Is a NASCAR driver considered an athlete?

[bigguns7]

i feel that to be considered an athlete, the human being has to be the primary source of power for the "sport". so this would rule out any kind of auto racing, horse racing, etc.

So, you do not consider polo to be a sport?

How about downhill skiing?

 

[Moe]

Interviewer: "So, Jeff Gordon, how would you best describe what it is you so?"

Jeff Gordon: "I turn left."

Interviewer: "Surely it can't be that simple, is it?"

Jeff Gordon: "That simple...maybe not, but certainly that boring."

Interviewer: "If it is boring, then why do it?"

Jeff Gordon: "For the same reason other people watch...crashes are cool--yee-haw!!!"

 

[Lumberg]

Interviewer: "So, Jeff Gordon, how would you best describe what it is you so?"

Jeff Gordon: "I turn left."

Interviewer: "Surely it can't be that simple, is it?"

Jeff Gordon: "That simple...maybe not, but certainly that boring."

Interviewer: "If it is boring, then why do it?"

Jeff Gordon: "For the same reason other people watch...crashes are cool--yee-haw!!!"

What about braking, accelerating, moving into and out of your pit box, relaying what your car is doing to your crew chief, shifting gears, avoiding other cars that are crashing, applying the "chrome horn" to other cars, etc etc etc.

The only places where the above applies are at Daytona and Talladega. You literally hold the gas pedal down on the floor and turn left lap after lap after lap.

 

[theoak01]

Jeff Gordon is a pompious prick,he loves to put himself above the sport and others in it. Ask a Real Driver like junior and Petty,and if D.E was still with us he would tell you something different, I bet Dale was spinning in his grave when Jeff said that shit

FUCK JEFF GORDON

 

[scrummy]

It is spelled badminton as in bad'-min-tun. It is not bad mitton (the opposite of good mitton).

 

[Lumberg]

Jeff Gordon is a pompious prick,he loves to put himself above the sport and others in it. Ask a Real Driver like junior and Petty,and if D.E was still with us he would tell you something different, I bet Dale was spinning in his grave when Jeff said that shit

FUCK JEFF GORDON

Dude he never said that. It was a joke.

I don't care how much a prick he is, no NASCAR driver would ever say he liked wrecks.

 

[the nature boy]

NO!!!!!!! It's just an hobby for lazy people.

it's a pretty damn expensive hobby.

 

[theoak01]

I was gonna say, I still dont like him

 

[***]

nascar drivers may be more physically conditioned people than say sumo wrestlers, but they're not participating in athletic events. they're great competitors, but not athletes. same as jockeys, equestrian riders, dog trainers, chess players, etc.

 

[Bigsatan13]

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I drove in the NASCAR experience and will say that the drivers have to be in great shape. Most train on a regular basis. If you think it is nothing to drive that car you are wrong. Another sport I didn't realize that most of their athelete's weight train every day is Rodeo.