Drug testing

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Tet

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205 months

Friday 28th November 2014
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I'm just wondering what people's thoughts are on drug testing. Currently, the FIA uses the WADA list of banned substances. But I'm not entirely sure that's appropriate for our sport. For example, it bans things than can increase stamina and endurance, which frankly are completely irrelevant to drag racing. Combined with WADA's zero tolerance approach, it potentially means we're clamping down on things unnecessarily, and where it might make sense for athletics or even circuit racing, it doesn't follow that it makes sense for us.

FWIW, I have no idea about which substances Thomas Nataas and Tommy Johnson Jr were pulled up on, or whether they'd fall into this category or not. I'm just curious to know where people stand on this. Obviously I'm all in favour of banning anything that might give, say, a reaction time advantage.