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Some of our favorite recent road-course moments
By Steve Luvender | Published: March 24, 2022 34
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Before the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Circuit of The Americas this weekend, let’s take a moment to appreciate some of our favorite recent road-course moments.
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Just Kyle Busch in KFB mode in the rain.
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Sure, this happened at the Charlotte Roval, but you could fit an upright bottle of Sonoma wine under the car with all that curb air.
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As if road racing isn’t difficult enough, sometimes drivers crank up the difficulty level.
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Spin move!
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It’s gotta be agonizing for a driver to get turned around in front of traffic, watching spots that they’ll need to regain later.
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Rerouting…
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Why do a track walk when you can do a track stomp?
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You’ve, uh, got something stuck to your, uh…
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At this point, we’ve got to give credit to EchoPark’s marketing team for seemingly choosing the off-track banners most likely to get picked up by a wayward race car.
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What if you’re right and they’re wrong?
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Air-ic Almirola.
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Boop!
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Shortcuts are frowned upon, Kurt Busch.
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Remember the wild finish to the 2021 Busch Clash?
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Road-course racing rocks!
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The word “turn” was right there, yet Chase Elliott didn’t.
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Here’s how to add insult to injury.
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Kurt, what did we tell you about shortcuts?
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Drama on the road courses have almost as many twists and turns as the tracks themselves.
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While this save in the grass was wild, we were sort of hoping for another sign stuck to a car. You know, for the comedy option.
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Sure, they’re rental cars, but this is still a memorable road-course moment from this year.
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Hang in there. We’re almost done. Keep pushing.
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There’s no resting at a road course, like when you’ve got to dodge a spinning teammate on corner exit.
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But if you can put all the pieces of road racing together, you can celebrate in style.
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Racing at a road course isn’t always a day at the beach, even when there’s sand.
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NASCAR is built on innovation. Searching for shortcuts should be legal.
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How could we forget the time Chase Elliott needed a push back to pit road after celebrating a little too hard at Road America?
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There’s no safe place on the road.
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Remember the Larson-Bell beef from last year at Watkins Glen? We didn’t forget.
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Drivers will use every single inch of race track …
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… and then some.
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Don’t forget the sparks that flew between Kevin Harvick and Chase Elliott during last year’s Playoffs.
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But, things tend to have a way of working themselves out.