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Old 06-17-2007, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
his equation accounts for a two turn race, the equation is for a circle but that is the only part of the track that needs to be considered when determining the extra distance due to the rails being out. the straights shouldn't matter.

you could say that the amount the rails being out adds to the distance is
3.141 * D * #t, where #T equals number of turns (1,2,3)

would you agree billw?
Yep - at that time of the morning, turf races only have 2 turns
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