i know this isnt a very accurate way of measuring how much u beat
(or lose) someone by but about how many tenths is a car length at the end of the 1/4 mile


i know there can be many different variables but estimate

 

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gotta be more than that

 

1 car is one tenth..........from what i here.....you will never know the truth though.....that is just the "rule of thumb"


steve

 

I've heard the same, it makes sense to me

 

Kinda ot but a friend and me were racing at the local drag strip and we crossed with .0199 sec difference. Its always a fun race with him side by side everytime.

 

Just do the math...

Say at the traps, you are traveling at 100mph (or, about 147 ft/second). And your car length is about 14 ft (about the length of an 2g Integra). Well, you are traveling at 14.7 ft per tenth of a second. That's more than a car length, but it's close. But at that point, a "car length" is the opposite car being right at your rear bumper. If you mean, he was a car length behind your back bumper, then you are talking about doing the math for 28ft.

It would be exactly a 14ft car length per 1/10s if the trap speed was 95.45mph.