They wanted a set distance, and a quarter mile worked out. Many tracks are adopting an eighth mile format now though.
Most are a quarter mile but there are a few eighth of a mile tracks.
She is (alive at this writing) a woman racing-car driver specializing in Drag racing and the quarter mile strips. She has had many accidents and was once hospitalized for several months. a film was done on her called (heart lilke a Wheel) inthe eighties.
Approximately 750.
There are two eighths in a quarter mile.
quarter-mile drag race in under 10 seconds
its a car that runs 10 seconds in a quarter mile drag race
fuel is 1000 feet all gas classes 1320 (1/4 mile)
They are a quarter mile, however, I think a lot of tracks are dropping back to an eighth mile, for safety reasons, and fuel saving reasons. But the official NHRA distance is a quarter mile.
quarter mile gas class 1000 feet all fuel
your time (number of seconds) it took for you to reach the quarter mile
a quarter mile by half mile