1.   And he could only stand and watch as Gordon and the rest continued to circle the track and then take the checkered flag.

2.   As the talented rookie circled the track, he held his left arm out of window and raised three fingers to the roaring approval of the crowd.

3.   All of that sits atop massive berms that circle the track.

4.   Ernie Irvan was greeted with a standing ovation as he circled the track on a farewell lap before the start of the race.

5.   Last year, Sharp Cat circled the track alone to win the Bayakoa Handicap.

6.   On an unseasonably warm February day in the South Bronx, joggers circled the track at Macombs Dam Park in the shadow of Yankee Stadium.

7.   So while their opponents circled the track, Mayfield and fellow crash participants Waltrip, Petty and Robby Gordon spent time in the garage.

8.   Something sparked, though, inside Rodriguez Wednesday as she circled the track, something as inexplicable as the Northern Lights would be over her Kendall home.

9.   Stewart slowly climbed out of the mangled car, and waited for Irwin to circle the track.

10.   The snafu came at the outset when the field circled the track in Ullevi Stadium three times instead of the intended four before heading to the streets.