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Reading Bill Wrights report (excellent as always) on the K'ville "A" brought something up to me that I think about when  reading race reports or hearing race coverage online or on TV. What do intervals in seconds really mean to race fans? "XYZ lead or won by 3.247 seconds". Could it be converted to and reported as CAR LENGTHS? I would be OK with estimated car lenghts as opposed to seconds any time. If we need more accuracy, with modern technology a computor could use the cars present speed (Nascar coverage has it coninuously) or at our dirt tracks an estimate of its present speed and convert the number in seconds to car lengths. NOTE: We don't need this level of accuacy while listening. We want to SEE it in our minds. While listening to online sprint car coverage or reading reports, I would be pleased with visual estimates.

Not curing Cancer here. I just shake my head a little and try to visualize "seconds ahead or back" when I hear or read it.

Bill W and other good writers. We appreciate you.

If you know the approximate lap times that cars are running, the interval time can give you a pretty good idea of the distance between the cars.

Say during the feature they were running 17 second laps and the interval is 3.24 seconds, the winner was approx 1/5 of a lap ahead when he crossed the line.

1/5 of a lap on a big half mile such as Knoxville is roughly 528 ft.

All it takes is a little math.

If you want to take it a step further and go on Google earth you can measure distances on the track.     The front and back straits at Knoxville are roughly 600 ft long.