He had to travel three car lengths to reach her.

Elliott's average speed for the 100-mile race was 181.726 miles an hour, and he won by a car length.

I closed to within four car lengths of them inside the city limits.

He was now safely out of range, but didn't know what would face him in just a few car lengths.

The top five all finished within a few car lengths of each other.

I got out and headed down the right side, maybe three car lengths back of him.

I was to stay three car lengths behind so he could control my speed.

Soon they had closed within three or four car lengths.

I could hear her clearly from several car lengths behind.

About six car lengths later she could see why traffic was moving so slowly.