What does a race car driver's body go through in the cockpit of a Super Late Model? See the strains that heat & g-forces play on the heart rate and muscular load of a driver.
During the Tundra Super Late Model event at Marshfield Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 8th, John Beale wore a Whoop device capturing his biometric data. During qualifying John set fast time and had a max heart rate of 157 beats per minute and an average heart rate of 127.
During the feature event, John started in 10th position and made his way up to 2nd, passing more cars than any other driver in the field. In the feature, John had a max heart rate of 167 and an average of 129. John burned 672 calories during the 30-minute event.
John should have an average heart rate of 88-149 beats per minute and a max of 175. What does all of this mean? The daily training our Gildan Racing drivers go through is paying off and they can sustain the events on race day better than other drivers.
Whoop also measures strain based on cardiovascular load and muscular load. During qualifying John scored a 10.1 putting him in the moderate category “moderate stress on the body, generally good for maintaining fitness.” During the 75-lap main event, John scored a 14.5, escalating him to the max category “Increased stress and activity level, ideal for making fitness gains when training.”
