quarter mile
Drag racing length
A quarter mile is one-fourth of a mile, or 1,320 feet.
The distance is standard in drag racing, where cars compete on a straight quarter-mile track: He runs a quarter mile in under eleven seconds.
In track and field, the 400-meter dash is often loosely called the quarter mile, though it's slightly shorter.
- dragsterAcceleration-built race vehicle
- Christmas treeDecorated seasonal evergreen display
- drag racingStraight-line acceleration contest
- furlongEquestrian distance measure
- elapsed timeTime that has passed
speed trap · 400 meters · high school track · NHRA · sprinting · dragstrip · top fuel · slicks · staging · supercharger · roll cage · burnout · tire smoke · finish line · feet · straightaway · imperial system · reaction time
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- race distances100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 1500 meters
- racetrackpit lane, starting line, starting gate, finish line, starting grid
- Car Specshorsepower, torque, MPG, RPM, fuel economy
- speed sportssprint, dash, 100 meters, 200 meters, drag racing
- walking distancesblock, blocks, city block, two miles, five minutes
quarter milemarathon
Long-distance footrace
ultramarathon · long-distance · half marathon · 10K · cross-country
quarter mileendurance race
Contest testing prolonged exertion
marathon · long-distance running · ultrarunning · cross-country · road race