Geometry in Racing

ANGLES
- the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point,
the vertex, or by two planes meeting along an edge

Track Banking

Track	Turn Angles	Straight-away Angles
ATLANTA	24	5
BRISTOL	36	16
CALIFORNIA	14	11/3
CHICAGOLAND	18	11/5
DARLINGTON	25/23	2
DAYTONA	31	18/3
DOVER	24	9
HOMESTEAD	6	3
INDIANAPOLIS	9	9
KANSAS	15	10.4/5
LAS VEGAS	12	9/3
LOWES	24	5
MARTINSVILLE	12	0
MICHIGAN	18	12/5
NEW HAMPSHIRE	12	2
ROCKINGHAM	22/25	8
PHOENIX	11/9	0
POCONO	14/8/6	0
RICHMOND	14	8/2
TALLADEGA	33	18/2
TEXAS	24	8

Some tracks have different degrees of banking for different turns. All are listed. Some tracks have not provided banking information, ignore them in your answers.

Shown are the highest banked turns track and lowest. Notice the difference.

Sears Point and Watkins Glen are road tracks and therefore have many turns and banking angles.

1. Most tracks can be described as what type of angle?

2. Of the tracks listed with banking information, can any of them be described as having a straight angle turn or straight-away?
Answer Yes or No.