Anti Clockwise

[kopend]

why are most if not all races ran anti clockwise

i.e 400 mtrs / horse / dog races etc ???

[RATTER15]

//Because if they ran clockwise they'd bump into those coming the other way!//

New Judge

[trt]

BECAUSE of the effect of the Earth's rotation, an athlete running anti-clockwise will have a slight advantage, resulting in a faster time.

[SeaJayPea]

Not sure it's true. For example, all Formula 1 Grand Prix are run clockwise, with the exception of just four - Turkey, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Brazil.

[dustypuss]

http://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/1000/are-all-oval-track-races-done-counter-clockwise-if-so-why

[angie55]

As far as F1 is concerned, Turkey is now defunct, but is among a number of old circuits that are anti-clockwise, such as Imola, kyalami, Korea, Phoenix, Detroit and Caesars Palace (though the last three are street circuits). The current F1 anti-clockwise circuits are Brazil, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Austin. Don't forget Suzuka which is both because it's a figure of eight. The Indianapolis 500 is run on the anti-clockwise banked oval, but the Indycar GP is run clockwise using the infield track and part of the oval. The Moto GP course at Indy uses the same course but runs anti-clockwise.

[Old_Geezer]

Tradition

[SeaJayPea]

Thanks for the correction, Angie55, I was looking at some old info.

[VHG]

Some horse racing tracks are clockwise. According to the internet

"some courses are right-handed (clockwise) - for example, Kempton, Ascot and Sandown"