Race Car Drivers Use Bathroom

It s a long race and sometimes you just have to go.

Race car drivers use bathroom.

While many drivers try to hold it in. If they have to go that bad they go in their suits. They dont go to the bathroom and they dont have catheters. Some drivers go faster when they get the urge to make lemonade.

Dalejr how many times a year do you go to the bathroom during a race once or twice a. So what happens during a 500 mile race when a driver has to use the restroom. Entering his 10th monster energy nascar cup series season veteran driver brad keselowski said while the frequency of having to use the bathroom during a race varies from driver to driver for him. The race car drivers don t go to the bathroom while racing.

No wait i must be thinking of something else because the merchants of speed have their own unique ways of passing water. The truth is nascar drivers are real people just like you and me and they use the bathroom just like us one leg at a time. Imagine that same feeling for nascar drivers who might have to go to the bathroom 100 laps into a 250 lap event. Even though they use a hydration system and sometimes grab a quick water bottle on a pit stop they sweat enough to help relieve some of the need to go to the bathroom.

David schenk from the sadler racing team told me just prior to a race you will see all of the drivers hitting the bathroom. Indycar drivers discuss how they hold to prepare for a long race when it comes to using the bathroom. The race often lasts three plus hours and it s impossible for a driver to stop for a bathroom break without putting him or herself at the back of the pack. You go before you get in you go after.