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Originally Posted by philcski
220 starters in 120 races; of which 87 had at least 9 starters, 66 >=10 starters, 46 >=11 starters, and 21 >= 12 starters. I see how you are looking at it but I think you've got yourself mixed up- if you said "how did the inside 2 posts do" you'd say 37 for 240, right?
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I would say 37 for 120. There is only the finite universe of number of opportunities (races). There wouldn't be 220 opps for the 1 or 2.. only the 120 opps. But you're likely right as there were 21 opps for the 12 to win; 46 for the 11, etc..
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