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I will agree that racing is hard work, after a full weekend of qualifing, practice and racing it does take its toll. I don't really feel that Nascar (including the 600) is "harder" than several other forms of racing. What makes it hard - the time? Well....
Dakar Rally
24 hrs races (daytona, etc.)
Baja 1000
GNCC
One could argue that its "hard" becuase of physical strain...
Moto GP
WRC
Motocross
Shifter Carts
The only other way I could see it being "hard" is the mental strain and stress on the bodies reflexs
F1
Cart
Camp Car
...It's not that I am saying there it isn't hard to run in a Nascar (I have spend a couple years running short track in a Super Late Model, I understand from first hand how taxing it is) but I think that there are a lot of other types of automotive racing that are more taxing on the body in almost all respects. In terms of roundy-round running a 1.5 oval for 600 miles, I don't think would be as bad as running a 1/2 mile for 250 miles (normal short track event). I have run a 1/4, 3/8 and a 1/2 mile tracks - the 1/4 was defently the hardest on your body.
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