Plant built a lavish 500 + room, quarter-mile ( 400 m ) long, US $ 2. 5 million eclectic / Moorish Revival-style luxury resort hotel called the Tampa Bay Hotel among of manicured gardens along the banks of the Hillsborough River.

A southbound exit, 10C, serves Bronx River Road at Wakefield Avenue near that train station a quarter-mile ( 500 m ) north of the county line.

A quarter-mile ( 500 m ) to the north are abandoned parking lots on both sides that were once gas stations.

A quarter-mile ( 500 m ) to the north, NY 22 crosses under to the opposite side.

The Twelve Mile 500 consists of a 15-mile, 60-lap course run on a quarter-mile track in the park, with a maximum of 33 entrants per race.

These events have their roots in races of imperial measurements which were later altered to metric: the 100 m evolved from the 100 yard dash, the 200 m distances came from the furlong ( or 1 / 8 of a mile ), and the 400 m was the successor to the 440 yard dash or quarter-mile race.

These events have their roots in races of imperial measurements that later changed to metric: the 100 m evolved from the 100 yard dash, the 200 m distances came from the furlong ( or 1 / 8 of a mile ), and the 400 m was the successor to the 440 yard dash or quarter-mile race.

In Car Life magazine's test of a 1968 Torino GT SportsRoof equipped with a 390-4V, C-6, and 3. 25: 1 axle, they recorded a 0-time of 7. 7 seconds, and the quarter-mile ( 402 m ) dragstrip time of 15. 8 seconds at.

The line runs east on street level right-of-way just north of and parallel to Cermak Road from the terminal to about a quarter-mile ( 400 m ) east of Cicero Avenue, then diagonals northeast until it reaches a corridor parallel and adjacent to 21st Street at Kostner Avenue.

The first quarter-mile ( 402 m ) was run 22 seconds, with Ruffian ahead by a nose.

In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440 yard dash ( 402. 336 m )— also referred to as the ' quarter-mile '— instead of the 400 m ( 437. 445 yards ), though this distance is now obsolete.

0-60 mph ( 0 – 97 km / h ) time was 10. 8 seconds, and the car ran a 17. 6 second quarter-mile ( 400 m )( 16. 3 for the RX-2 ).

0-60 mph ( 0 – 97 km / h ) time was 10. 8 seconds, and the car ran a 17. 7 second quarter-mile ( 400 m ).

Later, at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied law, he played football and won the 880 yd ( 805 m ) against Oxford in 1922 and 1923, and both the mile ( 1609 m ) and the quarter-mile ( 402 m ) race against them in 1924.

The last quarter-mile ( 402 m ) of the creek is affected by tides.

This power was enough to propel the car to in under 7. 0 seconds ( equal to the B13 SE-R's time ) with 15. 2 second quarter-mile (~ 400 m ) if driven aggressively.

Visitors can reach speeds of 35-40 miles an hour ( 60 km / h ) on the quarter-mile ( 400 m ) long track.

The tunnel functions as if it were the underpass under a quarter-mile ( 400 m ) wide bridge which carries Hennepin Avenue, Lyndale Avenue, and various ramps over I-94.

A quarter-mile to the north is the main exit for the zoo at Boston Road, with access to Fordham Road ( U. S. Route 1 or US 1 ) for northbound traffic, then the full cloverleaf at Pelham Parkway, where southbound traffic can join US 1 on Fordham Road.

Over the next quarter-mile the two roadways slowly converge into a two-lane surface road by the at-grade intersection with Sodom and Old Milltown roads, continuing north towards Pawling.

A freshwater wetland is located to the north of the mine, and critical habitat for three endangered species of wildlife, the Peregrine Falcon, Southern Bald Eagle, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo, is less than a quarter-mile from the site.

Various road tests revealed 0 – 60 mph in 4. 5-5. 8 seconds, ( with a fresh ECU computer ), and 5. 5-8. 0 seconds ( with a bad ECU computer ) and quarter-mile times of 13. 3 – 13. 5 seconds.

Other highlights of the facility are a quarter-mile track between the pit road and the main track for Legends racing and a FIA-approved road course.

