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vwbud wrote: And I still have people tell me that drivers aren't athletes...

But my wife tries to tell me figure skaters ARE athletes. I just laugh!
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Wasn't there a turn in one of the F1 races that had to be slowed down b/c the drivers kept blacking out due to G's? It was a pretty hi-speed open turn, IIRC
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La Curva Parabolica... intense corner.
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thats intense cause an average human will black out a 9 lateral g's. Guys trained to resist g's can pull up to 11. Something to compare for non-engineers:
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thrdeye wrote:Wasn't there a turn in one of the F1 races that had to be slowed down b/c the drivers kept blacking out due to G's? It was a pretty hi-speed open turn, IIRC
I did a little checking :wink:

CART April 29, 2001 at Texas Motor Speedway. No one blacked out, but almost all of the drivers became dizzy after making long runs at top speed. It seems they reached a max of about 6g and in excess of 5g for 18 sec. out of a 22 sec. lap.

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thrdeye wrote:Speed -WRC coverage = mucho sucko!

What WRC Coverage? In 2003 and 2004 they showed every single race. In 05' I caught about three listed with tivo. Hell, they don't even show the Rally America since SCCA dropped out.
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