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Lara Carlson's research promoted by Motorsport Safety Foundation

Lara Carlson

An article about Lara Carlson, DPE. FACSM, CSCS, first published in the Bangor Daily News was picked up by the Motorsport Safety Foundation. The article, titled, 鈥淪cience proves it: Race car drivers are athletes鈥 detailed her research into how motorsports driver鈥檚 bodies respond to the stress of competitive racecar driving 

Carlson, an associate professor in the Westbrook College of Health Professions and the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, said, 鈥淚 think most people, when they hear what [race car drivers] do, they think, 鈥楻eally, all they do is turn left?鈥 A lot of my talks are titled 鈥楳ore than just turning left. They鈥檙e wrestling that car around the track, and you can鈥檛 for an instant lose your focus. There are 40-plus cars on the track at very high speeds, and things happen very quickly.鈥

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