The original intention was to create a 15-turn, road course, but as an insurance measure against economic problems, the investment group decided to incorporate a quarter-mile drag strip into the long straightaway of the road course design.

The facility features a ,( length reduced through wider track re-surfacing done in 2003 ) 10-turn road course ; a half-mile paved oval ; a 2. 4 km advance driver and race driver training facility with a quarter-mile skid pad ( Mosport Driver Development Centre ) and a 1. 4 km kart track ( Mosport International Karting ).

The speedway moved pit road closer to the grandstands, built a new media center and added a quarter-mile oval for Legends Cars, Bandoleros, and Thunder roadsters, in the tri-oval area.

Sylacauga offers many other opportunities for outdoor activities, including Noble Park, with a playground and picnic and grill areas as well as a quarter-mile walking track ; the Marble City BMX Track and skate park ; city pool that in converted to an indoor pool in the winter months ; Lake Howard which has area for boating, fishing, and pavilions ; several neighborhood parks ; the Sylaward Trail, a 15-mile hiking and mountain-biking trail that runs through the Talladega National Forest ; and two golf courses, Sylacauga Country Club and Farm Links.

The quarter-mile track had seating for 8, 000 spectators.

Always at the forefront of driver safety, in the wake of Funny Car driver Scott Kalitta's fatal crash, Garlits declared " I am 100-percent in favor of it ", regarding NHRA's proposal to trim the race distance for Top Fuel and Funny Car from the traditional quarter-mile to 1, 000 feet, also suggesting that he would support a ban on rev limiters and a return to a 70 / 30 nitromethane to methanol ratio.

Funny Cide broke from the inside post and held off two challenges ( from Cryptograph, who finished third and Nolan's Cat, who finished second ) in early fractions of: 23. 62 for the quarter-mile and: 47. 14 for the half.

Since the Seine River ( Ontario ) is too rough for freight canoes, the route went over the quarter-mile Baril Portage to the Pickerel River and Pickerel Lake, the Pickerel and Deux Rivières Portages to Sturgeon Lake and down the Maligne River to Lac La Croix where the route from Grand Portage came in from the southeast.

Tobin set fast early fractions for a 1¼-mile race – 22. 40 for the first quarter-mile, 45. 40 for the half, 1: 09. 20 for six furlongs and 1: 33. 60 for the mile.

Immediately after the fire, the character of Michigan remained residential, but the street no longer was directly on the lake shore, as after the Fire, wreckage from the burnt district was used to fill in the inner harbor of Chicago, beginning the landfills that by the 1920s had moved the lake shore more than a quarter-mile east of its original shoreline, creating space for an expanded Grant Park.

In addition to the Ladrigan race, other races are held on the same day, including a quarter-mile competition between the Red Nun buoy and the beach, as well as several races for children in shallow waters.

Even with performance options such as the four-speed manual transmission, Hurst shifter and Sure-Grip differential with 3. 55: 1 axle ratio, 0-60 mph and quarter-mile times increased roughly two seconds compared to those for the 1970 Duster.

An included sticker indicated that the car was not for use on public roads ; it could run the quarter-mile in the mid-10s in 1968.

The complex also features s quarter-mile track for drag racing.

Hemmings ' Aerobie was airborne for 30 seconds ( not an official measurement ) and was the first thrown object to break the quarter-mile barrier ( or 1, 320 feet ).

Gearing was changed in 2003 – 2006 SE-R Spec V for quicker quarter-mile times of 15. 2.

by quarter-mile site of Naukratis had been dug away by the local farmers for use as high-phosphate fertilizer ( sebakh ) in their fields " and " In the intervening 100 years or so, the sebakhin have totally destroyed this eastern portion of the site.

They then try to avoid getting " boxed in " as the horses form into two lines – one on the rail and the other outside – in the second quarter-mile.

* June 6, 1993 – The Golden Venture, a freighter carrying 286 illegal immigrants from China runs aground a quarter-mile off the coast of Rockaway, Queens killing 10 passengers.

Car Life tested a 1968 442 with a 3. 42: 1 rear axle ratio and Hydramatic and attained 0 – 60 times of 7. 0 seconds, and a quarter-mile time of 15. 13 seconds at.