NASCAR Weirdest Areas at Tracks

These are the WEIRDEST NASCAR track areas to ever exist...
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[@Henyahyah]

I saw the Chicago Street Race and wow, the one turn with the tire barrier that everyone got stuck under was crazy. Arby’s was probably happy lol

[@stephenbritton9297]

Turn 6, it wasn't a problem the day before in the (abortive) Xfinity race, but became an issue for cup. Even race control was surprised by it.

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I was also at the race and the cars had a traffic jam on Jackson Street 😂

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@@stephenbritton9297 oh that’s interesting

[@Dethbytrain]

Fun Fact: I have a bit of the history for the Nashville track, and it was not on the NASCAR schedule for a while, so you could see how they never thought about that. In fact, it was out of use for so long, Nissan bought it up and used it to store overstock. Not saying NASCAR should not have put safer barrier there, but yea.

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And since safer barriers are only used on ovals it only effects NASCAR and Indycar, well as far as major racing series go anyways

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3:29 with single-seaters this usually isn’t an issue; when racing in IndyCar or Formula E, for example, you can just flickspin the car and get out quickly (even quicker in an FE car due to the massive amounts of torque). But ofc, a stock car isn’t really nimble enough to do this, nor does it have the necessary acceleration for a quick spin turn 😅 Explainer over, now get back to the amazing video!

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[@owen_som]

Shit like finding shortcuts on tracks is why I love Ross chastain. Guy thinks out side the box

[@therago1456]

Pocono has something similar with the pylon in the middle of the pit wall which someone can hit although it is smaller.

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

I got a NASCAR ad when I was about to watch this

[@razor8059]

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[@thatpaintschemeguy8]

Its been 2 years since you made the older weirdest areas of NASCAR track's video!? Man time flies

[@AZPatriot1912]

Amazing to see PIR get some love in these videos. I always feel like Phoenix gets overlooked in other vids from other creators.

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[@Nalyubuites]

They changed the "short cut" at the indy road course this year to make it slower.

[@jacky.w564]

The only thing I can think of that is similar to to the Chicago box run off area is the one in Monaco f1 off turn 5.

[@koenslinkman]

It''s actually far more common. Almost every street track in existence has these boxy run off areas, especially in F1, FE, Touring Cars and V8 Supercars

[@sorosub4562]

Can’t believe you didn’t include the wall that Noah Gragson hit at Wilkesboro. That was goofy

[@johndeerefan725]

I was at that Nashville race and saw Blaney hit that wall. It amazes me that Blaney walked away from that crash. Great video, though.

[@idkIamBORED]

What I always wonder is at the Charlotte roval if you miss the run off on the back you can come to a complete stop on front chicane. What if when a driver reaches NASCAR turn 1 instead of racing normal they keep their foot on the gas and drive around the entire track at full speed not slowing down to try and make the back stretch chicane than when they reach the front chicane come to a stop than drive and win the race. The only driver who I can see doing this is Ross Chastain if he is on the verge of being taken out the playoffs

[@alexanderwoods3951]

if you make a part 2 here's a suggestion. On the backstretch at Gateway, there's this little opening which is how the haulers get into the track. They actually moved the wall back some as the track slightly widens before going back to the same spot where the wall is. Fortunatley no one's ever hit this during a race

[@RawGator]

really wish I added this. would've been perfect

[@Gage_Brumley]

It's not there anymore. They seal off that opening before the race so the outer wall is straight now

[@mrs6968]

What a trip glad you pointed all this out

[@jordansbackyardchickens]

Reddick also helped not create a very long caution by shredding his tire all the way around Sonoma.

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I love these weird area at tracks videos

[@KevinHarvickisnothappy4]

1:55 i paused to read that and jeez that could actually happen if someone were to launch off a slow cars wheel and disintegrate into the pylon

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Good vid one of the best on KZbin

[@AndrewFRC135]

Nice video! Quick update on the Atlanta pit road from a few weeks ago. While didn't get to see a green flag stop, they have a new unique rule for it. Under the green flag, normal pit road speed (45 mph) only applies on the original pit road. Between the turn 3 entrance and the original pit road entry, there is now a double speed limit (90 mph). The entire pit road is 45 mph under caution. There was some driver practice of this after qualifying, but no one knows yet how well (or not) it will actually work.

