quarter mile

because the imperial system is retarded

usually the distance between stoplights in the US

fuck you

>The reasoning behind the quarter-mile distance is as murky as the origin of the term “drag-racing”. Popular mythology ties it to quarter-horse racing, or the distance of a city block, but in an interview with hot-rodding historian Gray Baskerville, appearing in Rod & Custom magazine in 2001, drag racer/ eyewitness Leslie Long swore that it was simply the length of runway available, plus a short run-off, at the Santa Ana facility.

pro drag racing is over 1,000 ft anyways

>>17019211
Yeah because they've become pussies.

>>17019156
Because quarter mile = 1,320 feet.

>>17019232
That's not the answer to the question "why". F-, try again.

>>17019156
Because 1/8 mile is too short, and 1/2 mile is too long.

>>17019211
Because 400MPH trap speeds are considered unsafe. Buncha pussies.

>>17019156
Because that was about the distance it took for common cars from the early half of the 20th century to reach their top speed (about 70-80mph depending on the decade). Onboard telemetry wasn't available back then and speedometers often proved inaccurate so the best way to see how fast a car could accelerate was to measure the time it took to cover a set distance.

It was just a benchmark that stuck around and persisted.

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>>17019182