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Bracket racing is a form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance, typically within the three standard distances (1/8 mile, 1,000 foot, or 1/4 mile) of drag racing.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
65.34 m (214 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Mason Finley: Buena Vista High School: Buena Vista, Colorado: Port of Spain, Trinidad: Pan American Junior Athletics Championships: July 31, 2009 [38] Discus throw (int'l) (2 kg or 4.4 lb) 61.38 m (201 ft 5 in) Gregg Hart Homestead High School: Fort Wayne, Indiana: Indianapolis, Indiana: July 18, 1990 Hammer ...
Rollout or rollout allowance is an adjustment in timed acceleration runs used by North-American drag racing and enthusiast magazines [citation needed] to create approximate parity over time between historic 0 to 60 mph and 1/4 mile acceleration times and those measured today using the Global Positioning System (GPS).
However, during the first practice session for a sprint car race, driver Casey Diemert died of head and neck injuries after hitting the wall and flipping his car from turn 3 to turn 4. [6] Irwindale Speedway as it was prepared for the 2006 Toyota All-Star Showdown. From 2003 to 2010, the main 1 ⁄ 2-mile oval hosted the NASCAR Toyota All-Star ...
1-1/8 m 1:49.60 G2 1983 Thumbsucker 4 Anthony Russo Jr. John Drumwright Gat Stable 1-1/8 m 1:48.80 G2 1982 Vodika Collins 4 Joe Judice Forrest H. Kaelin Milbert B. Collins 1-1/8 m 1:50.40 G2 1981 Fio Rito: 6 Leslie Hulet: Michael S. Ferraro Raymond Lecesse 1-1/8 m 1:50.20 G2 1980 Glorious Song: 4 John LeBlanc: Gerry Belanger: Frank Stronach: 1 ...
Quarter-mile or 1 ⁄ 4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time from a standing start to the end of a straight 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) track; The 440-yard dash, a sprint footrace in track and field competition on a 440 yards (1,320 ft; 400 m; 0.25 mi) oval