Road course ringer

In NASCAR, a road course ringer, also known as road course specialist, road course expert, or a road runner, is a non-NASCAR driver who is hired by a NASCAR Cup Series or NASCAR Xfinity Series team to race specifically on road courses.

As of December 2025, current NASCAR national-level road courses include Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Watkins Glen, San Diego, the Charlotte Roval, and Lime Rock Park, and St. Petersburg. Former road courses include Mosport, Riverside, Road America, Topeka, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Montreal, Portland International Raceway, and Mid-Ohio. Road courses on hiatus but slated to make a return include Chicago Street Course and Mexico City. For many years, NASCAR only hosted two or three races on road courses in any of the top three divisions, providing limited opportunities for ringers. However, in some cases, the ringers have been able to pull off victories.

NASCAR describes road course ringers as "drivers who specialize in turning both left and right," and says that "perhaps the greatest road-course ringer in NASCAR history might be Dan Gurney" after he won four straight NASCAR races at Riverside. He lapped the field at the 1964 event.

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