carousel
A “carousel” is a section of the track with a particular set of turns. They’re saying that part of the course makes the tires work harder and wear faster.
A “carousel” is a specific type of track corner sequence—often a set of sweeping turns—where tires can be loaded for long periods. The speaker says it’s especially hard on tires, implying sustained lateral grip and heat buildup.
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"Yeah, the carousel's hard on tires. That's probably really about it."
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"And then I saw two cars have an enormous accident on the way up to the carousel, because they were looking and waving and they crashed into one another."
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"it's right before the carousel and that's where a lot of people go off"
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