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stef -> RE: Dana Patrick the New Woman of Racing. (7/2/2005 10:54:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet
In the case of car raceing, Danna Patrick has a very distinct advantage aginst most of the other racers. She is short and only weighs 110 pounds thus giving the car less weight and wind resistance. So if there would ever be a seperation of sex in the car racing industry, it would be due to women having the advantage and I think to many men have to much pride to admit to that.
Probably because it's a crock. The other racing teams can go find drivers of similar stature if they think it's that much of a problem. What's next, penalizing basketball players because they're too tall?
You could also argue that she's at a distinct physical disadvantage due to her small size. She lacks the upper body strength and endurance of her larger, male competitors. That saw cuts both ways.
Robby Gordon, the most vocal anti-Danica racer, is just a crybaby looking for some press in the sunset of his mediocre career. There's a reason he has his own race team, he isn't good enough to get a ride with anyone else. Sounds like sour grapes to me, especially since he never whined about the smaller male racers who have been beating him soundly on a regular basis for years.
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I myself have never thought of car racing as a sport. Sure there is skill and team work envolved with your coach and auto workers but the only real physical envolvment is endurance and holding controlling your bladder if you don't like peeing in your paints or having a foley.
You should consider removing the word 'thought' from that first sentence because it's clear you haven't put much into this subject. Driving a race car isn't anything like driving to grandma's house in the family car. It's a physically grueling endeavour and the drivers fight the car and physics every second of every lap. If you're not in peak physical condition, you have little chance of surviving a race unscathed, much less winning one.
But don't just take my word for it:
Speed Racers Are In Good Shape, Too
No doubt NASCAR drivers are athletes
Are racers athletes?
You can find more articles if you bother to look.
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I myself am only interested in the wrecks. It's ppl like them who help keep me employed in the trauma, orthopedic, and Physical Therapy business.
The thought of you working in any segment off the healthcare industy scares the hell out of me.
~stef
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