[@ThomasAwdry]

Sonoma raceway has a wall around turn 11 now in 2024

[@NotLuccaRacerVR]

Yeahhh another weird track area video!

[@GameSpeaking]

Hello! Just wanted to point out that the thing you found on richmond raceway is also at Iowa speedway, although it's much wider at iowa.

[@joegonzales5826]

The Chicago road course was crazy

[@HaydenBlox]

One thing I always try and do in the NASCAR Heat games is go in the little shortcut area at Richmond doesn't work very well though so I wouldn't recommend it but you can drive on it

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Love Chastain for going full Summoning Salt and taking a shortcut lol

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In Micheal Mrucz’s Nascar 15 season Indy video, Mikey Walnuts (Micheal Waltrip) nearly hit the pylon

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I love how you put Clint Bowyer in for the stuck-capable banks at Daytona and Talladega. It was something that only could happen to him. *_We all know it was a clear “Clint Bowyer moment”_*

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We shouldn't have been so surprised when Chastain hail meloned at Martinsville after his Indy move lol

[@ethanfornow4576]

Love how you mentioned indycar a lot.

[@BentleyTypeR]

The Chicago street course run off can be extended and widened fixing that, the Indy Road Course, yeah that first turn fun off all NASCAR can really do is penalize any one who uses it for an advantage, the scoring pylon, they can add something around it to absorb the impact of an accident ever does happen that sends a driver airborne into it, kinda like a safer barrier, but what is great news is that NASCAR comes back to the oval!!! NASCAR has really needed that, and I hope it stays for good!!

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[@RawGator]

Thank you thank you. Anything specific about the video that makes you say so?

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@@RawGator Mainly how well everything flows into each other

[@RynoGaming17]

I noticed that part on NH5 for richmond to and considered to use it lol

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3:55 car got stabbed in the stomach💀💀💀

[@gunny7769]

4:43 you mean Dale Jr found it lol

[@nathanstroud2223]

While we're talking about Sonoma in the EA NASCAR games, the kerb at 4A will roll you out of a commanding lead when you least expect it on NASCAR 08. You can just be cruising along, smoking the field on the hardest difficulty with not so much as a scratch on the car, and then 🔃, you get sent all the way to the back with two laps to go for bringing out the caution all on your own when you thought you were taking it easy. I'm sure that goes a long way towards explaining why people hate that game.

[@2ndamendmentsupportingrepu706]

4:00 Iowa has 2 whole lanes over there

[@FlashoftheBlades]

The Turn 5-6 chicane at Indianapolis Road Course is a worthy addition to this list. I have never understood why it was incorporated in the first place. It’s not like the cars are going THAT fast at that point of the track.

[@Phonixrmf]

Isn't that because the main back straight and the small straight after turn 4 are a bit off to the side of each other? I'm guessing they got rid of the F1 hairpin so they can put in more laps in the race But if you're asking why the chicane is so tight then I'm not sure why either. They have enough runoff at the end of the straight afterall

[@Homeless_Pigeon_History]

WWTR has the same kind of pit road that Phoenix and Atlanta does

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Awesome

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I can't believe it's been 2 years since that video. Man...

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When he uploads 2 times in a month: 😀😀😀

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Yes part 2

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I like these kind of videos

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I've watched this 12 times lol

[@ic3man]

1:15 FINALLY SOMEONE MENTIONS IT

[@rjpeiffer8819]

The Indy scoring pylon is back in danger

[@luke.skelhorn]

When you're talking about the drivers going below the yellow line for grip. They would have been making up time as they are driving a shorter distance around the counter so they would be faster due to travelling less distance. For instance, if you watch a track running event they stagger people running because they all have different lengths to run. Also when it comes to cars and time like in F1 or other racing the shorter and taking the inside of the corner is always faster as you've travelled less distance

[@joenurton155]

only fix for the pylon at Indy that I can think of would be moving the pylon to behind the pit boxes

[@Gage_Brumley]

Iowa has that same narrow lane in front of pit road that Richmond has, and it's even wider there.

