Watching one of his favorite cars go by.

GT4 cars down the long backstretch

Aired out on the backstretch

June 22 2013: Ed Carpenter, driver of the No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet, during the IZOD IndyCar Series Iowa Corn Indy 250 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.

SUFFOLK DOWNS - August 6, 2016 - Race 5

ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING - Thoroughbred

FOR FILLIES AND MARES THREE YEARS OLD AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON A RACE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING, STARTER, OR STATE BRED OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON TWO RACES, OR CLAIMING PRICE $20,000. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners of a race since July 6 Allowed 3 lbs. Claiming Price $20,000 (Preference Will Be Given To Horses Which Have Not Started For Less Than $10,000).

About Five Furlongs On The Turf Track Record: (Bishop Ridley - 57.20 - July 19, 1987)

Purse: $45,000

Available Money: $50,500

Weather:Cloudy Track:Firm

Off at: 2:48 Start: Good for all

6 - Kaiser's d'Light (Panell, Dyn)

9 - Trish's Wish (Fragoso, Pablo)

3 - Take It Inside (Piermarini, Tammi)

The Wright Porsche and Winward Mercedes-AMG seeing who will brake first at the end of the backstretch.

Cole Ciraulo on the long backstretch

NASCAR red flags the race, so the air titans can remove the excess water on the backstretch.

Johnson takes a Polish victory lap around the backstretch.

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Cup cars on the backstretch

TC cars along the backstretch

Bass Pro Shops 500 Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, GA

trees on backstretch

Looking down backstretch

May 4, 2024: The field travels down the Churchill Downs backstretch for the Knicks Go Overnight S. presented by L&N Federal Credit Union (Listed).. The 1, Strong Quality, was the winner

Aug 31, 2008; Fontana, CA, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers race down the backstretch as the sun sets during the Pepsi 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso down the long backstretch to turn 12

8/30/13 - Oswego Speedway

View of turn 9 in the distance with turn 11 on the right and down the backstretch in front of our seats.

AJ Allmendinger leads down the backstretch.

This is was once the start of the backstretch, now it's the end of it. It ends at a gravel road, then is totally covered by new construction.

The few barns remaining of the original stable area are off to my left, but were hidden by a large tent of temporary stalls. The area was only open to exhibitors (at least that appeared to be the case), so I did not get any photos there.

The Wright Porsche leads the Winward Mercedes-AMG down the backstretch.

SUFFOLK DOWNS - August 4, 2018 - Race 3

CLAIMING - Thoroughbred

FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NOT WON A RACE IN 2018. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Claiming Price $5,000 (Claiming Races For $4,000 Or Less Not Considered In Eligibility). (NW1 9MX) Claiming Price: $5,000 One Mile And Seventy Yards On The Dirt Track Record: (Half an Hour - 1:40.10 - January 22, 1997)

Purse: $30,000

Weather:Cloudy Track:Sloppy(Sealed)

Off at: 1:47 Start: Good for all

5 - Recalibrating (Panell, Dyn)

1 - Sun Boy (Barbaran, Erik)

9 - Take a Risk (Cruz, Alex)

SUFFOLK DOWNS - August 5, 2017 - Race 7

CLAIMING - Thoroughbred

FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NOT WON TWO RACES IN 2017. Three Year Olds, 120 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Since July 5 Allowed 3 lbs. Claiming Price $6,500. (If deemed inadvisable by management to run this race on the Turf, it will be run on the main track at Five Furlongs.). (NW2 9MX) Claiming Price: $6,500

About Five Furlongs On The Turf Track Record: (Bishop Ridley - 57.20 - July 19, 1987)

Purse: $27,500

Weather:Cloudy Track:Good

Off at: 3:22 Start: Good for all

3 - Golden Story (Pedroza, Brian)

1 - Khan of Khans (Piermarini, Tammi)

7 - Winning Withhonour (Lezcano, Abel)

Opening night of the Northbrook Garner Bicycle Club Friday night race series at the Ed Rudolph Velodrome in Northbrook, IL.

Backstretch at OCFS.

Travis Barrett of Green-White-Checker has chosen position No. 4 for his qualifying spot in the “Showdown at High Noon” while Shawn Courchesne of the Hartford Courant and "The Backstretch" looks on in hopes of getting the “pole” position. Photo courtesy of NHMS.