Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A lot of people don't realize how grueling it is to drive an IndyCar.
Gripping the wheel of a 650 horsepower monster that tears around a race track at 200-plus mph for hundreds of miles, drivers have plenty to handle: maneuvering for position against the competition; tracking car data; and relaying to their pit crews mechanical adjustments that need to be made.
But one professional driver has something additional to handle: keeping his diabetes under control.
When Charlie Kimball, 28, went to his doctor with a skin rash in 2007 and came out with a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes, his initial thought was whether he would ever get back in a race car.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-kimball-indycar-diabetes-20130703,0,7010136.story
Gripping the wheel of a 650 horsepower monster that tears around a race track at 200-plus mph for hundreds of miles, drivers have plenty to handle: maneuvering for position against the competition; tracking car data; and relaying to their pit crews mechanical adjustments that need to be made.
But one professional driver has something additional to handle: keeping his diabetes under control.
When Charlie Kimball, 28, went to his doctor with a skin rash in 2007 and came out with a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes, his initial thought was whether he would ever get back in a race car.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-kimball-indycar-diabetes-20130703,0,7010136.story