OK. so you are going to have a running start and the Neon SRT4 is going from a dead start. If this is the way you would stage the race, it's possible. The SRT4 is traction limited without slicks.

 

The top runners in the world can run the 100m in 9.85 seconds, I have never seen any football player run 40 yards in 4 seconds or the entire field in 11 seconds, at least not fully equipped. You may be able to beat your car to the 60' mark, however it is highly unlikely and if you do it's only because your car isn't being launched properly. Your car can turn the 60' in 1.8-2.0 when launched right, but most only get 2.2-2.5 due to a bad launch.

 

No running start. From a dig to 60'. When it's a little warmer, I'll film it. This should be a kick.

Thank you for acknowledging the possibility, RR.

Drew - where did you run?

 

I ran track for a small school in Northern VT. I ran the 100m, 200m, 4x100m, and 4x400m races.

 

I would like to see that vid.

 

i believe that the fastest player in the NFL is dante hall (or at least he was)..and he only ran the 40 in like 4.1..lets say he could keep that pace over a 100, that would be

4.1x(100/40)=10.25 seconds, roughly...(i know this isnt really the best method, im just making a point)

that means that youre saying you are almost as fast as the fastest player in the NFL?

and you do what for a living?

 

I am in commercial real estate.

Really, in competitive track and field, 10.8, or 11 seconds in the hundred is pretty damn good, but there are certainly plenty of better runners out there. I did practice with the US team at Foxcatcher (wasn't on the team, just practiced with them) in wrestling, and track and field/decathalon, but that and competing in major regionals was as far as I got before I tore my ACL near the end of high school and ended up settling for throwing the javelin only for my last year and in college. I practiced 2 times a day, 6 days a week, for 4 years. I was actually only the second fastest guy on the team. My boy E.J. ran 10.6 at his best, and I was always on his tail in my freshman year (he was a senior). My friend Dave had me by a tick in the 400m, as well. We won the state championship when I was there.

Here are some college records for just the state of PA:

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Outdoor Track and Field
Men’s Records


Event
Record-Holder
University
Mark
Year

100 meters
George Crunkleton
Slippery Rock
10.20
1979

200 meters
Eddie Arnold
Millersville
21.04
1991

400 meters
M. Scott Eisenhart
Kutztown
46.57
2002

800 meters
Rick Killian
Edinboro
1:49.23
1981

1500 meters
Carl Leonard
Edinboro
3:45.64
1992


Gary Bicking
Shippensburg
3:45.64
1980

3000 meter steeplechase
Greg Beardsley
Edinboro
8:39.20
1983

5000 meters
Mike Platt
Edinboro
13:56.01
1987

10000 meters
Brian Ferrari
California
29:03.20
1984

110 High Hurdles
Tony Woods
California
13.90
1980

400 Intermediate Hurdles
Bruce Tiller
Kutztown
50.44
1986

400 meter relay
Pettis, Davis,
Edinboro
40.21
1977


Hackley, Crunkleton

1600 meter relay Freidline, Schunk Indiana 3:11.25* 1977
Steele, Wooding

D. Bartolomucci, D. Patton
Kutztown
3:11.92
2003


M. Carroll, S. Eisenhart

Shot Put
Paul Ferencey
East Stroudsburg
59’ 2-1/4�
1978

Discus
Karl Bivins
Millersville
179’ 3�
1971

Javelin
Mark Bridge
Indiana
237’ 2�
2000

Hammer Mike Hernandez Slippery Rock 185' 10" 2000
Pole Vault
Paul Schmitt
Kutztown
17’ 0-3/4�
2000

Long Jump
Justin Collins
Kutztown
25' 4-3/4"
2002

Triple Jump
Bill Sharpe
West Chester
52’ 3-1/2� 1957

High Jump
Billy Wade
Edinboro
7’ 2�
1989

Decathlon
Bob Babiak
Indiana
7,292 points
1990


*Converted from Yards

And the National High school records:

High School Records--Men
High School Records are those ratified by the T&FN Records Committee We consider the season to go through August 31 of an athlete's senior year, but we have appended a section noting the best marks made in high school-only competition.

