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Roger, your talking like you know but you don't. I know guys in Nascar don't lift weights or run for physical training of Nascar.

No, you are talking like you know, but you don't.

You know Nascar drivers don't lift weights or run? How?

Mark Martin is a Nascar driver, and a highly successful one. He also keeps in great physical shape to prepare for the races. In fact, former Chiefs linebacker Dino Hackett couldn't keep up with Martin's workout routine. Next, you're going to say NFL linebackers aren't athletes. His workout plan is also the same one used by many other bodybuilders and athletes.

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I would, in fact, classify chess as a sport.

Notorius, your argument that everyone drives can basically be used to cancel out anything else. People walk every day, but marathoners RUN. They run for long periods of time. But since people already walk alot, doing it really fast and for a long time does not make marathon a sport. Whoops! I think we have a few World Records to stop caring about. A few minutes ago, my mommy asked me to carry something upstairs for her. She handed it to me, and I avoided walls, my sister, and other obstacles in order to bring it to the destination. Football, which is just an exaggerated version of this activity, is not a sport, then. We should stop watching the Super Bowl.

 

 

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if you told tony stewart, robby gordon, or ryan newman (who are all built like linebackers) that they are as athletic as a chess player, they would knock your head clear off.

Actually, you could probably say "good morning" to Tony Stewart and he'd knock your head clear off.

I kid. I'm actually a Tony Stewart fan.

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Eh, I don't think anyone is taking his arguments seriously. He's just baiting people. He a master at that activity. I guess you could say . . . . eh, nevermind.

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Eh, I don't think anyone is taking his arguments seriously. He's just baiting people. He a master at that activity. I guess you could say . . . . eh, nevermind.

And like most people who do that activity, he's the only one who gets enjoyment out of it.

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Your first point: "Drivers dont work out"

From the Steve Parks Website:

Q: I've noticed that you have been working out and are in excellent physical condition this season. What does your normal workout routine consist of?

A: I workout pretty much every day of the week that I'm home. I'm in the gym and work with a personal trainer Monday through Thursday. On Monday I do weight training, two body parts per day. On Tuesday I do a bunch of cardio, either run or ride the bike 5-20 miles and back into weights again on Wednesday and Thursday and also doing some cardio. I've gotten into racquetball quite a bit so I enjoy that... and thanks for noticing! I feel like I'm probably in the best shape of my life and feel good about it. I remember being tired behind the wheel of a racecar late in the race but that doesn't affect me at all now. Walt Smith is my personal trainer and I think that I hold him responsible because I tell him that he brought me back to life again through the injuries and everything else, I pretty much rehabilitated in the gym with him when I was able to. He's seen me work from overcoming an injury to getting back in a racecar so I'm very grateful to Walt. I just keep digging and working out and try to stay healthy and eat right and I think it makes a big difference in how I feel behind the wheel of a racecar.

From a Tony Stewart Webpage:

Workout routine: Weightlifting and cardio workout 4 hours, 5 days a week.

From a Terry Cook website: (NASCAR Truck)

http://www.terrycook.com/2003_Health_Article.pdf

All about his workout routine, which includes a full-time personal trainer, a month and a half pre-season every-day cardio workout, and his sepcial diet.

SO - in a random sampling.. yes, drivers DO work out. You are wrong.

Point 2: "You could be 400lbs and be the best driver."

Ok, lets take a look and SEE how much the best drivers weigh..

The size of the top 10 Nascar Drivers:

Earnhardt Jr. -Height: 6'0" Weight: 165

Jimmie Johnson -Height: 5'11" Weight: 175

Jeff Gordon -Height: 5'7" Weight: 150

Matt Kenseth -Height: 5'9" Weight: 150

Tony Stewart -Height: 5'9" Weight: 170

Ryan Newman -Height: 5'11" Weight: 207

Bobbie Labonte -Height: 5'9" Weight: 175

Kevin Harvick -Height: 5'10" Weight: 175

Kurt Busch -Height: 5'11" Weight: 150

Elliot Sadler -Height: 6'2" Weight: 195

only one of the top ten is even HALF of 400 pounds. You are wrong.

Your overall point: "Nascar isn't a sport because you don't need to be in any kind of physical condition to be in it."

from a driver dynamic website:

"The driver of a NACAR often experiences 4Gs of pressure, which requires great stamina to simply survive over a 3 or 4 hour race." .... "The strength it takes to simply turn the wheel (cars have very little assist, and sometimes none) can be great. The wheel can require and often exceed 200lbs of muscular effort, simply to keep the car on the track."

Your overall point, is wrong.

