backstraightaway

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backstraightaway (plural backstraightaways)

(motor racing) the straight part of an oval racetrack that does not include the finish line.
- 2018 July 9, IMSA, “Sixth Place In Canada For Mazda Team Joest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2011 April 24, “Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:
  More recently, a “short course” was created by connecting the exit of Turn One to the backstraightaway,
- 2018 February 18, Steven Taranto, “Aggressive driving triggers multi-car wreck in Daytona 500”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3]:
  Ricky Stenhouse Jr. threw a huge block on Blaney down the backstraightaway, resulting in contact that sent Stenhouse sideways in front of the field.,
- 1995 July 8, Roy Hasty, “Martin Has Smooth Ride At Nhis”, in Hartford Courant‎^[4]:
  From the start-finish line to halfway down the backstraightaway, we had the fastest car
- 1999 August 5, Dralwhite, “A driving issue”, in alt.autos.porsche‎^[5] (Usenet), message-ID <19990804230638.10608.00006679@ng-fb1.aol.com>:
  in fact i passed an old 911 turbo with slick coming out of the corkscrews and down the backstraightaway
- 2002 July 7, Ryan Newman, “NASCAR-WCS: Daytona II: Raybestos Rookie race quotes”, in rec.autos.sport.info‎^[6] (Usenet), message-ID <ag8g99$55n$1@montecarlo.motorsport.com>:
  The 6 car (Mark Martin) pushed me all the way down the backstraightaway pretty hard

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