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Originally Posted by pmrphil
Almost everything nowadays trips with the nose, pro stock, factory showdown, super classes, etc. Stock/Super Stock will if you brake at the right time. Ever look at the Funny Cars when they show the slo-mo down track? The bodies actually scrape the ground. Finish line beams are higher than start line beams.
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This is true; the bogus speed would only occur if the speed trap was tripped with the wheel and the finish line was tripped with the nose.
At those speeds, a difference of about 21.5" would change the reading 5 mph if I'm doing my math correctly.