How do race car drivers compare to the rest of us in body and mind? Our reporter experiences a battery of grueling tests to find out.
From a distance, the oversize tires and aerodynamic wings appear to keep a CART-style Champ car glued to the track effortlessly, like a spider planted on a wall. In the cockpit, however, the stress is palpable.
Your head is hanging as though over a cliff, a 10-year-old sitting on your ear as the cornering force builds lateral g's. The heat is enough to thaw a TV dinner in a couple of minutes, and the noise of racing fuel exploding 1,000 times a second is hammering at the back of your helmet.
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