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While the front straight is dry, rain begins pouring down at the Mulsanne chicane on the back end of the track. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023 With a course nearly entirely full of 90-degree turns, minus one chicane and one hairpin, drivers had initially eyed the end of the long straightaway down Jefferson Avenue (between Turns 2 and 3) to be Detroit’s lone reliable passing zone. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023 The IndyCar field is yet to make it through the track’s starting chicane in Turns 1-3 intact in the three races since the series returned to Portland International Raceway in 2018. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022 For Sunday, IndyCar moved the acceleration zone back to the exit of Turn 12 to try and spread the field out for that tight left-hander that leads into a quick three-turn chicane. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for chicane 

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“Chicane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicane. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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