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- Sanctioning Body - An organization that sets and
enforces the rules for a race or series..
- Sandbag - To hold back on a car's performance, during
qualifying, to mislead other drivers as to its potential.
- Sawing On The Wheel - Expression
describing when a driver turns the steering wheel back and forth
in a rapid manner.
- SCOA - Sprint Car Owners of Arizona.
- SCRA - Sprint Car Racing Association.
- SCRAFAN.COM - The website that you are visiting right
now.
- Seaside Park - Ventura County Fairgrounds where the
Ventura Raceway is located.
- Seat Time - Time
sitting behind the wheel, competing in a race, qualifying, etc.
- Semi-Main - Referred to as the B-Main or last chance
race. Transfers will go to the main event and the rest are done
for the night.
- Setup - The combination of settings for a car's engine,
tires, and chassis. Teams make constant adjustments to a car's
setup based on driver input.
- Shake Down - Testing a brand-new car or engine.
- "Sheriff" - VRA Sprint Car Driver John
Wright.
- "Shermanator" - SCRA / ASCA / Midget driver
Jeremy Sherman.
- Short Track - A
track that is less than a mile long in length.
- "Showtime" - SCRA driver Danny Sheridan.
- Shunt - A collision.
- "Silverado Bullet" - SCRA driver Steve
Venard.
- Silver Crown - Larger and heavier Sprint Cars,
typically sanctioned by USAC, that are a successor to the
roadster-style front engine cars that raced at Indy.
- Slide Job - A passing technique used in the corners to
slide up in front of another car.
- SMS - Santa Maria Speedway, located in Santa Maria,
California.
- Spec Sprints - Carbureted non-wing sprint cars in
Northern California.
- Sprint Car - An open wheeled race car, typically around
1300 pounds. Composed of a frame (chassis), engine, seat, and a
fuel tank. Traditional Sprint Cars are famous for "backing
it in" the corners and turning right to turn left.
- Stagger - Different size tires are
put on the car to lean the car to one side. This helps the car
turn and improve cornering.
- Straightaway - The long straight stretch of
an oval track, where the car can reach its highest speed.
- "Super" Rickie - SCRA Sprint Car Driver
Rickie Gaunt.
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