backstraightaway

plural backstraightaways · alternative back straightaway

1. hobbiesthe straight part of an oval racetrack that does not include the finish line.

   The 6 car (Mark Martin) pushed me all the way down the backstraightaway pretty hard

   2002 July 7, Ryan Newman, “NASCAR-WCS: Daytona II: Raybestos Rookie race quotes”, in rec.autos.sport.info (Usenet), message-ID <ag8g99$55n$1@montecarlo.motorsport.com>

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   as well as dropping the drivers into the clutches of other cars with an advantage in straight line speed down the long backstraightaway at CTMP.

   2018 July 9, IMSA, “Sixth Place In Canada For Mazda Team Joest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   More recently, a “short course” was created by connecting the exit of Turn One to the backstraightaway,

   , “Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a huge block on Blaney down the backstraightaway, resulting in contact that sent Stenhouse sideways in front of the field.,

   2018 February 18, Steven Taranto, “Aggressive driving triggers multi-car wreck in Daytona 500”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   From the start-finish line to halfway down the backstraightaway, we had the fastest car

   1995 July 8, Roy Hasty, “Martin Has Smooth Ride At Nhis”, in Hartford Courant

   in fact i passed an old 911 turbo with slick coming out of the corkscrews and down the backstraightaway

   1999 August 5, Dralwhite, “A driving issue”, in alt.autos.porsche (Usenet), message-ID <19990804230638.10608.00006679@ng-fb1.aol.com>