Symbols:
* = mark made outside of HS competition
' after name = non-U.S. citizen
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
y = race run at yard distance
int'l = international-weight throwing implement
h = hand-timed
i = made indoors
p = mark still pending ratification

Running Events
100...........10.13*........Derrick Florence (Ball, Galveston, Texas)...................Towson, Maryland...........6/28/86
200...........20.13.........Roy Martin (Roosevelt, Dallas, Texas).......................Austin, Texas..............5/11/85
..............20.13*........Roy Martin (Roosevelt, Dallas, Texas).......................Indianapolis, Indiana......6/16/85
400...........44.69*........Darrell Robinson (Wilson, Tacoma, Washington)...............Indianapolis, Indiana......7/24/82
800...........1:46.45.......Michael Granville (Bell Gardens, California)................Norwalk, California........5/31/96
1000..........2:25.5*.......Tom Carroll (Fordham Prep, Bronx, NY).......................Koblenz, Germany...........8/10/57
1500..........3:38.26*......Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Virginia)...................Eugene, Oregon.............5/27/01
Mile..........3:53.43*......Alan Webb (South Lakes, Reston, Virginia)...................Eugene, Oregon.............5/27/01
2000..........5:23.3........Eric Hulst (Laguna Beach, California).......................Norwalk, California........5/28/76
..............5:23.30.......Michael O'Connor (St John, West Islip, New York)............Uniondale, New York........6/17/86
2000 Steeple..5:43.9........Steve Guerrini (Santa Rosa, California).....................Santa Rosa, California.....4/27/91
Steeplechase..8:50.1*.......Jeff Hess (South, Eugene, Oregon)...........................Eugene, Oregon.............6/ 2/79
3000..........8:05.8........John Trautmann (Monroe-Woodbury, Central Valley, NY)........Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/25/86
2 Miles.......8:36.3........Jeff Nelson (Burbank, California)...........................Westwood, California.......5/ 6/79
5000..........13:44.0*......Gerry Lindgren (Rogers, Spokane, Washington)................Compton, California........6/ 5/64
10,000........28:32.7*......Rudy Chapa (Hammond, Indiana)...............................Des Moines, Iowa...........4/24/76
Marathon......2:23:47*......Mitch Kingery (San Carlos, California)......................Burlingame, California.....2/11/73
(aided)....2:23:05'*.....Clancy Devery (South, Salem, Oregon)........................Seaside, Oregon............2/26/77

Hurdle Events
110H(39").....13.30.........Chris Nelloms (Dunbar, Dayton, Ohio)........................Dayton, Ohio...............5/26/90
..............13.22y........Arthur Blake (Haines City, Florida).........................Winter Park, Florida.......5/11/84
..............12.9hy........Renaldo Nehemiah (Scotch Plains-Fanwood, SP, NJ)............Jamaica, New York..........5/30/77
110H(42").....13.83*........Glenn Terry (Sycamore, Cincinnati, Ohio)....................Columbus, Ohio.............6/11/89
..............13.5h*........Renaldo Nehemiah (Scotch Plains-Fanwood, SP, NJ)............Richmond, Virginia.........7/ 2/77
300H..........35.32.........George Porter (Cabrillo, Lompoc, California)................Walnut, California.........5/25/85
400H..........49.38*........Kenneth Ferguson (Mumford, Detroit, Michigan)...............Kingston, Jamaica..........7/19/02

