Race 1 is a short oval that is literally one long corkscrew with a short starting straight and pitlane.

Sprint cars are high-powered race cars designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks.

On his ninth lap, Nadeau lost control in the first turn on the short oval.

Most of the short ovals that are 1.5 miles and less are really a continuous turn.

The long fast curves of these short ovals seems to just be asking for trouble.

The race here on Sunday, 500 laps on a .533-mile oval, is the first of a three- race stretch on the tour's shortest ovals.

"I guess if nothing else, we've generally had a pretty good setup on the short ovals."

Pellucid markings in shape of points or short ovals, or absent.

The shortest track takes place on the Neo Arena track, except instead the course is only a short oval.

A third configuration was also used in 1996, which was that of a short oval.