In looking through the various speed postings on the SCTA-BNI website, it appears that something's missing. Or, maybe I'm just missing something!
The website displays speeds under four different headings (Daily High Speed, Daily Runs, Daily Qualifiers, and Daily Certified Records) for both the long and short courses.
If somebody makes a qualifying (aka “down”) run above the record they're running on, then that shows up under the Daily Qualifiers heading. However, this heading only lists the fastest speed (i.e. at any given mile) for the entire course.
If we want to see all the results for that run, we've got to look at the Daily Runs, which (for the long courses) show all the actual speeds for: Quarter, Mile 1, Mile 2, Mile 3, and Exit.
Then, if their record run the next morning is adequate and the average of their two runs exceeds the existing record, we can look under Daily Certified Records to see the new record.
Here's where the problem lies. Under Daily Certified Records, the only things shown are the speeds for the new record and the old record. It doesn't show the speeds they ran on the actual new record run. And, for some inexplicable reason, the new record run speeds aren't shown under Daily Runs, either.
Let's take the 911 B/FR as an example. Its August 14 speed of 293.977 speed is listed under three different headings (Daily High Speed, Daily Runs, and Daily Qualifiers). Although this particular car normally only runs through the end of the first timed mile (“Mile 1”) on the long course, its speeds all along the course are listed under Daily Runs.
Next, it made its record run on August 15. Under Certified Daily Records, it shows the old B/BFR record of 260.299 and the 911's new record of 297.220. But it doesn't show any of the speeds they actually made on their record run. And, as I said above, for some inexplicable reason, their record run speeds aren't shown under the Daily Runs heading either.
In this case, since the 911 qualified at 293.977, and ended up with a record 2-run average of 297.220, it's obvious that their record run must have been over 300MPH! According to the calculator on my phone, it must have been at 300.463MPH.
So, am I missing something, or what? This could also figure in to the records runs scheduled for today (August 17) in general and the Hot Rod Trophy in particular. Although they haven't posted yesterday's runs yet, I believe Speed Demon had a A/BFS qualifier of 448.508 on their own 423.521 record.
This means they could actually get a new A/BFS record with a run slightly under 400MPH. But what everybody will be looking for is whether or not they can retain the Hot Rod Trophy – which will would take a run faster than Turbinator II's 463.038. However, the way they appear to be listing things, the speed on their actual record run won't be posted – only their 2-run average speed would show up! So, how would we know if they ran fast enough for the trophy?
Jeff in Boise