I will not further debate the point, which has been run into the ground, whether NASCAR is a sport, but sir, you simply MUST get new points to continue your arguement.

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1250 SAT scores says different

About what?

That miracles happen?

That you think you now know everything because you got an okay score on one test?

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Actually, one test scores doesn't mean I know everything. If I did I would of gotten 1600 but they don't let anyone into UB.

Never took the ACT.

Nascar is not a sport! If

it's part of your daily

routine, it's called life.

There is nothing special about Nascar. More than half the

country drives too fast, and a good percentage of those people

have even mastered the skill of driving fast and trying to get to

an actual location, as opposed to driving around in a circle five

hundred times. I'm not even sure if your average Nascar driver

knows how to make a right turn.

The real aim of Nascar is a three hour commercial. Get this:

people actually tune in to watch a bunch of signs go so fast

that they become blurs. It's kind of like shaking your head really

fast when you see one of those sign trucks on the road.

And just like real driving, there are crashes. But here's where

the Nascar people get it right. Instead of stopping traffic and

then letting one car through at a time, which creates one hell of

a rubber neck induced traffic jam, the Nascar people put out a

caution. With the caution up, each driver gets to fulfill his

voyeuristic fantasies, without the delays. Maybe the cops

should simply have curious motorists go around the block.

There could be signs posted by every accident: "To proceed:

go straight; to see this grizzly scene again: circle right."

But mostly, the Nascar people get it all wrong. At the end of the

race, the "winner" gets a trophy, a kiss, and a big bottle of

champagne (unless he has the misfortune of being sponsored

by Coke or Pepsi). What kind of crap is this? Listen up, folks.

Driving around in 500 circles faster than everyone else is

nothing to celebrate. It simply proves to the world that you had

absolutely nothing better to do that day.

Of course, Nascar proves that most of the world has nothing

better to do on a weekend. Who are these people at the races?

Seeing them there is pure torture. I mean we've got all of these

morons in one place (finally), and some nitwit built a wall

between them and the cars careening out of control. Dang!

Talk about a missed opportunity. I'm really serious about this.

Most reasonable people spend their lives trying to avoid traffic,

but these dipsticks actually spend the week rubbing their two

remaining brain cells together just to earn enough money to

watch traffic.

You might be wondering how I know so much about Nascar.

Well, I watched it once. I watched it for a whole minute. I saw

everything I needed to know

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didn't you just post that......let's see...hmm...

Good read - http://www.postgraduateape.com/nascar.html
Nascar is not a sport! If

it's part of your daily

routine, it's called life.

   

 

 

There is nothing special about Nascar. More than half the

country drives too fast, and a good percentage of those people

have even mastered the skill of driving fast and trying to get to

an actual location, as opposed to driving around in a circle five

hundred times. I'm not even sure if your average Nascar driver

knows how to make a right turn.

The real aim of Nascar is a three hour commercial. Get this:

people actually tune in to watch a bunch of signs go so fast

that they become blurs. It's kind of like shaking your head really

fast when you see one of those sign trucks on the road.

                         

And just like real driving, there are crashes. But here's where

the Nascar people get it right. Instead of stopping traffic and

then letting one car through at a time, which creates one hell of

a rubber neck induced traffic jam, the Nascar people put out a

caution. With the caution up, each driver gets to fulfill his

voyeuristic fantasies, without the delays. Maybe the cops

should simply have curious motorists go around the block.

There could be signs posted by every accident: "To proceed:

go straight; to see this grizzly scene again: circle right."

But mostly, the Nascar people get it all wrong. At the end of the

race, the "winner" gets a trophy, a kiss, and a big bottle of

champagne (unless he has the misfortune of being sponsored

by Coke or Pepsi). What kind of crap is this? Listen up, folks.

Driving around in 500 circles faster than everyone else is

nothing to celebrate. It simply proves to the world that you had

absolutely nothing better to do that day. 

Of course, Nascar proves that most of the world has nothing

better to do on a weekend. Who are these people at the races?

Seeing them there is pure torture. I mean we've got all of these

morons in one place (finally), and some nitwit built a wall

between them and the cars careening out of control. Dang!

Talk about a missed opportunity. I'm really serious about this.

Most reasonable people spend their lives trying to avoid traffic,

but these dipsticks actually spend the week rubbing their two

remaining brain cells together just to earn enough money to

watch traffic.

You might be wondering how I know so much about Nascar.

Well, I watched it once. I watched it for a whole minute. I saw

everything I needed to know.

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Well, I said my SAT Score because you said I was idoit. All I did is expressed my opinion.

I guess that 1250 was mostly due to the math part and not the verbal, eh?

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