[@user-ef3ve7wk5i]

At Richmond when the grass cuts off on iracing I would hit that like a ramp and fly 😂😂

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the chigago race was my first full nascar race for 2 yeard

[@CarGuy77]

0:08 WAIT HOLD THE FUCK UP IS THAT 3 TIME BATHURST CHAMPION SHANE VAN GISBURGEN FROM THE REPCO V8 SUPERCARS CHAMPIONSHIP?!

[@benwalter4842]

What I do not get is why Iowa Speedway had a two lane strip of asphalt along the track side of the outside pit wall/inside track wall on the front stretch. It even has painted dashed markings on it as if the strip of asphalt could be used for auto racing purposes. I am not taking about the smaller oval also located on the front stretch of Iowa Speedway btw.

[@connorbeith3232]

I don't know if this was ever removed, but I noticed that Phoenix has these two paths in the back of the track that don't lead anywhere. Of course this is probably to prevent drivers from going in that area, but why go that far to build a wall when it could've been a complete wall like any other speedway?

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It’s Denny Time 🔥 💪🏼 😎

[@feelincrispy7053]

2 years ago!!!? Holy shit that went quickly

[@max.h1337]

The only time i have Seen such a smal runoff was Wreckfest xD

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1:48 "its d e n n y time"

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@RawGator Marco Bonanomi hit the scoring pylon at Barcelona when he flipped in a Formula Renault 3.5 race in 2008

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5:55 LOL I forgot about NASCAR Heat Mobile! 😂

[@JTeam45]

On the Chicago one, street courses usually have sections like that, Monaco, Azerbaijan, etc.

[@RamseyEditz]

2:05 im here after nascar announced there racing at the normal Indy configuration in 2024

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[@michaelhowell2326]

It looks like the pylon has rounded bases so a car actually rides up instead of just wrapping around it.

[@watermelonfmb]

i found out about the richmond one on nascar heat 5 as well

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I love your videos

[@snipernosniping25]

the baku city circuit for f1 has a lot of small run off areas also

[@nascaranddogs]

Fun fact ross Chastain was not the only one to do the access wrong

[@rvegasguy_5216]

I don't think Indy oval should have safer barriers in the straights or short chutes. It would really affect the racing for indy cars.

[@CptDoughnut88]

I actually wedged my car with no wheels on the ground at daytona the other day on Nascar Heat, was wondering if it was actually possible in real life or just a glitch. Now I know lol

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Vettel seeing this vid after baku 2022🫢

[@Patrickmahomie15]

I was at the Nashville race!🤠

[@johndeerefan725]

Same here. That was a hard hit for Blaney, and I didn't see that coming either.

[@ATK10155]

I brought my girlfriend to the nashville race. We purchased tickets on stubhub for $100 a piece in the far left grandstand. We were delayed 2 and a half hours by a downed tree on the interstate near knoxville. We got there, waded through parking. Got up and in our seats. And before I knew it I was watching Blaney drifting through the grass and catapulting himself into that wall. Absolutely insane.

[@johndeerefan725]

I was at the Nashville race as well. Just to the left of the flag stand after Turn 4. I saw Blaney's crash, and I never knew that was an unprotected wall.

[@ATK10155]

@@johndeerefan725 I knew it wasn’t safer barrier but I wasn’t sure. I mentioned it and a dude turned around and told me that there aren’t anymore tracks that use concrete walls.

[@Tri-State_Editz]

It’s Denny time

[@FunnierIrishPerson]

3:06 I believe nascar got this idea from Formula 1 since at tracks like Monaco with sudden braking zones. Drivers can just run off into that part. This part is known as an escape road or a Run-off area.

[@TouringCarsAndStuff]

2:38 two cars looked to have used it by the looks of things

[@JimmieTheLowesGuy]

No way you putted a NASCAR Heat Mobile footage there💀

[@ShaneBennett-iu5ql]

Weird area At Indy road course last turn and how the pit wall is sticking out.

[@ethanhorst6321]

Please never stop making videos

[@jeffreytenthije]

1:15 Maybe the one at barcelona aswell

[@CookNeeze05]

If Blaney hit the concrete wall backwards he would never race again

[@FMecha]

6:06 Also in GT4 and GTPSP

[@heathrentzell2512]

Every street course in indycar they gave thise fie a reason, Toronto has a way to escape from a cautious. If you watch indycar races, then it can help for nascar