Relay Events
4 x 100.......39.76.........Wyatt, Ft. Worth, Texas.....................................Austin, Texas..............5/15/98
(Milton Wesley, Monte Clopton, Michael Franklin, DeMario Wesley)
4 x 200.......1:23.31.......Wyatt, Ft. Worth, Texas.....................................Winter Park, Florida.......5/30/98
(Milton Wesley, Montie Clopton, Michael Franklin, DeMario Wesley)
4 x 400.......3:07.40.......Hawthorne, California.......................................A ustin, Texas..............4/ 6/85
(Michael Graham 48.1, Mike Marsh 47.7, Sean Kelly 47.1, Henry Thomas 44.5)
4 x 800.......7:32.89.......Auburn, Washington........................................ ..Raleigh, North Carolina....6/14/02
(Mike Dickson 1:57.9, Tyler Campbell 1:54.1, Chris Lukezic 1:49.4, Adam Vogt 1:51.5)
4 x 1500......16:03.7.......South, Eugene, Oregon.......................................Eugen e, Oregon.............4/30/82
(Eric Mason 4:05.6, John Chambers 4:05.1, Will Kimball 3:58.5, Matt McGuirk 3:54.5)
4 x 1600......17:04.7.......McCullough, The Woodlands, Texas............................The Woodlands, Texas.......3/ 1/86
(Danny Green 4:22.5, Scott Cramer 4:18.9, Shawn Barnes 4:14.7, Eric Henry 4:08.6)
4 x Mile......17:06.6.......South, Eugene, Oregon.......................................Eugen e, Oregon.............5/ 7/76
(Dirk Lakeman 4:16.9, Chris Nielsen 4:19.7, Bill McChesney 4:11.8, John Gustafson 4:18.2)
Sprint Medley.3:21.15.......Hawthorne, California.......................................L os Angeles, California....3/16/85
(Henry Thomas 46.9, Mike Marsh 21.7, Michael Graham 21.8, Sean Kelly 1:50.8)
Distance Medley9:49.78.......South Lakes, Reston, Virginia...............................Raleigh, North Carolina....6/17/01
(Richard Smith 3:03.2, Justin Smyser 50.2, Kanda Karmo 1:56.6, Alan Webb 3:59.80)
4 x 110H......56.51.........Wolfson, Jacksonville, Florida..............................Jacksonville, Florida......4/13/96
(Adrain Mann 13.6, Icky Ibeabuchi 14.6, Anthony McClendon 14.3, Jason Corbett 14.0)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....2.31.....7-7.........Andra Manson (Brenham, Texas)...............................Kingston, Jamaica..........7/18/02
Pole Vault....5.54.....18-2 1/4 ...Eric Eshbach (Orangefield, Texas)...........................Austin, Texas..............5/14/99
Long Jump.....8.16*....26-9 1/4 ...Dion Bentley (Penn Hills, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).........Santa Fe, Argentina........6/23/89
Triple Jump...16.44*...53-11 1/4 ..Greg Yeldell (North Rowan, Spencer, NC).....................Annecy, France.............8/ 1/98

Throwing Events
Shot..........24.78 ...81-3 1/2 ...Michael Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas)...................Sacramento, California.....6/16/79
(int'l/Jr)..20.65*...67-9........Michael Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas)...................Boston, Massachusetts......7/ 4/79
Discus........71.40....234-3.......Niklas Arrhenius' (Mountain View, Orem, Utah)...............Arcadia, California........4/14/01
(Jr)........61.61....202-1.......Michael Robertson (International, Brussels, Belgium)........Stanford, California.......6/21/02
(int'l).....61.38*...201-4.......Gregg Hart (Homestead, Ft Wayne, Indiana)...................Indianapolis, Indiana......7/18/90
Hammer........76.89....253-3.......Jacob Freeman (Hendricken, Warwick, Rhode Island)...........Warwick, Rhode Island......5/29/99
(int'l/Jr)..65.89*...216-2.......Jacob Freeman (Hendricken, Warwick, Rhode Island)...........Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/24/99
Javelin.......79.20 ...259-10......Art Skipper (Sandy, Oregon).................................Eugene, Oregon.............5/28/88
(int'l).....73.74*...241-11......Tommi Viskari' (Amsterdam, New York)........................West Point, New York.......11/ 3/88

Multi Event
Dec (HS/Jr) ..7440*.........Donovan Kilmartin (Eagle, Idaho)............................Berkeley, California.......6/18-19/02
(11.17, 7.2 1/23-8, 12.37/40-7, 2.08/6-9, 51.32 [3949], 15.17, 39.61/129-11, 4.80/15-9, 43.66/143-3, 4:43.15 [3491])
(int'l).....7359h*........Craig Brigham (South, Eugene, Oregon).......................Eugene, Oregon............. 4/22-23/72
(10.9, 6.73/22-1, 14.18/46-6 1/4, 1.93/6-4, 52.3 [3765],
15.5, 44.16/144-10, 4.43/14-6 1/2, 60.22/197-7, 4:53.0 [3894])

