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Because of this, full-time drivers have been forced to become more proficient on road courses, which in turn means that the average NASCAR driver today is a much better road course driver than in the recent past. The decline of "ringers" was dramatically illustrated at the 2009 Watkins Glen race.
On road courses, track limits are defined by chicanes, enforced at Watkins Glen, Daytona, and Charlotte road courses, the Turns 1-3 complex at Indianapolis, or the Maggots-Becketts-Chapel section in Austin (a driver who exceeds track limits such as driving beyond the white lines or the long lap penalty section used by MotoGP to make a pass ...
NASCAR's move to ditch stage breaks at road courses lasted less than a season.
Two-way working chicanes, which use build-outs to provide deflection, but with lanes separated by road markings or a central island. Limited crash data for chicane schemes indicate changes in injury crashes (range from −54% to +32%) and crash severity.
Due to the popularity of these races, [55] NASCAR has been adding more road courses to the championship season schedule with races also taking place in rain. [56] [57] [58] In 2021, the Cup Series schedule included seven road courses, with such tracks comprising approximately 19 percent of the calendar compared to eight percent in the past. [59]
Some drivers, however, have proposed the use of the full course. During a 2011 Mobil Oil "Car Swap" at Watkins Glen using the course, Tony Stewart pushed for using the Grand Prix course after driving demonstration laps in both his Chevrolet Impala and the majority of his laps in a McLaren MP4-23 as part of the event with Lewis Hamilton. [3]
Cars making their way through Turn 1 in the 2023 race Cars going through Turn 20 into the frontstretch during a Stage 1 caution in the 2023 race Although the shortened, 2.356 mi (3.792 km) layout was considered, NASCAR announced on December 11 that the weekend's races would utilize the full, 3.426 mi (5.514 km) course.
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