1/2 Mile shootout today!

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by ALZR1

if nothing was wrong with their equipment than I do have two identical time slips that exactly to the 10000th.I still don't believe it.
run #3 159.6877 and run #4 159.6877

AL.

Well, on the flip side, is it impossible to average the same speed (in the trap) twice? IMPOSSIBLE?? I dunno, Al. But, maybe you shoulda bought a LOTTERY TICKET last Sunday!

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

If they increase the trap length, won't that lower trap speeds?

Quite possibly; depending on acceleration through the trap: The greater the acceleration between the gates, the greater the distance/time value is going to vary from the peak speed. Narrowing the distance between the gates gets closer to the top speed, but errors internal to the equipment increases the ambiguity of the results too.

Bottom line: Regardless of the trap length (distance between the start/stop gates), neither the existing nor proposed additional length guarantees there won't be two or more identical speeds. IT COULD STILL HAPPEN, in other words.