We all know or have heard of the racing sport NASCAR. Cars race around a track in close quarters for 500 miles, at an average speed of 200 miles per hours, for an average race length of three and a half hours with pit stops and caution laps. Most NASCAR fans consider the drivers athletes for enduring such high intensity races, but what most people don’t understand is that there are other athletes on the track that do not get recognized as athletes. What I am talking about are the NASCAR Pit Crew’s; they are athletes just like the diver and they train as hard as diver, but Pit Crew Challenges get looked over as a sport. Let’s face it, most people watch NASCAR races to see amazing crashes, but they also watch to see how fast the pit crew teams …show more content…
A pit crew consists of two tire-carriers (front and rear), two tire-changers (front and rear), a jackman and a gasman. The rear tire changer Removes and replaces the right rear tire, using an air-powered impact wrench on the five lug nuts. He then moves to the opposite side of the car to change the left rear tire. The rear tire changer assists the rear tire changer by handing him a new tire that he's carried from behind the pit wall. He may also adjust the rear shock/jack bolt to adjust a car's handling then move to the other side to carry the other rear tire. The front tire changer and tire carrier does the same thing as the rear just on the front of the car. The jack man operates a 20-pound hydraulic jack that raises the car for tire changes. After new tires are first bolted to the right side of the car, the jackman drops the car to the ground and repeats the process on the left side. The gas man empties two 12-gallon dump cans, which weigh 81 pounds each, into the car's fuel cell. The Pit crew does all of this in under 13 seconds which is about the time it takes for one NFL play or how long it takes for you to walk to the fridge to get another beer. In an autopsy of the pit stop done by Sport Science they broke down the pit stop: The jack man gets to the car and has to precisely center the jack under a ¾ inch bolt raising the car before the tire changer removes all five lug nuts in about one second then tightening the new lug nuts in about the same speed. The entire crew explodes to the other side of the car to do the same to the driver’s side of the car. The gas man empties all 12 gallons of fuel in about five seconds. Just to put into comparison if you have ever changed a tire on the side of the road or even had the luxury of working in a shop it takes much longer to change one tire than these crews take to change all the tires and fuel up
In the past few years, the controversy over Native American and other racial sport names or mascots have become an uproar. The main sport teams that are being targeted due to controversial mascots are programs having names dealing with Native Americans. Many teams are well known programs such as the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, and the Washington Redskins. The Redskins are receiving the most heat from racial groups. According to Erik Brady of USA Today “The volatility surrounding such names has amped up in the year since Daniel Snyder, owner of Washington's NFL club, told USA TODAY Sports that he'd never change his team's name: ‘NEVER — you can use caps.’” (3). However, professional teams are not the only teams receiving negative remarks,
My team consists of four other people besides myself, Lauren Chojnaki, Alexa-Louise Patnode, and Jacobe Loewen, and Ryan Tyriver. Together, we are tasked with the mission to complete a stakeholder analysis regarding a specific organization and their structure. For this project to be completed successfully, it is important that all team members are able to cooperate with one another and are able to use their different strengths to create the best end product.
Olympics fans are missing the fastest paced sport in the world. I think NASCAR should be one of the sports in the olympics. The following will help me get my point across: competitiveness, popularity, and that it is fast-paced.
The following essay will discuss the argument that the current pre-dominance of black athletes in the world of sprinting is a social and not a racial phenomenon. Firstly the article will examine the physical differences between black and white athletes. Secondly, this article will discuss stereotypical beliefs in the world of sport. This essay will give an objective examination of the above issues and to challenge beliefs held and conveyed by individuals.
Ever experienced cheer camp a famous college? Surround by its famous color orange and blue? Well, I did! A tremendous amount of people have their different ideas an exciting experience in their life. Although out of all of the exciting experiences I’ve ever experienced , I would have to say my favorite is when I visited The University of Florida for cheer camp my sophomore year. I was overly excited about spending four days at The University of Florida; I stayed up all night the night before packing and getting ready to finally stay at a college for four days with my fellow cheer sisters. From that experience I learned a lot about sticking together as a team, and friendship! But, most importantly, I learned that bonding together as a team is what got us to finish strong at the end. Those four days really opened my eyes to a lot of different things and I’m glad I can say that I really enjoyed myself.
