Re: Auto racing as a sport

Post #5,087 by drewk 8/14/01 2:45:03 PM Reply	Re: Auto racing as a sport "Racing is the only sport. All the rest are games." Can't remember who said it, and I don't completely agree, but interesting data point from a participant. This is my sig. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
Post #5,096 by pwhysall 8/14/01 2:54:09 PM Reply	Additionally I don't think that it would be as dangerous as it is, if it weren't for real. Ask Ayrton Senna, Roland Ratzenberger, and more recently, Dale Earnhardt, about that. Racing is indeed the only other sport besides cricket. -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #5,104 by lister 8/14/01 3:06:21 PM Reply	Re: Auto racing as a sport There isn't the same physical demand on the body in auto racing like it is on the other sports I mentioned previously. That's why I don't consider auto racing a sport. I wouldn't call it a game like golf though. Competitive cycling however is a sport. lister
Post #5,108 by pwhysall 8/14/01 3:14:22 PM Reply	Ya don't think? Well, all them F1 drivers seem to spend a helluva lot of time getting ultra-fit for SOMETHING... Driving at an average speed of 160MPH for 2 hours in a car with ~5mm travel in the suspension, pulling up to 3 or 4 Gs in the corners is extremely physically demanding. -- Peter Shill For Hire
Post #5,135 by lister 8/14/01 3:52:54 PM Reply	Re: Ya don't think? Well a fat guy certainly isn't going to fit into the tight little cockpit. It still is though different physical demands that in my mind makes it not a sport. As I said auto racing is debateable. What about sky diving? Is that a sport? I consider it lunacy myself. :-)
Post #5,110 by Fearless Freep 8/14/01 3:15:28 PM Reply	I would beg to differ There isn't the same physical demand on the body in auto racing like it is on the other sports I mentioned previously. There's probably more physical demand placed on the body in an autorace than in a baseball game, for example. I consider it a sport because it does involve competition as well as a high level of physical and mental skill and endurance Jay O'Connor "Going places unmapped to do things unplanned to people unsuspecting"
Post #5,144 by lister 8/14/01 4:05:52 PM Reply	Re: I would beg to differ That's a bad example for me. I don't even like baseball very much. :-) Watching it that is. Playing it for fun is a different story. You're still not going to convince me otherwise.
Post #5,146 by Fearless Freep 8/14/01 4:10:30 PM Reply	Don't matter That's a bad example for me. I don't even like baseball very much. :-) But is it a sport? I don't like baseketball or hockey, but I don't deny they are sports. My point was to compare autoracing to something generally considerd a sport that doesn't require as much physical exertion as auto-racing Jay O'Connor "Going places unmapped to do things unplanned to people unsuspecting"
Post #5,113 by Fearless Freep 8/14/01 3:16:01 PM Reply	I would beg to differ There isn't the same physical demand on the body in auto racing like it is on the other sports I mentioned previously. There's probably more physical demand placed on the body in an autorace than in a baseball game, for example. I consider it a sport because it does involve competition as well as a high level of physical and mental skill and endurance Jay O'Connor "Going places unmapped to do things unplanned to people unsuspecting"

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