The average margin of
victory is 2.031 seconds (16 races), the total margin of victory is 32.491 (16 races) for the five closest finishes, the total
margin is 0.222 seconds for the five widest finishes; the total margin is 27.471 seconds.
Take out the five widest
finishes and the total margin for eleven races is 5.02 seconds with an average of 0.456 seconds.
So, how has the Car of
Tomorrow fared in this review, just a little better than the car of today? Of
the eight races ran with the winged wonder, the average margin of victory is 1.755 for a total of 14.042 seconds. The two widest wins in the COT relate to 11.447 seconds of that number.
That would mean six of the COT races held an average margin of victory number of 0.433 seconds. All in all, not too shabby for a four wheeled winged infant.
Other than the Casey
Mears nine second win at Charlotte,
and Martin Truex's seven second victory at Dover, nobody has driven away from
the field this year. The Monday morning race chatter around the water cooler
has been full of "Wow" and "It was unbelievable!"
If the second half of
2008 is more of the same, by the time the elite twelve take the podium in New York,
the fans will still be measuring victories with yard sticks instead of mile markers.
2006 StockCar Review.
