Straightaway or Straight

On TV it seems that all the talkers call it a straightaway while those of us around speed sports just call it the Straight.

Just curious.

OOPS ,left out a letter in the title.   We should have spell check there.

By contrast, do the talkers call it a curve-away? No, its a curve. By that rational, its a straight. The talking heads are wrong. We are right.

Aeroplane, airplane or plane? Generational, localized, and not really important.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

Aeroplane = hipster

Airplane = pilot 

Plane =  child

It's not a Straightaway,

It's the back stretch or the front stretch.

It seems to be dependent on who the commentator is and the track involved.  All the above seem to be popular somewhere.  

Straightaway right off the bat let me assure everyone it's a linear thing I think.  Are we straight?

Now what throws me a curveball ( sorry baseball continues in the Nations Capital ) is there such a thing as a Minor Straight?

I mean there's a Main Straight.  Should be a Minor one in there somewhere like Pocono or something else weird. 

Synonyms, all of em.

the real question is, is it a "box truck" or a "box van"

i have spent far too much time thinking about that one. what makes a van different from a truck, and if they both have a big box on the back, aren't those differences basically moot?

In reply to slowbird :

Depends on the shape of the cab. 

Unless you're British, it means you'll do something soon.

In reply to slowbird :

careful.  We'll get caught up in the *****-back wars again.  They make the Punic Wars look like a Sunday afternoon stroll.  

Comstock already has a ringing in his ears.  

Is cereal a soup

In reply to nutherjrfan :

That's the back straight.

Appleseed said:

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

Aeroplane = hipster

Airplane = pilot 

Plane =  child

magical sky dragon? 

In reply to slowbird :

In a box van you can enter the cargo area without getting out.

Box truck, no way.

In reply to iceracer :

Well, I learned something new today.  (I didn't realize they made them with boxes accessible from the cab, but it appears to be true.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_truck#Luton_body