Is a NASCAR driver considered an athlete?

[PoyeBoy]

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will you also cut off one monthly payment?

 

[bigguns7]

Freakmonster are you in Atlanta?

They were talking about this on the radio this morning, but the issue wasn't are Nascar drivers athletes, it was, is Nascar a sport?

NASCAR is a sport.

NASCAR drivers aren't athletes (necessarily).



BTW I have no interest in NASCAR one way or the other.

 

[Lift Chief]

I don't think NASCAR drivers are atheletes... and either way you look at NASCAR is still the biggest hick activity ever conceived.

 

[notoriousQQ]

how about jockeys or horses for that matter.....greyhounds? Bodybuilders?

by pure definition of the word alone, greyhounds and horses are not athletes. An athlete refers to a Person. Race car drivers are not athletes. Nascar is a competitive event - I guess it could be considered a sport, not an athletic contest.

ath·lete ( P ) Pronunciation Key (thlt)
n.
A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.


sport ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt)
n.

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
An active pastime; recreation.

 

[PoyeBoy]

So monster truck drivers would be athletes?

Im sorry but monster trucking is not a sport.

what aboot fishing?

 

[FreakMonster]

Freakmonster are you in Atlanta.

They were talking about this on the radio this morning, but the issue wasn't are Nascar drivers athletes, it was, is Nascar a sport?

NASCAR is a sport.

NASCAR drivers aren't athletes (necessarily).



BTW I have no interest in NASCAR one way or the other.

yes I'm in Atlanta. I heard them talking about it on 99x

 

[bigguns7]

by pure definition of the word alone, greyhounds and horses are not athletes. An athlete refers to a Person. Race car drivers are not athletes. Nascar is a sporting event, not an athletic contest.

ath·lete ( P ) Pronunciation Key (thlt)
n.
A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts.


sport ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt)
n.

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
A particular form of this activity.
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
An active pastime; recreation.

I agree that by the defintion you are right, horses are not athletes. But I think ESPN would disagree. They named Secretariat 35th in the top 50 ATHLETES of all time.

 

[theoak01]

I believe they are athletes,Hell I remember seeing some of the big guys out there today up here when I was very young running on tracks like cayuga,and they said it takes a hell of alot to operate those cars for the times they do

 

[PolishHammer1977]

What do you guys think?

No. It's an event.

 

[notoriousQQ]

I agree that by the defintion you are right, horses are not athletes. But I think ESPN would disagree. They named Secretariat 35th in the top 50 ATHLETES of all time.

Did ESPN have any race car drivers on the list? I don't remember. But, if they are looking at the most dominating athletes and performances and open the consideration to animals, it makes sense to include secretariat.

I wonder what batch of glue that horse ended up in.