back straight

British  

noun

1. a straight part of a circuit, esp of an athletics track or a racecourse, furthest from the finishing point

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Example Sentences

Red Bull used team-mate Yuki Tsunoda to give him a slipstream down the second back straight on his first lap, and the result was the fastest lap of the weekend by more than 0.4secs.

From BBC

Every time I hit the back straight—almost a full kilometer in that day’s layout—I took a deep breath and stomped on the gas.

From The Wall Street Journal

Several times Norris challenged Leclerc on the outside at Turn 12, at the end of the long back straight, but he was never close enough to really try for a pass.

From BBC

The seven-time champion passed team-mate Charles Leclerc on lap eight down the back straight after the Monegasque lost control of his car through the high-speed Esses earlier in the lap.

From BBC

Piastri cut back on the exit, and they ran side by side down the long back straight, with the Australian on the inside.

From BBC