Name ___________________________________________ Date _________________
To qualify for NASCAR’s Daytona 500, car racers must achieve an average speed of 171.6 miles per hour. Below are the results of a qualifying race.
| Racer | Average Speed (Miles Per Hour) | Racer | Average Speed (Miles Per Hour) |
| Bobby Labonte | 180.342 | Tony Stewart | 176.901 |
| Ward Burton | 173.712 | Ricky Rudd | 172.124 |
| Dale Jarrett | 172.224 | Mark Martin | 180.348 |
| Dale Earnhardt | 181.159 | Rusty Wallace | 171.599 |
| Sterling Marlin | 171.066 | Jeff Gordon | 173.756 |
- Which racers did not qualify? ______________________________________
- Who was faster, Dale Jarrett or Ricky Rudd? _________________________
- Who was faster, Ward Burton or Jeff Gordon? ________________________
- Assuming the racers maintained these average speeds in the actual race, who would come in first, second, and third place? __________________________________________
- How many thousandths of a mile per hour faster did Rusty Wallace need to drive in order to qualify? ____________________________________________________________
- Who should come in fourth? __________________________________________
- Of the qualifiers, who should come in last place? ________________________
- How many tenths of a mile an hour did Ricky Rudd need to increase his speed in order to match Dale Jarrett’s speed? __________________________________________
- How many thousandths of a mile per hour did Bobby Labonte need to increase his speed in order to match Mark Martin’s speed? ______________________________________________
- If next year’s race officials decide to raise the qualifying speed to 172.2, which speeds above will not qualify? _______________________________________________________
