0.0000 mov

[bottombulb]

Originally Posted by Bret Kepner

There's no such thing as a "dead heat" and adding the word "statistical" doesn't do anything to change the fact.

Comp-U-Link timing systems record, (internally), to the millionth of a second, (0.000000). The Comp-U-Link timeslip displays to the ten-thousandth of a second, (0.0000). Therefore, any "win margin" displayed as 0.000 can be as large 0.00009.

In the first example, that would be two-tenths of an inch, (0.20091 inches).

In the second example, that would be slightly less than two-tenths of an inch, (0.19987 inches).

The second example would be more than the first example, since the car that got there second was 150.18 mph. That would calculate to .23788 inches.

[Geerhead55]

Originally Posted by HR9121

There is no disputing that you are correct but we use the terminology all the time when referring to a MOV of .0000 because the time slip doesn't read "close as a split frog's hair!" I apologize to the offended parties for using such idioms to describe the outcome of these races.

Aw,, dangit Cooter, now you did it! I was down at a local pond and the frogs were demonstrating,, with banners that said "Frog Lives Matter!" We're in for it now!
Danny Durham

[Bret Kepner]

Originally Posted by bottombulb

The second example would be more than the first example, since the car that got there second was 150.18 mph. That would calculate to .23788 inches.

I don't use the "second car" formula. BottomBulb, because the speed recorded in drag racing is NOT the speed of the car at the finish line. The speed on the timeslip, (of any timing system in drag racing), is a theoretical speed the car SHOULD HAVE achieved thirty-three feet BEFORE the finish line. Therefore, it's totally useless in figuring an exact distance AT the finish line.

[bottombulb]

So, what mph did you use?

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

Aw,, dangit Cooter, now you did it! I was down at a local pond and the frogs were demonstrating,, with banners that said "Frog Lives Matter!" We're in for it now!
Danny Durham

Oh Lord Danny, don't get me started on this subject Ken will have both of us in timeout and I might loose my Christmas bonus!