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NASCAR.com Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver pages: Bios, statistics, race results videos, news, photo galleries, car, team, shop, date of birth Skip to content Facebook. I used that data to plot 2015 NASCAR vs. 2015 F1 heights. The average male NASCAR driver is 69.8″ compared to the average F1 driver, who is 69.3″. So NASCAR drivers are taller (this year, at least) by a whopping five tenths of an inch, which is a little more than one centimeter.
You have reached a degraded version of ESPN.com because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer. For a complete ESPN.com experience, please upgrade or use a David Newton, ESPN Staff Writer 2151d Weighty issue follows Danica, DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Typically it's not considered polite to ask a woman about her weight, but that apparently doesn't apply if you've won the pole for the Daytona 500. The question of whether Danica Patrick's weight - or lack of it compared to fellow Sprint Cup competitors - gave her a competitive advantage in Sunday's 500 qualifying came up on Wednesday. The simple answer is: maybe, but probably not. According to the NASCAR rulebook, drivers who weigh less than 180 pounds have to add 10 pounds to their car for every 10 pounds down to 140.
Therefore, the maximum penalty would be 40 pounds. Patrick arrived at Daytona International Speedway weighing 110 pounds, according to her representatives. So theoretically, her car could have been 30 pounds lighter than the car driven by 150-pound Jeff Gordon, who qualified second. Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman, Patrick's Stewart-Haas Racing teammates who exceed 180 pounds, qualified fifth and fourth. 'There's two thought processes,' series director John Darby said when asked whether a lighter driver could have an advantage. 'One is the heavier driver will help compress the springs more and help pull the car down out of the air.
'The other school of thought is any time you can save weight, you're saving weight. At the end of the day I don't think it matters.'
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This isn't the first time Patrick's weight has been an issue in racing. In 2005, Robby Gordon said Patrick had an unfair advantage for the Indianapolis 500 and said he would not compete in the event unless the field was equalized.
Gordon, a former open-wheel driver who also competed in NASCAR, contended Patrick had an advantage because all of the cars weighed the same and there were no adjustments made for a driver's height. 'The lighter the car, the faster it goes,' Gordon said at the time. 'Do the math. Put her in the car at her weight, then put me or Tony Stewart in the car at 200 pounds, and our car is at least 100 pounds heavier. 'I won't race against her until the IRL does something to take that advantage away.'
At the time, the IndyCar had to weigh 1,525 pounds before the fuel and driver were added. In 2008, the league ruled the minimum weight would include the driver. Patrick wasn't happy. 'If someone's going to take the hit, it's going to be me,' she said at the time. 'It's disappointing the league decided to do that. In so many other sports, athletes don't get penalized for being too strong or too tall or too fast.
'It's just your God-given stature is being penalized. What am I going to do, though? It's not my decision. That's the people higher up who made their bed, and they've got to lay in it.'
In the Sprint Cup Series, the car must weigh 3,300 pounds based on a driver weighing 180, an adjustment from 200 last year. Where Patrick could gain an advantage is that the 40 pounds her team is required to add to the frame can be positioned at a lower center of gravity than the driver. All of the weight must be added to the left side.
The right side for all cars must be 1,620 pounds, according to NASCAR's rulebook. 'What's a shame is everyone is pointing at Danica going, 'Oh, she's 40 pounds light,' Darby said. 'But what about Mark Martin 125 pounds? There's half of the field that doesn't weigh more than horse jockeys anymore.' Drivers don't appear to be concerned.
Jimmie Johnson said it's no big deal. Matt Kenseth joked that if Patrick keeps going fast, they need to add a lot of weight 'on the roof.' 'When you're talking about Martinsville, yeah, you can talk about an advantage to being lighter,' Darby said. 'Here, most of the cars are heavier than what they should be anyway. 'But once you get a little girl that kicks everybody's a-, everyone is questioning it.' © 2019 ESPN Internet Ventures.
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Is one of Nascar’s most popular race car drivers. He is also a team owner. He has many family members who are involved in racing in one way or another, including his late father Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Dale has earned the Most Popular Driver Award ten times so far. Earnhardt, Jr. Has also hosted a television series, Back in the Day. In this series, racing in the sixties and seventies is covered in detail.
He has also appeared in Yes, Dear as well as other television episodes. He also has hosted a radio show through Sirius XM Radio. Being a Nascar driver brings many important challenges in life. One of these challenges for any driver is to stay in the best shape possible.
Drivers must maintain strength as well as agility. They oftentimes will work out at least five times each week. Their team members will also spend countless hours working out and practicing for race time. Diet is also another area of life which is not taken lightly. Drivers will spend month after month watching the foods they eat and gaining a wide variety of nutrients from their food choices. Many will include salads, veggies, fruits, lean proteins, and more in their diets. Some drivers will even add protein shakes to their daily routine.
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They consume plenty of fluids on a daily basis to stay well hydrated, especially as race day nears closer. Diet and exercise is a way of life for full time race car drivers. Photo Information: This photo is provided by and given credit to tedmurphy on Flickr.com. To read more about Creative Commons Licensing,.