proving racing is a sport

[Mallory Davis]

So i have a request to all racers on ekn. I am doing a college persuasive speech called "Racing, it really is a sport!" I need a few angles to attack this speech from. I have a week left to put in some final touches.
My easiest angle and views come from using NASCAR and IRL, since they are seen on tv the most often and have some household names. Jimmie Johnsons recent Athlete of the Year is one piece of support, along with information bits about Danica Patrick, Mario Andretti and the teams as a whole.
Any suggestions are welcome.
THANKS!
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Mallory Davis

[Greg Wright]

Check out Jim Leo's PitFit Training, not sure of the website.

This is an intense physical regimen used by many Indy Car drivers.
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[Chris Livengood]

Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment

Is there physical exertion? Yes

Is there an individual? Yes

Is there a team? Yes

Does the individual or team compete against other individuals or teams? Yes

Is it entertaining? Many consider it to be. (NASCAR earnings good proof)


Seems like a fairly cut and clear argument to me.
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[Benn Herr]

Any contest where there is physical exertion and the possibility of getting hurt.

The more of each, and it's more of a sport.

Less of each and it's more of a game.
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[joseph hollinger]

I think that racing is generally criticized because people believe that there's not much effort to driving a racing car. And in fact you even hear that among racers themselves such as road racers saying that IRL cars or NASCAR cars "drive themselves." In truth, racing is not the most physical sport and there are sports such as competitive cycling that make even the most demanding racing look like a walk in the park. But that same comparison also holds for many of the traditional sports that Americans look up to. Baseball, for example. Even football doesn't compare to competitive cycling or marathoning or many, many other sports. It's all relative, but racing is nowhere near being out of the range for what people should think of as sport.
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[Mark Peters]

Racing is a competition that is determined by a result or outcome rather than by a judge or panel of judges like gymnastics or figure skating. There is only one winner
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[Gregory Dzielinski]

Have the strongest guy in your school hold two 4 pound weights out in front of him in the 10 & 3 o'clock position, like he's driving, while you give your speech. See how long he lasts.
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[joseph hollinger]

[Kevin Callahan]

Ernest Hemingway: There are only three sports that really try a man: Bullfighting, mountain climbing, and race driving.

I don't have a specific quote but numerous studies have shown motocross racing to be the 2nd most rigorous sport to soccer. I believe these studies were measuring aerobic challenges.

There was a TV show a long time ago called "Challenge of Champions" or something like that on ABC. It pitted athletes from different professional sports against each other in a variety of physical contests. One year the 2nd place finisher overall was a road racer, Peter Revson.

[joseph hollinger]

[Clarence Carter]

I ride motorcross bikes, after a full day of hard riding, I am nowhere near as tired as I get from a 10 minute shifter sprint race.
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[Thom Andresen]

I gave up the sport of motocross for the sport of karting....although I still have three KTMs.
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[Jim Derrig]

[Mallory Davis]