Can some one please tell me how nascar is a sport.?

May be...

Actually sir, driving a race car is nothing compared to tooling around in a Caddy at 80mph. The drivers push the cars to their limits while experiencing up to 4Gs in the corners. Plus stock cars have minimal steering assist (i.e. power steering) so it takes a good dose of arm strength to wrestle the 3400lb cars around the track. Add in the intense focus it takes to race door to door with 42 other cars for 4 hours, with temperatures in car reaching 130 degrees. It takes courage, stamina, extreme focus, and great hand-eye coordination to be a race car driver. On top of that, you have the pit crews (most of them former college athletes) that can change four tires (weighing 80lbs each) and fuel the car using a gravity fed fuel can in under 14 seconds. A number of professional athletes from different sports have gotten behind the wheel of NASCAR race car and said afterwords about how much it drained them after just a few laps and the respect they had for the drivers to do it for four hours. So if other pro athletes such as football, baseball, and basketball players consider it a sport, then how can you not?

Unlike other sports that relies on little intelligence and just some big stupid athletes ... NASCAR is quiet the opposite. It requires more intelligence and relies less on big stupid athletes. I see how that can be confusing for people who are fans of baseball, football, and basketball.

Check out www.wikipedia.com- and check out the definition for Sports. Youll get the full answer there.

Regarding "physical" aspects, a driver must be in excellent physical condition to drive these race cars. A. They need to be hydrated and have the proper nutrients, because for hours they are in a race car traveling 150 mph +, so their mind needs to be there, and they are in a car and suit with temps of 100 degrees. B. the lighter a driver is, the faster the car goes. Most drivers watch what they eat and have trainers come to their homes. If you have ever seen some of these drivers in person you will notice their weight. Some of these men weigh no more than 145lbs, and the reasonings are that the lighter they are, the faster the car goes. The drivers eat before a race- but very light meals with protein.

P.S. Your Grandma definitely couldnt do this...

Considering it's in the SPORTS catergory, I'd say this nulls this question.

We all know why you ask these questions, it's just to anger us.

Hey- another Patriot fan Kewl beans

I always thought a 'sport' involved physical exercise, so you can count golf, fishing and race car driving out. (Guess there's a lotta southern boys who'd argue that point!)

On that note, how do they put those 'poker marathons' on TV as legitimate contests? I'd rather play than watch

Your grandma would end up in the wall after the first 50 feet, trust me.

I consider it just driving fast nothing my grandma couldn't do.

if we pretend to agree with you, will you promise to go away?

You mean your grandma does'nt drive a Buick 15 mph under the limit I'm impressed. I want to see a stick and ball sport where the particpants pull 4g's every 3-5 seconds. BTW the sport's called auto racing NASCAR's a sanctioning body within that sport(and it's always NASCAR that gets brought into question, never IRL, Formula 1, ALMS, etc). Just for fun look up a youtube video of Dale Earnhardt Jr doing a guest flight in a Blue Angels F/A-18, then look up Terell Davis, at 8g's Dale laughs and cracks jokes, Davis passes out. Damn bitter Patriots fans

Well, you have open competition, competitors, winners & losers. Quickest to the finish line wins. Sounds like a sport to me.

Oh crap, here we go again.

NASCAR is a sport because there are competitors, all striving for the same goal. To win.

And somebody tell me when 'someone' became two words. And while we're at it, a period AND a question mark at the end of the sentence/question?

And I bet your Granny LOVESSSSSSSS NASCAR!!
Go Granny Go Granny

Yeah, you are right...it's not a sport, it's a way of life! Maybe you should try increasing your education and intelligence level and learn what all the other NASCAR fan already know. :)
And, by the way, unless your grandma is Janet Guthrie or Shawna Robinson, she could not do it.
NASCAR drivers are every bit, if not more so the athletes of any other sport.

The difference between a sport, and a game such as baseball, or football, is you play a game then you go home.. In a real sport, nobody does much playing, and sometimes someone needs to come bye, and collect your remains.. The stakes are much higher in real sports.. Give us a shout when they start wearing fireproof suits in football..
Just because they give the scores to various games, on so called "sports shows", doesn't make them more than games..
Edit: Wedge, they do it on F1, and IRL/ Indy Car for years.. I've been to one F1 site that even has permanent trolls..
Most of these trolls know so little about driving even a family car on the street, they actually believe that when they get behind the wheel, they are "driving"..
Dude, if you can catch your breath, you ain't "driving"... lol

NASCAR is a Sport

Baseball
Football
Basketball
Are all Games

NASCAR is a sport where you don't have to stick steroids in your *** to Win.

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I told you trolls this once before and here goes again.

NASCAR is not just a sport, NASCAR is THE sport and a way of life.


GO 24!!!!

Yeah here we go again.

Because ABC and FOX say so.

an intelligent question, right up there with where do they pee...hmmm well check ask.com, check a dictionary, then check the newspapers and see where the listing falls, all answers say SPORT!

ALL THE OTHER SPORTS ONLY PLAY WITH ONE BALL!!!!!

aaaaaaahhhh troll

don't hate on nascar man

I'm not going to dignify this question with an answer.....Oh, wait! Crap!

ammmmmm first off because you found it under sports of and that is all the answer this question is worth..

i know when do they pee is coming up cuz i see this question every week
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