Even though it has been scientifically proven, emphasized, and re-iterated time after time after time again, there are still some people who refuse to consider NASCAR a sport, and the drivers, real athletes.

The notion they preach is that for drivers, the non-athletes, what they do, can be done by anyone, it takes minimal to no physical and mental strength, that it’s simply that easy.

However, what if one of the strongest human beings in modern history rubbishes those claims?

Because Ronnie Coleman once just did exactly that.

In a reaction video from earlier this year, the former Mr. Olympia reacted to a video of Dale Earnhardt Jr. explaining to a few NFL players, the aspect of NASCAR drivers being athletes.

“You’re definitely an athlete,” he said.

“You have to be athletic to do what they do,” Coleman emphasized. “It’s a special skill that you have to have to be able to drive that fast, stay focused, and sit there for three-four hours,” 

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Bubba Wallace hopes his Netflix series changes the wrong notion of NASCAR drivers

Earlier this year, 23XI Racing driver Bubba Wallace and Netflix came out with a mini docu-series on the NASCAR driver’s rise to where he is today. The series was aimed at giving an all-access look behind one of the sport’s most polarizing figure’s life.

But at the same time, it was also an attempt to shed light, rather, new light on the athletic aspect of the sport.

“It’s a lot, to be a racecar driver,” Wallace said in an interview with CBS. “You get a glimpse of what it’s like. And that’s what I wanted to showcase for everybody tuning in.”

Wallace added that they didn’t hold back on anything.

“I wanted to show you how mentally, physically, emotionally, everything, draining that the sport is and what it takes to be successful,” he added.

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