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Thanks to a very generous sister and brother-in-law, I was fortunate enough to participate in "The NASCAR Experience" at the Richmond, Virginia Speedway. I drove 50 laps in Danny Hamlin's Nextel cup car. It was amazing! I highly recommend it! And I must say that it gave me newfound respect for the professional drivers. After 50 laps in a car with the rev limiter set to just below 6000 RPM, I was exhausted--both mentally and physically. The pros drive at a much higher speed, with lots of pushing and shoving from cars just inches (or less!) away. They earn their pay! For info on the outfit I drove with, check out TheRacingSchool.com

Interesting report. Racing is exhausting as I expected.

Welcome to Free Republic.

53 posted on 11/22/2008 2:00:03 PM PST by La Enchiladita (Don' need no steenkin' bipartisan..... Oops, have I failed to be "gracious" AGAIN?!!)

Welcome!

Sound like you had fun. Racing can be like boxing in the stamina department. Both are really fatiguing for amateurs like us!

70 posted on 11/24/2008 6:02:42 AM PST by vox_freedom (G K Chesterton: "If there were no God, there would be no atheists.")