well you play a chess match against Bobby Fischer and see how you do...but that doesn't make chess a sport
well you play a chess match against Bobby Fischer and see how you do...but that doesn't make chess a sport
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Why is it not a sport?
crack is whack
you don't have to be an athlete to do it...what athletic skills does NASCAR present?
it would be rough, yes...it'd scare me crapless to be driving that fast in a car going in circles...but just because something is hard doesn't mean it is a sport
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-Martin Luther King Jr.
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you don't have to be an athlete to do it...what athletic skills does NASCAR present?
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Endurance for one.
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you don't have to be an athlete to do it...what athletic skills does NASCAR present?
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Endurance for one.
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great vision, great reflexes. are two more
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heck you gotta have endurance to sit in a hot school room close to summer, but obviously that's not a sport
i guess i have to have endurance to be able to drive from home to richmond or to VT
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-Martin Luther King Jr.
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heck you gotta have endurance to sit in a hot school room close to summer, but obviously that's not a sport
i guess i have to have endurance to be able to drive from home to richmond or to VT
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list the attributes that "athletes" have and lets compare what you consider an athlete and what drivers have
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setting in an air conditoned room for an hour sure is tuff.
Race car drivers complain about 3hours in 120 degree heat, what a bunch of pansies.
crack is whack
NASCAR, much like chess, takes no "physical" abilities...it is all mind and sensory skills
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Try it and find out.
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