Definition of "trackside" [trackside]

• The area near a track, especially a racetrack. (noun)

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• "One of the horses in the second big race had to be put down, and whatever else it was trying to do -- establish Dustin Hoffman as a TV star, create a trackside milieu, give us a world full of compromised, colorful individuals, say something about the gambler's mentality -- 'Luck' made us feel awful for that poor horse and for the jockey that had to comfort the beast in its last seconds."
• "In the course of a few hapless days, Deley repeatedly stumbled over the names of star athletes "the Honourable Leo Usain Bolt" and his trackside commentators."
• "On Saturday at 3 p.m. in France, nearly a quarter of a million fans will stand trackside at the Circuit de la Sarthe, the iconic road course near the city of Le Mans, to witness the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and its thunderclap of engines."