Random Drug/Alcohol Testing

[Jim Kaekel]

They sure seemed like they did alot of drug/alcohol testing at Joliet. I was one of the "lucky" ones that got selected. It sounded like they selected about 10 Stock racers, although I didn't hear much about other classes. They even checked a few Safety Safari workers and an NHRA official.

[Andys dad]

Its OK - they know we drink at night - I think a few of the real racers on here forget that it is also alcohol testing as well and a PRO driver got suspended by testing the morning after an evening of social drinking

Alcohol can have some residual traces the next day - so be careful drinking in the motor homes and making fun of rolling papers - crack pipes and needles - wine glasses count too

It is zero tolerance

Take your wait time if you drank the night before


Ron

[Reed Granrt]

Originally Posted by Andys dad

Its OK - they know we drink at night - I think a few of the real racers on here forget that it is also alcohol testing as well and a PRO driver got suspended by testing the morning after an evening of social drinking

Alcohol can have some residual traces the next day - so be careful drinking in the motor homes and making fun of rolling papers - crack pipes and needles - wine glasses count too

It is zero tolerance

Take your wait time if you drank the night before


Ron

Nothing to worry about if your drink Bud Light. It dont leave no residue or so I was told by de poolice.
reed

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Reed Granrt

Nothing to worry about if your drink Bud Light. It dont leave no residue or so I was told by de poolice.
reed

Neither does goat piss......oops I'm being redundant

[Reed Granrt]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Neither does goat piss......oops I'm being redundant

I think that is why it dont leave no residue--You can drink 3 Bud Lights and pea 5 times---must go out as goat piss per Chad. I aint never looked or smelled or tasted---yet
reed

[Superfan1]

Originally Posted by Reed Granrt

Nothing to worry about if your drink Bud Light. It dont leave no residue or so I was told by de poolice.
reed

If you believe that, I've a got a bridge in New York City that I'd like to sell to you. Bud Light, and any other beverage that contains alcohol, WILL remain in your system for a period of time. How long it stays in your system is determined by the percentage of alcohol in the beverage, and the amount of the beverage that you drink.

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

If you believe that, I've a got a bridge in New York City that I'd like to sell to you. Bud Light, and any other beverage that contains alcohol, WILL remain in your system for a period of time. How long it stays in your system is determined by the percentage of alcohol in the beverage, and the amount of the beverage that you drink.

X2

It also depends on your own personal metabolic renewal rate as well as your own body mass index

A breathalyzer tests for it remaining in the bottom of your lungs as a fluid

People with lung issues and smokers are at the highest risk to test positive the next day

But you guys do what you want

Ron

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

If you have fluid in your lungs, drinking is the least of your problems.

I stand corrected - I miss spoke - i did not want to get into this more technical description of the process

Alcohol is absorbed through the membranes in a person's mouth, throat, stomach, and intestines. Once absorbed by the body, the alcohol passes immediately into the bloodstream, where it circulates until it is expelled through evaporation in the lungs. Evaporation occurs because alcohol is "volatile" in a solution, meaning that its molecules do not combine with the liquid that it mixes with. Due to this volatility, as the blood passes through the lungs, some of the alcohol passes over the alveoli (the lungs' air sacs), allowing it to be released by the person's breath.

There is more but who cares the people on here are already to smart about this

Ron

[Larry Hill]

There was a competitor tested that had some medical issues. They tried four times within the 24hr. time limit to sastify the urine requirement, but was unable. Not wanting to get fined or disqualified, he asked if there was another option; yes a blood test. A sample was taken and he was allowed to race in the eliminator.

[Ed Wright]

Anybody that can't survive a race weekend without an "adult beverage" has a problem.