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Old 11-07-2008, 12:28 PM
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Default RE: how to calculate the speed of a car?

layout 88 ft between a couple markers, have your buddy stand back and time the run with a stop watch. if you travel the 88 ft in one second, your doing 60 mph.

or a shorter course is... 44 ft then its 1/2 sec per 60mph

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