The quarter-mile track, carved into the circle of the driveway on the South Lawn, will cost about $30,000.

Most high schools and college campuses have quarter-mile tracks that are usually open to the public.

After one season of racing on the quarter-mile track the present five-eighths-mile course was constructed with its first race held on June 28, 1962.

For 18 years, rain or shine, and a few blizzards as well, he would walk around the quarter-mile track.

He stayed in the back of the 25-car field on the quarter-mile track until making a steady move up to the lead position.

Now Joey, 20, and a psychology major at Southampton College, takes the quarter-mile track in 12.76 seconds.

The quarter-mile track was run on the front straight, opposite to the normal running direction.

Upon the starting signal, the riders accelerate down a straight, quarter-mile long paved track where their elapsed time and terminal speed are recorded.

While the mile seemed like a simple proposition (four precise laps around the quarter-mile track), the preparation was not.

Like an athlete who gets pleasure simply from jogging around the quarter-mile track, I delight in letting my mind run.