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A tri-oval
Tri-oval

A tri-oval is a shape which derives its name from the two other shapes it most resembles, a triangle and an Oval . Rather than meeting at sharp, definable angles as the sides of a triangle do, in a tri-oval these angles are instead rounded into smooth curves....
 is a shape which derives its name from the two other shapes it most resembles, a triangle
Triangle

A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or wikt:vertex and three sides or edges which are line segments....
 and an oval
Oval (geometry)

In technical drawing an oval is a figure constructed from two pairs of arcs, with two different radius . The arcs are joined at a point, in which lines tangential to both joining arcs lie on the same line, thus making the joint smooth....
. Rather than meeting at sharp, definable angles as the sides of a triangle do, in a tri-oval these angles are instead rounded into smooth curves. This term is most often used to describe the shape of many automobile racetracks, such as the Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
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Trioval
A tri-oval
Tri-oval

A tri-oval is a shape which derives its name from the two other shapes it most resembles, a triangle and an Oval . Rather than meeting at sharp, definable angles as the sides of a triangle do, in a tri-oval these angles are instead rounded into smooth curves....
 is a shape which derives its name from the two other shapes it most resembles, a triangle
Triangle

A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or wikt:vertex and three sides or edges which are line segments....
 and an oval
Oval (geometry)

In technical drawing an oval is a figure constructed from two pairs of arcs, with two different radius . The arcs are joined at a point, in which lines tangential to both joining arcs lie on the same line, thus making the joint smooth....
. Rather than meeting at sharp, definable angles as the sides of a triangle do, in a tri-oval these angles are instead rounded into smooth curves. This term is most often used to describe the shape of many automobile racetracks, such as the Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
.