I'm a couple of weeks late but...If the oval tracks have 4 turns, shouldn't Pocono?

Question

have 6 turns? It definitely doesnt have less turns than an oval.

Answer 1

its a  tri- oval

Answer 2

Ovals are just a generic term for non road courses.  Yes Pocono is a triangle but so is Daytona, Talledega, Chicago.  Pocono is just very unique.

Answer 3

I can understand what your trying to say. I think about it too sometimes but on other ovals its a strait away, turn, mini strait away (sord of?,thats what confuses me and makes me thing its only one turn) , turn, back stretch, turn, mini strait away, turn, back to strait away.

Another way to think about it is...Take Daytona for example. If you were to overlap the begining of a turn at daytona and pocono's turn...If you cut off the turn halfway to 3/4 way at daytona and drew a line strait..It would overlap one of poconos three strait aways after one turn. See what Im saying?

Answer 4

Its a triangle.  Last time I checked triangles have 3 sides.

Answer 5

alot of the drivers refer to it as 6 corners

its considered a tri oval thats why they say 3  

Answer 6

Some drivers do treat Pocono as a 6-turn track when they communicate during the race.

But Pocono's turns aren't as big as the ovals, especially since most of the time the cars are on the straightaways.

Answer 7

it should not be classified as an oval since it's triangle.

Answer 8

It's a triangle. Not a hexagon.