2 years ago | By NASCAR notes
Carousel of Progress
Kyle Busch leads active drivers with four road course wins. HUNTERSVILLE, North Carolina - The carousel, which later evolved into one of the oldest forms of amusement park rides, was actually first developed in the 12th century to be a high-intensity training exercise. Horsemen would ride around in circles trying to wack their opponents with a perfume-infused ball, much different than what we know a modern carousel to be.
The modern carousel, originated in the early 19th century, is a rotating circular platform whose “seats” are made to look like horses and various...
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2 years ago | By NASCAR notes
Taking it Back to 1995...
Kevin Harvick won at Sonoma in 1998 Winston West race. KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina - From 1989 to 1997, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Sonoma Raceway in Northern California used its full, 12-turn road course, which featured a sweeping sequence of turns called “The Carousel.”
The Carousel, part of the full Sonoma layout originally unveiled when the track opened in 1968, plunges from turn four down through turns five and six and navigates a more than 200-degree radius turn before dropping onto Sonoma's longest straightaway from the turn-seven...
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