€ € €
Marks made in HS-only competition
(listed only if main HSR was made outside of HS-only competition)
100...........10.15.........Henry Neal (Greenville, Texas)..............................Austin, Texas..............5/12/90
400...........45.25.........Calvin Harrison (North, Salinas, California)................Norwalk, California........6/19/93
1500..........3:44.0........Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kansas)............................Wichita, Kansas............5/15/65
Mile..........3:58.3........Jim Ryun (East, Wichita, Kansas)............................Wichita, Kansas............5/15/65
Steeplechase..9:11.6........Cory Randall (Thurston, Springfield, Oregon)................Eugene, Oregon.............5/ 2/81
2 Miles.......8:40.9........Craig Virgin (Lebanon, Illinois)............................Mt Prospect, Illinois......6/ 9/73
5000..........14:26.6.......Dwight Stephens (Williams, Alexandria, Virginia)............Williamsburg, Virginia.....4/ 6/79
10,000........31:25.4.......Dan Garrett (Central, Clarence, New York)...................Syracuse, New York.........8/11/83
400H..........50.29.........Patrick Mann (Gar-Field, Woodbridge, Virginia)..............Sacramento, California..... 6/ 9/84

Field Events
Long Jump ....8.07.....26-6........Carl Lewis (Willingboro, New Jersey)........................Naperville, Illinois.......6/ 9/79
Triple Jump...16.34....53-7 1/2 ...Andre Scott (Seminole, Sanford, Florida)....................Longwood, Florida..........4/15/94
Shot (int'l)..20.21....66-4........Mike Carter (Jefferson, Dallas, Texas)......................Abilene, Texas.............5/ 5/79
Discus (int'l)54.96....180-4.......Charles Moye (Ellet, Akron, Ohio)...........................Kent, Ohio.................6/13/87
Hammer (int'l)56.46....185-3.......Adam Connolly (Springbrook, Silver Spring, Md)..............Raleigh, North Carolina....6/19/94
Javelin (int'l)70.94....232-9.......Brian Kollar (First Colonial, Virginia Beach, Virginia).....Spokane, Washington........7 /5/98

Multi
Dec (int'l)...7198..........Kevin McGorty (Westfield, New Jersey).......................Sacramento, California.....6/10-11/83
(11.1, 6.9 1/22-8, 11.03/36-2 1/4, 2.07/6-9 1/2, 50.8,
14.9, 101-2/30.84, 4.44/14-7,57.78/189-7, 4:41.7)


And those are high school records.

FYI the World record in the 100 is 9.78, by Tim Montgomery.

I don't know about Dante hall, but D'Angelo Hall from Va Tech ran it in in 4.15. The fastest 40 I ever heard of was a guy who I think plays for Dallas Cowboys, a WR #89 named Randy Williams he has mainly been a special teams guy. But he was clocked at 4.04 sec

Alexander Wright (WR for Raiders in 90's) had the fastest b4 that(I think). He had run a 4.09 40yd.

These times are in pads and on grass. Also - you are accelerating for pretty much the entire 40., those times wou ld net about a 9 in the hundred yard dash, being as though terminal speed would be around 25 mph. Put those guys on a rubber track, with blocks, and I bet they would be just sub 9 seconds, and they probably could be olympic runners, but football sure pays a lot more.

Now lets stop debating and keep to the subject.

This should be fun, guys. Lets keep it that way.

 

What were your times?

 

I take it that the football players times were without their equipment on.

 

I thought I read that the times were with equipment. Either way they were run in grass.

And as I stated, I feel that:
"you are accelerating for pretty much the entire 40., those times wou ld net about a 9 in the hundred yard dash, being as though terminal speed would be around 25 mph. Put those guys on a rubber track, with blocks, and I bet they would be just sub 9 seconds, and they probably could be olympic runners, but football sure pays a lot more."