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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 01:44 PM
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Kinda a newb question, but about how many lengths is a second in the 1/4?
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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How fast?
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Old Mar 2, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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like a 13 second car to a 12 second car in quarter
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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I always heard 1/10th = 1 length. So 10 lenghts.
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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^^ thats what i was told
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Old Mar 3, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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Id be willing to bet its closer to 6-7 lengths given 1 second, Having someone with a camera at the 1/4 mile mark is the real indicator.

Once you go beyond 3 lengths, you start calling it bus lengths
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