Are Nascar drivers athletes?

[RastaRocket]

Never found McFlabb to ever be funny. Stupid, YES! Funny, NO!

It's not like I meant funny in a positive way...

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Always a tough argument because it depends on how you define an athlete.
By his definition, you would also exclude golfers, bowlers, archers, pool players, and maybe even some of the repetitive one-skill type performers like shot putters, pole vaulters, or even distance runners or straight line sprinters (who are always called athletes, correctly imo, but only do one thing) if you really want to split hairs.
Race car driving does require amazing mental focus and even physical stamina, besides the obvious skill.
But as I said, it all depends on what someone thinks defines an "athlete".

I always thought the best athletes were ones required to do multiple athletic skills vs just one thing. But being the best (or should I say most versatile) does not make everyone else not an athlete at all.

Who ever considered pool players athletes? That would be ridiculous if someone did.

 

[big dog cowboy]

If you cant win a scholarship doing it,then you are not an athlete.

There you go.

 

[MC KAos]

I hate McNabb like any other red blooded cowboys fan, but I think he is right. Race car drivers aren't athletes, they are extremely skilled tho, just because you aren't an athlete doesn't mean what you do is easy.

 

[erod]

This


This may qualify as one of the dumbest posts ever posted on the internets. And when one considers the myriad of dumb post here in the Clown Zone that is saying something.

Dick Trickle. Nuff said.

 

[Rack]

Wait... there's people on the planet that actually DO think NASCAR drivers are "Athletes"?

God help us I hope they don't reproduce.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

The mental focus required in any racing event is incredible.

Yes... And furthermore video game playing is also in there.