Drag Racing Cars: Physics Project Ideas

[breakdown904]

i have just started with physics and i have a project where i have to make a scenario where two cars are drag racing in a quarter mile race and the one with the highest top speed loses. i don't even know where to start.

 

[Delphi51]

Welcome to PF!
It seems to me there has to be another condition on this drag race.
As it stands, the winning strategy is going extremely slowly, perhaps taking a whole lifetime to go the quarter mile. Not very interesting!

 

[breakdown904]

that was the only information i was given.
like i said, i don't even know where to start on how to do this

 

[Integral]

The car that completes the race in the shortest time, wins. That says nothing about the top speed of either car. What do you know about average speed?