blacksheep-1 said:

A lot of times these guys push them selves to the brink, and they do it so often that they are comfortable living on that edge. I've seen crew guys go through ibuprofen like candy, consume energy drinks all day, I mean one of the reasons I retired ( besides my back) was the schedule. Get up at 3AM, be at TIA at 430, Flight at 6, fly backwards across the US, changing flights, arriving at LAX or San Jose around 10, get to the track, load out, set up, it's now 5 PM west coast time, start doing tires,scales, prep etc it's now9PM and you're at least 45 minutes from the hotel and you haven't eaten yet. Then get up at 5 the next day and work till 9PM again.3 days of this, the Redeye back home following load in after the race, plus you have to stop in ATL, because even if you die and go to heaven there's still a stop at ATL. People don't get that, same with drivers, doing PR making appearances no one sees what goes on behind the scenes to make this all work.
With younger people they can last a lot longer, but when they crash, they crash hard, and immediately. When I was with FD, we always watched the younger patients, because they would be fine one minute and crash the second you turn your back.

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