if you can be good at
> > it and smoke a cigarette at the same time.
> >
> > -- Mike
> >
> >
>
> How about have a bear gut and still compete at the
> top level?

Warren Sapp.

M.

Richard Adams

Bill Poole wrote:

>> Neither are golfers, pool players, golfers, and most
>> baseball players.
>
>
> Some sports are VERY aerobic, very physical, others are
> significantly less so.
>
> It is often said that at the champion level, all sport is
> 90% mental, so the physical and strength and exertion part
> is only 10%, right? Could one then say the top NASCAR guy
> and the Top Swimmer/Runner/Bicyclist/golfer are 90% the
> same champion?
>
> Frank Dumoulan (FRA), Tanu Kiriakov (BUL), Tao Luna (CHN)
> and Jonas Edman (SWE) participate in what must be the
> LEAST aerobic sports in the olympics, but their medals
> from Syndey 2000 are just as GOLD as all the others! And
> their sport is just as mentailly demanding, maybe more-so
> than most of the others.
>
> Poole Arizona (in training for 2008)
>
>

I think I'd accept car racing in the olympics if the drivers
had to compete in one of these:

http://www.pedalcar.com/