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Here’s some more “lingo” to better understand NASCAR so you can not only enjoy racing to its fullest, but “talk the talk” around the water cooler the morning after a race!

MARBLES Bits of rubber that have been shaved off tires and dirt and gravel blown to the outside of a corner by the wind created by passing vehicles.

PIT ROAD The area where pit crews service the cars. Generally located along the front straightaway, but because of space limitations, some racetracks sport pit roads on the front and back straightaways.

PIT STALL The area along pit road that is designated for a particular team’s use during pit stops. Each car stops in the team’s stall before being serviced.

POLE POSITION Slang term for the foremost position on the starting grid, awarded to the fastest qualifier.

ROUND Slang term for a way of making chassis adjustments utilizing the race car’s springs. A wrench is inserted in a jack bolt attached to the springs, and is used to tighten or loosen the amount of play in the spring. This in turn can loosen or tighten the handling of a race car.

SHORT TRACK Racetracks that are less than one mile in length.

SILLY SEASON Slang for the period that begins during the latter part of the current (present) season.

SUPERSPEEDWAY A racetrack of one mile or more in distance. Road courses are included. Racers refer to three types of oval tracks. Short tracks are under one mile, intermediate tracks are at least a mile but under two miles and superspeedways are two miles and longer.

TRI-OVAL A racetrack that has a “hump” or “fifth turn” in addition to the standard four corners. Not to be confused with a triangle-shaped speedway which has three distinct corners.