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  • Footnote: Despite my picking on the foibles of her budding NASCAR career, I actually expect her to do OK in the ARCA race and I really would like to see her tackle the big old Daytona tri-oval!

    Danica Patrick – Leave Me Alone 2010

  • It was a horrible crash right in front of the tri-oval.

    Talladega Highs and Lows in NASCAR 2010

  • During the race that fateful Sunday afternoon Bobby Allison got turned around in the tri-oval.

    Talladega Highs and Lows in NASCAR 2010

  • Burton laid some of the blame on Newman for causing that wreck, but a cut left front tire sent him spinning out into the Turn 4 wall by the tri-oval on lap 106.

    USATODAY.com - Newman rides air, tastes earth 2003

  • It happened on lap 57 and included defending race winner Ward Burton and Ken Schrader, sending last year's top rookie into the wall entering the tri-oval at Daytona International Speedway.

    USATODAY.com - Newman rides air, tastes earth 2003

  • Pressley was leading about 200 yards from the finish line, but Crawford turned to the inside just before the tri-oval to make the winning pass.

    USATODAY.com - Crawford finally ends victory drought 2003

  • Five pickup trucks with dryers attached continued to slowly circle the the Chicagoland Speedway tri-oval as the original 1 p.m. race start time passed.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • The infield road course will be built in conjunction with a reconfiguration and repaving of the original 1 1/2-mile tri-oval.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • Busch came to the 1 1/2-mile tri-oval just 10 points out of the Chase lead in 2007, his final year with Hendrick Motorsports, when he got tangled up with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The track was reconfigured this year and when racing returned in November, NASCAR drivers were greeted by a mile progressive banked tri-oval.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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