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Old 02-03-2004, 09:20 PM
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I have a question about track locations.I recently moved from the greater cincinnati area where the track I went to was 500+ above sea level.I moved to tampa fl where the track is 50 ft above sea level.I have noticed that the cars down here with mods simaler to cars back home seem to be a little faster.My last track date back in the early fall I ran a 12.29.I was just wondering how that might affect my time down here.Thanks for any help...................ed f
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It all depends on the 'DA which takes the Altitude + Barometer + Humidity + Air Tempature into consideration. If it was 40 degrees in Cinci with a Barometer of 30.50 and low humidity then you would have been faster than if you were in Florida with 80 degrees and high humidity. If all were equal, you may see a 1/10th
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Thanks for responding I was guessing something like that.
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the cars are faster here because of the air in the wintertime. bonus for the tampa area. it isnt that unusual for a cold front to come through and we still have over 30.3 of barometric pressure. -1000 DA is when it starts getting good!




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