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2. Oval track racing - Wikipedia

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   Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost universally counter-clockwise. Oval tracks are dedicated motorsport circuits, used predominantly in the ...

3. Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Wikipedia

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   The track is a 2.500 mi (4.023 km) rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its construction. It has two 0.625 mi (1.006 km) straightaways, four geometrically identical 0.250 mi (0.402 km) turns, connected by two 0.125 mi (0.201 km) short straightaways, termed "short chutes", between turns 1 and 2, and ...

4. List of NASCAR tracks - Wikipedia

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   Dog Track Speedway 0.250-mile dirt oval Moyock, North Carolina: 1962–1963 Paved and lengthened in 1964, closed c. 1974. Eldora Speedway: 0.500-mile (0.805 km) dirt oval New Weston, Ohio: Eldora Dirt Derby: 2013–2019 (Trucks) Track still active, no race in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Did not return to racing in 2021, but continues ...

5. Dirt track racing - Wikipedia

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   Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorcycles, spreading throughout Japan and often running on horse racing tracks.

6. Backstretch - Wikipedia

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   Backstretch refers to either: (1) the portion of an oval racetrack on the far side of the grandstand, parallel to the homestretch, or, (2) particularly in North America, the area near the racetrack where horses are stabled and the daily work of maintaining the horses occurs. In many racetracks, the stabling area is located next to the far side ...

7. Michigan International Speedway - Wikipedia

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   Michigan International Speedway (formerly named as the Michigan Speedway from 1997 to 2000) is a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) D-shaped oval superspeedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.It has hosted various major auto racing series throughout its existence, including NASCAR, CART, and IndyCar races.

8. Homestead–Miami Speedway - Wikipedia

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   The facility has a capacity of 43,000 as of 2019. Along with the main oval track, the facility features a road course layout that uses parts of the oval along with a specially designed infield road course. Homestead–Miami Speedway is currently owned by the city of Homestead, operated by NASCAR, and is led by track president Guillermo Santa Cruz.

9. Track and field - Wikipedia

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   The two basic features of a track and field stadium are the outer oval-shaped running track and an area of turf within this track—the field. In earlier competitions, track lengths varied: the Panathinaiko Stadium measured 333.33 metres at the 1896 Summer Olympics , while at the 1904 Olympics the distance was a third of a mile (536.45 m) at ...