What a moron. Of course.
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From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Randall Young
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:17 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Road Atlanta
> I was just looking at the time sheets and calculating average speeds
> for Road Atlanta--looks way too fast. Could someone confirm for me
> that the track is 2.540 miles long? If so that makes a 1:46 lap an
> average of 104.4.
Bill, I think your problem is that 1:46 is not the same as 1.46. The :46
indicates 46 seconds, so the lap time in minutes is 1 + 46/60 or ~1.767
minutes.
2.54 miles in 1.767 minutes is 2.54/1.76 or ~1.438 miles per minute, which
is ~86.264 mph.
No idea where Henry got 84.666, but when I try that web site, it agrees with
me.
Randall
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