The part of a racecourse that is furthest from the grandstand and parallel to the home straight.
〈英〉（赛场跑道离正面大看台最远的并与最后的直线跑道平行的）非终点直道
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I had very low grip which caused me to slide and run wide before the back straight, which cost me a lot of time.
Running down the back straight - well, there were just so many flashing bulbs.
While the head wind in the final straight will slow the athletes down, the gains on the back straight may more than compensate for this.
He fell at the last fence on the back straight but horse and jockey get up unscathed.
Finally in the back straight, he settled down, and he beat a steady cadence down the cinder.
The going at the track was described as good to soft, but frozen patches were still affecting the back straight yesterday.
The triangular course is reasonably flat although does have a dip at the beginning of the back straight, the famous Swinley Bottom.
Down the back straight for the last time the pace quickened again and I started to row in rhythm with the horse.
He was always lazy at home and he came off the bridle in the race halfway down the back straight.
I think, had the yellow not come out on that lap, I was on the back straight when it came out, I think I could have gone even faster.
Officials ruled he had broken too early in the first back straight and, consequently, was disqualified.
Then I kicked again down the back straight and stayed ahead.
In the back straight he seemed to be leading but probably had done too much too soon and paid for it in the last 100m.
I knew in the back straight he was going to run a big race from there on in.
The actual qualifying lap itself wasn't going too badly in terms of balance, until the back straight going into Turn eight.
He went to the front with 700 metres to go and wound the pace up over the penultimate lap before kicking again on the back straight.
He was never really close enough to me coming onto the back straight and he never drafted me, so I chilled out.
There is a good overtaking opportunity at the end of the back straight which should make for an interesting race.
This swings you into turn seven, a right-hander that is negotiated at similar speeds and leads onto the back straight.
I think the worst place is the hairpin at the end of the back straight but it is quite a wide corner so hopefully everyone will have some space and go safely through.