Appendix C: Data Sets

Lap Times

The following tables provide lap times from Terri Vogel’s log book. Times are recorded in seconds for 2.5-mile laps completed in a series of races and practice runs.

Race Lap Times (in seconds)
Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7
Race 1 135 130 131 132 130 131 133
Race 2 134 131 131 129 128 128 129
Race 3 129 128 127 127 130 127 129
Race 4 125 125 126 125 124 125 125
Race 5 133 132 132 132 131 130 132
Race 6 130 130 130 129 129 130 129
Race 7 132 131 133 131 134 134 131
Race 8 127 128 127 130 128 126 128
Race 9 132 130 127 128 126 127 124
Race 10 135 131 131 132 130 131 130
Race 11 132 131 132 131 130 129 129
Race 12 134 130 130 130 131 130 130
Race 13 128 127 128 128 128 129 128
Race 14 132 131 131 131 132 130 130
Race 15 136 129 129 129 129 129 129
Race 16 129 129 129 128 128 129 129
Race 17 134 131 132 131 132 132 132
Race 18 129 129 130 130 133 133 127
Race 19 130 129 129 129 129 129 128
Race 20 131 128 130 128 129 130 130
Practice Lap Times (in seconds)
Lap 1 Lap 2 Lap 3 Lap 4 Lap 5 Lap 6 Lap 7
Practice 1 142 143 180 137 134 134 172
Practice 2 140 135 134 133 128 128 131
Practice 3 130 133 130 128 135 133 133
Practice 4 141 136 137 136 136 136 145
Practice 5 140 138 136 137 135 134 134
Practice 6 142 142 139 138 129 129 127
Practice 7 139 137 135 135 137 134 135
Practice 8 143 136 134 133 134 133 132
Practice 9 135 134 133 133 132 132 133
Practice 10 131 130 128 129 127 128 127
Practice 11 143 139 139 138 138 137 138
Practice 12 132 133 131 129 128 127 126
Practice 13 149 144 144 139 138 138 137
Practice 14 133 132 137 133 134 130 131
Practice 15 138 136 133 133 132 131 131

Stock Prices

The following table lists initial public offering (IPO) stock prices for all 1999 stocks that at least doubled in value during the first day of trading.

IPO Offer Prices
$17.00 $23.00 $14.00 $16.00 $12.00 $26.00
$20.00 $22.00 $14.00 $15.00 $22.00 $18.00
$18.00 $21.00 $21.00 $19.00 $15.00 $21.00
$18.00 $17.00 $15.00 $25.00 $14.00 $30.00
$16.00 $10.00 $20.00 $12.00 $16.00 $17.44
$16.00 $14.00 $15.00 $20.00 $20.00 $16.00
$17.00 $16.00 $15.00 $15.00 $19.00 $48.00
$16.00 $18.00 $9.00 $18.00 $18.00 $20.00
$8.00 $20.00 $17.00 $14.00 $11.00 $16.00
$19.00 $15.00 $21.00 $12.00 $8.00 $16.00
$13.00 $14.00 $15.00 $14.00 $13.41 $28.00
$21.00 $17.00 $28.00 $17.00 $19.00 $16.00
$17.00 $19.00 $18.00 $17.00 $15.00
$14.00 $21.00 $12.00 $18.00 $24.00
$15.00 $23.00 $14.00 $16.00 $12.00
$24.00 $20.00 $14.00 $14.00 $15.00
$14.00 $19.00 $16.00 $38.00 $20.00
$24.00 $16.00 $8.00 $18.00 $17.00
$16.00 $15.00 $7.00 $19.00 $12.00
$8.00 $23.00 $12.00 $18.00 $20.00
$21.00 $34.00 $16.00 $26.00 $14.00

References

Data compiled by Jay R. Ritter of University of Florida using data from Securities Data Co. and Bloomberg.