Some afterseason thought

[Michael Beard]

Ed's on the right track. Significant digits can play a role in this situation.

Excessive breaking, crossing the centerline or hitting the wall are among potential non-mathematical reasons for losing as well.

[cad]

I'm with Ed on the mathematical side. I have seen a couple races won/lost by .0001/.0009, etc.

[Dave Casey]

After rereading it, scratch my first reply. I am not considering any boundry, tech,braking issues etc Mathematically I don't know if your time slip is a product of rounding up or down or not at all

example. if you light was .0009, would it read .000 or .001 ? same with all the numbers, reaction time,and dial and stripe time. I am guessing that they round a .0005 to a 001 and a .0004 to a 000.

The reason that I state this is because with 2 variables going the opposite way, maybe you could lose this race mathematically. otherwise I don't think it is possible, I think you would be the winner, because the other car would need to breakout more even with a perfect light.

So my question is how are the numbers rounded in the system ?

[cad]

Eddyville IA's timing system provides the incrementals all the way out 4 digits past the decimal on paper. I had a perfect light in time trials, which displayed on the boards as ***. My time slip was .0007 or something like that. I dont think the system rounds up or down. You just may not see the 4th digit on your slip at most tracks.

[Ryan Horensky]

When I first saw this question posted on Facebook....I thought of a few simple answers to the question. I posted this on here, because I thought it would get everbody thinking and it def did. The answers are much better on classracer than they were on Bryan's original post on facebook that's for sure. I will say that I did not take into consideration that some tracks break down into 10 thousanths on the slip. I know Pittsburgh and a few other places in the northeast do this. Ron Ortiz brought up a good point with his answer. The original question not based off the 4th digit was worded..... If you're .000, break out by 1 thou, and give up the finish line by 1 thou....There is no mathematical way you can lose, except.....I came up with a few answers and some of you have listed them on here.
1.) Cross the centerline
2.) Hit the wall
3.) Excessive braking
4.) Run over the tree
5.) Come up light at the scales(Stock/Super Stock)
6.) Fail a (BAT)

Def post if you think of anymore

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Ryan Horensky

When I first saw this question posted on Facebook....I thought of a few simple answers to the question. I posted this on here, because I thought it would get everbody thinking and it def did. The answers are much better on classracer than they were on Bryan's original post on facebook that's for sure. I will say that I did not take into consideration that some tracks break down into 10 thousanths on the slip. I know Pittsburgh and a few other places in the northeast do this. Ron Ortiz brought up a good point with his answer. The original question not based off the 4th digit was worded..... If you're .000, break out by 1 thou, and give up the finish line by 1 thou....There is no mathematical way you can lose, except.....I came up with a few answers and some of you have listed them on here.
1.) Cross the centerline
2.) Hit the wall
3.) Excessive braking
4.) Run over the tree
5.) Come up light at the scales(Stock/Super Stock)
6.) Fail a (BAT)

Def post if you think of anymore

Ryan,read Ron's post again.He said "mathematical" way to lose.
Us old guys aren't the brightest bulbs in the box but we still have some current going to the bulb.:>):>):>)

[Bill Grubbs]

Finally re-read the question.