Why is NASCAR such a hugh sport, or even a sport at all?

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Sport : An activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

It takes skill and physical prowess and is competitive in nature.
Driving a car isn't a sport, driving a car at 185 mph with 42 other cars in such a close proximity for competition is.

It takes a lot of skill to be in Nascar. Not only to win but to avoid collisions. It's a very exciting and fun sport to watch, as least to me.

im NOT dissing NASCAR, i just dont understand how driving a car is considered a sport?

well it ways 3400 lb and they go 3 or 4 wide inches apart for up to 600 miles(most of the time 500) and if they were to slam the gas pedal down the would spin out cause they have 850 horsepower

its not a hugh sport but it is HUGE!! yep millions of fans and sold out most races. Its a sport. You came here thru "motorSPORTS".
Now don;'t forget your next question should be how do drivers go pee.

I'm tired of trying to explain the whole sports argument to non fans. And it seems like this question gets asked way too often and of course is never meant as a diss. I do hope that somebody on here is able to explain it to you though.

Asking a question IS dissing the sport.

It takes more work then people think, and more knowledge then people think. The cars are not the same as we drive on the regular street, they have more power and speed. With the speed that they have going into the corner they have a lot more g-force on them that takes being fit to be able to stand. Also the cars, on the inside they dont have the gauges that we do that say how fast they are going so they have to know what the rpm's calculate to in order to know how fast they are going, they have to be able to take care of the heat gauges, and all the other ones. And that is just inside of the car. They have to be able to watch where they are going while they are keeping track of the people that are an inch next to them and the ones that are drafting behind them. They also have to be quick thinking and have quick reflexes to avoid the accidents.

Also dont forget the crew members, NASCAR is not just about the driving, you also have to take into consideration the pit crew that comes over the wall that changes a whole bunch of stuff on the cars like 4 tires, and wedge adjustments, and track bar adjustments and gas in 13 seconds. All of it takes skill to do just like any other sport takes skill.

in every sport you are part of a team, it is a team effort to be the best, the driver in the car is only part of a team. what other sport can you watch 43 teams compete at the same time? with the longest season of any sport? Now if you can get football players to hit each other at 120-200 mph that would be exciting to see ha ha.

You have never been to a race. TV cannot do Nascar justice for what a fan can witness in the stands. Being there is so much different. TV only lets you see and here what they want you to see. I.E. Dale Jr.

I think anything that is done competitively, with a goal of winning, is a sport.

If you have never heard of motor-sports, you need to get out more.

it's more to it if u put it in simple form no sport is a sport throwing a ball then running in everyone to get to the person with the ball i mean football has alot of strategy and so does nascar its not like driving a street car 900 hp alot of g forces sometimes power steering goes out and you just cant quit 3,500 lb car sometimes the cooler for the helmet goes out ok no they dont run catch but its a sport to me
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