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Masked Terror
2nd June 2008, 16:51
According to the indycar.com event info page, the race is 228 laps/342 miles long- http://www.indycar.com/schedule/?event_id=19

Given that, where does the 550 in the name come from?
BoilerIMS
2nd June 2008, 17:00
550km = 341.754mi
Masked Terror
2nd June 2008, 17:19
Kilometers for a Texas race?

Fancy :)
dataman1
2nd June 2008, 17:28
IMO, It is called spin marketing. Everything is bigger in Texas so they have to have a race bigger than the number 500.
ChicagocrewIRL
3rd June 2008, 02:10
In my opinion we need more 500 milers than Indy say at perhaps Fontana or Michigan. I know this idea is not new, but to me 500 miles is a true test of endurance and teamwork. 600 miles is waaaaaaay too much and at the speeds these cars run, a lot of times you're done with an oval race in 2 hours, hardly worth a long drive and the price of admission to a regional track.
Dr. Krogshöj
3rd June 2008, 13:10
Spin marketing a la nascrap. That said, it still sounds better than i am mindy.
electron
3rd June 2008, 13:44
who is mindy?
Komahawk
3rd June 2008, 14:54
What? According to my math 550k is 343.320 m. No?
BoilerIMS
3rd June 2008, 16:44
I'm not sure which conversion constant you are using, but it is indisputable that 1km=1000m=3280.84ft=0.6214mi. Ergo, 550km=341.754mi
BobGarage
3rd June 2008, 17:11
according to igoogle's unit converter (and to be precise to 9 decimal places...)

550k is 341.753500000 miles ;)
garyshell
3rd June 2008, 18:23
What? According to my math 550k is 343.320 m. No?


according to igoogle's unit converter (and to be precise to 9 decimal places...)

550k is 341.753500000 miles ;)


Making the case why one should never, ever do math in public. :s mokin:

Gary
DavePI2
4th June 2008, 01:53
The only math I care about is 28. The number of entrants for the race. Let's hope they all make it after last week.

David
dataman1
4th June 2008, 16:28
Speaking of entrants. Is Sarah going to make it? Has anyone heard?
BobGarage
4th June 2008, 16:33
Speaking of entrants. Is Sarah going to make it? Has anyone heard?

kentucky is her aim i think.

shes not on entry list for texas. and there was an interview with members from her team (in the champ car auction thread) where they were looking to buy a trailer (they missed out) and they said they would be at kentucky.