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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
If you're 6'1 and look like a skelton at 210, it's because you have no muscle. You could easily drop down to 180 without issue and look "normal". Would it take work, of course.
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12-24-2009, 10:28 PM
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Lol....I think you have it backwards....but ok......
No its not my body....its my face....it looks hollow and gaunt....and with as much as I talk Ive got no idea how to make "face muscle" maybe my face is just ripped....yeah thats it.... (From March to late July I ran 5 miles a day till I twisted my knee screwing around...work isnt a problem) Quote:
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12-25-2009, 12:42 AM
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Hahaha you guys are funny. I weight a measly 135lbs and have to keep putting weight in the car!
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12-25-2009, 01:22 AM
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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
Wow I think my Christmas Tree weighs more
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12-25-2009, 03:31 AM
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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
I'm 6' and weigh 145-150 anyone need a driver
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12-25-2009, 10:55 AM
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12-25-2009, 12:29 PM
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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
Does anyone know how long the 170 pound figure has been used for a driver?
Did they account for the fact that you have to wear a helmet,harness,fire jacket,and now fire PANTS too? What is the history of adding weight for the driver? If your weight break is 10.5 for the F/SA class,why can't you take your horsepower rating and simply multiply it by the class weight break? Example: Engine is rated at 360 horsepower. 360 X 10.5 (F/SA Weight Break) = 3780. PLUS 170 pounds for driver = 3950 total weight. Why is 170 pounds added? This might be a way to help everyone get some of their 3 tenths back on the indexes.Everyone could run 170 pounds lighter. I think Bill Dedman has a story about the history of driver weight that he could explain here. Last edited by 442OLDS; 12-25-2009 at 04:03 PM. Reason: Break not Brake.. |
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12-25-2009, 12:41 PM
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I would love to hear it (the story).......and your right...
FAR Part 103......I dont have to worry about the weight of my saftey gear in an ultralight......keeps people from flying naked ? No but I dont have to worry about a ballistic chute, or other items..... They arent allowing driver changes now correct ? why not weigh driver in with safety gear ? (and a quick check on a personal scale to make sure the driver isnt packing lead plates in his shoes) I wont say there HAS to be a reason, Im thinking there is and Im not seeing it........maybe....and maybe that needs adjusted closer to the national average. Quote:
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12-25-2009, 01:01 PM
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The last time I weighed 180lbs I was 15.....I attached a pic....I look like a skeleton.....I wrested 175, and in the summers was good for another 5 that was the first summer after and I made SURE not to go over 180.
Youre right about running, but it does for leg muscle and tones it, and when you ride like i do thats important, but it gets your metabolism up, and when I can its good for my legs/knees, as long as I then dont tear em back up doing something.....ehhhmmmmm "stupid" ..... and when you drink as much soda as I do....My Drs told me when I got down to 210 I needed to gain weight, I said its a bit hard with a broken jaw but Ill try , so I drank soda Here is what I looked like at an inch shorter at 180 on the button, and inch taller........ and at 15 there was no "skinny fat" it was wrestling swimming scuba diving and rowing. So..... Tell me thats healty/normal for an adult of my frame now with muscle and physically taller ? Maybe it is....but its not practical, I have a crazy metabolism as it is and can gain or drop 30 lbs in a month, just by adjusting my diet, The gaining is slower, but it comes off quick even then im still 220 Im still a size 32 (Ok....34 now) waist, when I gain it all goes right above my beltline.... Even at 200 , thats only 9 lbs above the national average but a 30lb advantage for other "smaller framed" drivers.....seem odd to me..... Like I said, its a CAR, why does driver weight, especially with saftey equiptment have a bearing ? Maybe theres a reason.... Im on the left....  Quote:
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12-25-2009, 04:13 PM
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Re: Fat arse stock car drivers
I'm with Fazio. I'm 140 lbs soaking wet and have been for 30+ years.
It might be ideal if the driver weight had "0" bearing in dragracing, but it's gonna affect the weight balance of a car no matter what. The 115 lb difference between me and Drooze in the same car would fit nicely over the rear axle!!
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