The top fuel would beat the Nascar by 18.48' Formula, 200mph X 5280' (which is a mile)=1,056,000' now divide by 3600 (total seconds in a hr) and come to 293.33 ft/sec. Then X's that by the top fuels 1/4 mile (1320 ft) time of 4.437 would = 1,301.52 ft. So when the top fuel is passing the finish line at 1320' in 4.437sec the Nascar at the same time would be at 1,301.52 ft, thus loosing by 18.48 ft. Or loose by .063 sec.

 

GE this is the ballpark we can all achieve. however what is the point on the track that the dragster cought & passed? not how much did it win by [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

Now where is the girlscout badge....dammmit [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Wow I can't believe so many people like (fall for) Nascar. I really believe Toyota will be competitive. They already have Jack Rouch worked up because their motor program is so good in other race programs. If Jack's program is the best (I think he is in Nascar) he should welcome Toyota to beat on them, not be scared of them. In the Craftsman truck series the top 6 in points drive Toyotas. It's a matter of time. I'll give Nascar one thing, the concentration level for 500 miles would be high, but so is Indy car & they go even faster. You can't bump cars in F1 or Indy, the cars won't take it. Even Rusty Wallace admited on ESPN that Indy was better racing. Too each their own I guess. Look at the technology F1 provides street cars. What can 40 year technology do for my Accord? I just remember once during that All Star type race that something happened to Jeff Gordon & they let him bend the rules & race anyway!!! Can you imagine the NFL switching teams around in the playoffs just for better ratings? It's just to WWF for me. Five laps to go & Nascar pays some nobody driver to tag the wall & bring out a yellow. What have you got for the TV & race fans???? A two lap shootout! Tell me you guys can't see right through that? Do you guys like it for the wrecks & and the soap opera type story lines or do you really believe it's real & not staged. I want the truth [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]


Squeege, That racing is the coolest. In the US people are anxious to sue. We could never have a WRC series here for too long where people can tap the cars as they go by.

 

When I look at SportsCenter and watch the highlights of the "Stick and Ball" sports and see the stands at 20% capacity for America's pastime I don't think I'm the only one who fell for NASCAR. No real NASCAR fan watches racing for the wrecks. We watch it for the lack of wrecks. For the skill of the drivers who maintian control at 190+ miles per hour while being bumped and banged around by their just as eager to win competitors. For the adreneline produced when your favorite driver is being chased down by your most hated driver in the closing laps and hoping he can throw the block or keep it out of the wall when the chrome horn has been layed to his rear end.
It's about God fearing red blooded blue collar hard working Americans putting on a good show. Not about some punk azz grabbing his crotch and shaking it at the crowd, pounding his chest when all he did was execute what the team afforded him the opportunity to do, Not about going to Colorado for some rehabilitation and raping the desk girl. Not about shooting your pregnant girlfriend in NC. Not about spending three or four seasons suspended because you use crack cocaine. America is fed up with that crap. Look at the Neilsen ratings, for the past twenty years NASCAR ratings have increased astronomically while all other sports have plummeted. If the NFL wasn't so easy to gamble on it would be number two behind our racing friends. As the majority of our stick and ball atheletes have become wife beating drug abusing self centered premadonnas the fan base for racing has grown. I'll repeat, we are fed up with the drama that you presume NASCAR to have.
So you actually believe that you could get 42 drivers to agree to drive slower than another driver and prevent them the opportunity to share Victory Lane with their crew and fans, and to have the sizable purses afforded them on a weekly basis so that a predetermined winner could somehow add to the drama?

I'll hop down now.

If you do happen to catch a NASCAR race while having an open mind pay attention to the victorious driver as soon as he steps from the car. He wil thank God, the fans, and his crew, in that order, celebrate them, salute them, no chest pounding, no flipping off or disrespecting the crowd, no probation, no jail time, no illegitimate kids, it's all about respect and remembering where you came from, knowing that the folks in the bleachers are providing you the lifestyle you live. As long as the drivers continue to show me that appreciation I will continue to support them.

And last but not least, every NASCAR race starts with a prayer, the National Anthem, and a Military tribute or salute. Can't touch that.

 

Just to make a point. I did not start this thread to be a this verses that thread but to find an answer to a math question. Thanks to the guys who have answered to the best of there knowledge, but we are still looking for the right answer. Please keep churning the wheels. =]