Thanks to incompetent cutting and pasting, it appears below that I wrote a sentence which I did not. Given the large-size font, I suspect someone other than Bill Hooper.
Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Hooper Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 14:59 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:49952] RE: NASCAR Subway 500 On Feb 27 , at 11:31 PM, Carleton MacDonald wrote: The race will be 312 laps, where each lap is a mile, thus the race is 312 miles or 502.115 km. The race is not a true 500 km race. That's odd, isn't it. If they had made it 311 laps (1 mile each lap), the total distance would be 500.4 km. That would be a "true" (almost) metric race (within a half kilometre). Maybe there is something that makes it convenient to race for an even number of laps? Regards, Bill Hooper Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA ========================== Make It Simple; Make It Metric! ==========================
