Trivia

[Randy_]

I was reading something today and it got me to thinking.

If you have a sprinter who runs a 100 meters in 10 seconds and wins by 0.01 sec., how far ahead of the next finisher is he??

And if it is Junior's Number 88 winning Daytona by 0.01 sec., how far ahead of the second place car is he??
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The sprinter finishes about 4-1/2" in front of the second place runner.

And DJ's Chev is a few inches less than three feet in front of the second place car.

Dallas, TX................................In Their Memory

 

[rherrell]

Originally posted by Randy_

I was reading something today and it got me to thinking.

If you have a sprinter who runs a 100 meters in 10 seconds and wins by 0.01 sec., how far ahead of the next finisher is he??

And if it is Junior's Number 88 winning Daytona by 0.01 sec., how far ahead of the second place car is he??
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The sprinter finishes about 4-1/2" in front of the second place runner.

And DJ's Chev is a few inches less than three feet in front of the second place car.

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Dallas, TX................................In Their Memory

Not if there's a wreck at the finish involving DJ and the second place car and they limp home at 50 m.p.h..

 

[mrcook4570]

The speed of the second place finisher must be taken into account.

 

[Chasper]

I'm suprised that is comes out so similar.

Sprinter slow down near the end of a race. They accelerate for the first 10 meters, reach a peak speed between 10 and 60 meters and slow down the rest of the race. When you see a sprinter come on strong at the end and pass the leaders, it is almost always because the winner didn't slow down as much as the others, not that he accelerated to the finish. Not that it makes much difference to the distance ahead calculation.

 

[sparhawk]

Are they at Talledaga ? If so I think i saw the answer on tv last year.(Brian Vickers wins)