This is where I realized that there was more credit given to the sport rather than the jockeys participating in the sport. There was a lack of credit given to the jockeys. The jockeys didn’t get as much of the attention and credit that they deserve. This is something that I also seeing happening every day in today’s society fans only value athletes to a certain extent on and off their sport field. I think a lot of this has to do with setting people to a high standard such as a role model because of the good things they do with the sport and in the community but as soon as they do something bad or the media misinterprets something they did that effects their role model skills. That is probably why society gives so much credit to the sport rather than the athletic because the sport could never do anything wrong to change their mindset about the sport they may not like the change of rules but they’re still going to like the sport. Whereas, they give the athletic to much credit there is a chance they may do something to mess that up and society will do anything to bring them down even
The media’s attack on pit bulls started when drug dealers were chaining them up using them as a weapon against police. In the media Pit Bulls and portrayed as vicious dogs that attack owners, strangers, and children without warning. There are several other breeds that bite and attack, however you only hear about the pit bulls. For example if on day one a Lab mix bites a child you will see it in the newspaper the following day; day two when a Great Dane bites two adults you will see it on the news the next day; day three a Rottweiler attacks an elderly woman in her backyard and it is aired on all network stations; day four a Pit Bull Terrier bites a mailman and you will hear and see it on every station in the country. This is a good example
Asian Americans must go above and beyond what is expected in the industry, compared to white and black Americans who seem to have it much easier. “Always, it is the Asian who assimilates, who must explain his or her presence and professionalism, who must earn the right to exist and speak, who must prove his or her authority and credibility” (Agtarap, 1994, p.267).... ... middle of paper ... ... Retrieved December 9, 2004 from http://www.cds http://sree.net/quotes/chron2.html Portrayal of race, ethnicity and nationality in televised international athletic events.
Most people do not realize that NASCAR is a family oriented event. The pre-race activities are generally directed towards children. Se...
The dog that was clocked at the fastest speed so far is the Greyhound. The Greyhound was clocked going at forty-five miles per hour and would definitely be able to keep up with you. They are used world wide as racing dogs. Their body is slender with a lean muscular frame. The Greyhounds are also very skilled in hunting due to their fast speeds. Their hair is short and their skin is thin and susceptible of getting cut. It is very hard for these dogs to sit because of all their muscles. A male Greyhound can be twenty-eight to thirty inches tall and weigh between sixty and eighty-eight pounds. A female Greyhound can be between twenty-seven to twenty-eight inches tall and fifty-seven to seventy-five pounds.
...anks, rips of a windshield cover, get water for a driver and try to stay centered. As the car pulls out of the pit lanes it does a burn out as the driver accelerates to fast, leaving tire marks and the smell of burning rubber behind. To the naked eye tuning and servicing a car in a flat 14 seconds might seem like complete mayhem, but to the pit crew its their natural routine. But it hasn’t always been that way, because of the intense pace and strength needed in a pit stop, Each team member is required to go to Crew school, which is a school made for people and mechanics who want to be in the pit crew of NASCAR specifically. Asking Paul how the U.S. border Patrol pit crew does it he responds “its just one big choreography, like dancing each person knows were the other is at all times, the only difference is we are doing it on a car with a jack, air guns, and tires.”
Racism occurs every day and everywhere. We cannot get away from it. In sports, Racism is happening more often and becoming a much bigger problem. Most agree that sports are a reflection of society. What this means is that sports often act as a small-scale version of society and thus, racial problems in sports have been, and continue to be, brushed away as nothing unique. It takes outrageous conduct for the reality of racism in sports to come to the forefront. When comparing a minority athlete to a non-minority athlete we can see they both are victims of discriminated because of their race. However, the type of discrimination is very different, and the effects are very different. To a lot of people, the sports world is a place in which none of the normal problems of the “real” world could possibly exist. Although, racism in sports has been an issue throughout the world. It has had an impact on our Athletes of all ages and race. In both their personal life and outside their personal
Overall, the differences between what male athletes and female athletes must do in order to become successful is vastly distinct. A woman must be able to cope with receiving a lower salary than a man, expose herself to public eye in order earn time in the spotlight, and conform to society’s traditionalistic ideals of feministic traits to live up to the standards of a female athlete. Will people ever be able to see past these discriminatory stereotypes? Everyone needs to face the fact that women are capable of so much more than what society expects them to be, sees them to be, and pays them to be. It is time that female athletes are noticed for their genuine talents and not for any unnecessary opinions.
In a society filled with people that strongly believe that sports is an industry that is removed and immune from the ills of the world—racism. Many fans and spectators of sports, such as baseball, basketball, football, and many other sports that include players of different races and ethnicities considers that racism is a thing of the past because of the inclusion and acceptance of all races in different sports. However, the misconception of living in a post-racial (colorblind) world is prevalent. Even though racial discrimination in sports and society in general, are not overt as in the past, racism continues to plague the industry. Regardless of fans and spectators wanting to ignore the racial biases and discrimination in the sports industry,
News shows such as: NBC,FOX,CBS,Today…etc, are only reporting the unsatisfactory things that athletes are doing just to benefit themselves and to demolish the athlete. News Channels report things such as alcoholism, DUIs, sexual abuse, substance abuse, gambling and now even murder (Mendes). While some bad apples ruin the whole crop, it just puts an amateurish name for all of the athletes. Some are actually trying to give back to the community. Critics say things like “Parents are the perfect role model and need to take