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Life in the Fast Lane

Environmental, Economic, and Public Health Outcomes of Motorsport Spectacles in Australia

Paul J. Tranter

University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia

Mark Lowes

University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

The article explores links between sport and health, focusing on a range of health outcomes of staging motorsport megaevents in significant public spaces in Australian cities. The article argues that an oversimplification of the links between sport and health produces a cultural filter that diverts attention from the negative health outcomes of sport. A major contribution of this study is the consideration of economic health and environmental health as well as public health. The interactions between these types of health are considered in a more holistic assessment of links between sport and health. The article concludes that the symbolic location of motorsport events in Australian cities both reflects and reinforces societal values that have important implications for health, both now and into the future.

Key Words: motorsport • spectacle • public space • environmental health • place marketing

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 33, No. 2, 150-168 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0193723509334171
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