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    The drivers face many physical difficulties while driving. The more their bodies can endure, the betterthey will be able to race. One hindrance is the physical heat and fatigue it causes. Anyone who has driven for a long duration can understand how the activity can be wearing. Imagine driving long distances at top speeds, racing other drivers, covered in gear and a helmet, sweating, making sharp hairpin turns, and trying to focus – all at once.
    With the mental and physical risks drivers are asked to take comes a major test of endurance, and that simple fact is not always appreciated enough by the sporting world. This is a highly competitive sport. Even if these athletes are not athletes in the same sense that baseball, football, and soccer players may be considered athletes, they are pushing their bodies. It is a different type of athleticism. It may be more easily compared to marathon running than to other sports. In marathon running, runners must pace themselves so that they can endure long distances. Driving in NASCAR is a test of endurance, but no one is jogging here – it’s all happening at lightning-fast speeds. Driving skill, athleticism, critical thinking, split-second reaction times, quick thinking, and sheer fearlessness are required of the most successful drivers. You don’t see the drivers running out on the track, but drivers are always being pushed to endure in much the same way as other athletes, and to take risks that aren’t required in many other sports.
    Many people mistakenly assume that NASCAR is all about the cars. Sure, hundreds of thousands are spent on perfecting vehicles, including hours of testing and fine-tuning, examining every aspect of the vehicle’s performance using complicated telemetry data to achieve the ideal tire suspension and steering, and countless other head-spinning procedures that these cars go through to become superior machines built for competition. Despite all this, the sport isn’t about cars. Well, maybe it is about cars – but someone has to drive. The best driver, even with a bad car, will make the most out of what he has, whereas the worst driver with the best car won’t get very far.
    In the United States, we like to think of our country as the land of opportunity. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll quickly realize that not everyone has the same opportunities. Some are dealt bad hands from the very beginning, born into poor, dysfunctional families, sent to bad schools where they can only be expected to hang out with the wrong kids from a very early age. Think of immigrant families looking for a better life or a struggling small-time farmer, working long hours and still not making enough. Still, these are the people who make up America and the great stories of our country. That’s why America loves the underdog, because the greatest Americans have been those who have faced a challenge, been dealt a bad hand, taken a risk, and succeeded against all odds.That’s what makes NASCAR great: the challenge, the risk, and that final cross of the finish line.
    But how do drivers get across that finish line? Part of the answer is a combination of endurance and careful strategizing. Drivers have to be flexible and fit to sit in a car for four to five hours. Because it demands so much of their mental and physical capacities, it’s very difficult for drivers not to get physically worn down after hours and hours of high-speed racing.
    As far as strategy is concerned, drivers must pace themselves and drive according to the track they’re on. If drivers are at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, for example, they have to drive carefully. Driving there makes for tight racing, which means lots of wrecks. The way drivers maneuver around this track is different from how they would handle another track, as Talladega calls for a certain finesse and strategy, not just speed.
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