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  2. Miles per hour - Wikipedia

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    Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour.It is used in the United Kingdom, the United States, and a number of smaller countries, most of which are UK or US territories, or have close historical ties with the UK or US.

  3. Dodge Charger (2005) - Wikipedia

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    The Charger Hellcat's 2.4-second and 3.7-second pass from 60–100 mph (97–161 km/h) and 100–130 mph (161–209 km/h) makes it faster than the other cars in the 0–200 mph battle, including the Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce LP750–4 which completes the 60–100 and 100–130 passes in 2.6 and 4.0 seconds respectively, and the McLaren ...

  4. Speed - Wikipedia

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    The fastest possible speed at which energy or information can travel, according to special relativity, is the speed of light in vacuum c = 299 792 458 metres per second (approximately 1 079 000 000 km/h or 671 000 000 mph). Matter cannot quite reach the speed of light, as this would require an infinite amount of energy.

  5. 40-yard dash - Wikipedia

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    In terms of judging a person's speed, the best method of timing is through lasers which start and stop the times when passed through. A laser start (from a stationary position) is more accurate for measuring pure speed as it does not register a runner's reaction time, however, this method of timing a 40-yard dash can affect the accuracy by as much as 0.5 seconds with the manual stopwatch method.

  6. Ancient Roman units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    pace: 5 pedes 1.48 m 4.854 ft decempeda pertica: perch: 10 pedes 2.96 m 9.708 ft actus: path, track 120 pedes 35.5 m 116.496 ft 24 passus or 12 decembeda stadium: stade 625 pedes 185 m 607.14 ft 600 Greek feet or 125 passus or 1 ⁄ 8 mille [7] mille passus mille passuum mile: 5,000 pedes 1.48 km 4,854 ft 0.919 mi

  7. Indianapolis 500 pace cars - Wikipedia

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    1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Pace Car. The pace car was used to take the starting field on one unscored lap. The field would use the lap to warm up their engines, tires, and then at the conclusion of the lap, at a prescribed speed, the pace car would pull off the track and allow for a rolling or "flying" start.

  8. Dodge Challenger - Wikipedia

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    The Dodge Challenger is the name of three generations of automobiles produced by the American automobile manufacturer Dodge.However, the first use of the Challenger name by Dodge dates back to 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger.

  9. Maglev - Wikipedia

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    A prototype vehicle of the 600 km/h (370 mph) CRRC 600 was developed in 2019 and tested from June 2020. [66] In March 2021 a 300 km/h (190 mph) model began trials. [67] In July 2021, the CRRC 600 maglev, planned to travel at up to 600 km/h (370 mph), was unveiled in Qingdao. [68] It was reported to be the world's fastest ground vehicle. [69]