It’s no secret, one of the toughest turns in all of NASCAR happens to be the third turn at the Kentucky Speedway. Since the track was repaved a couple of years ago for a second time in as many years, track officials decided to reconfigure some of the race track too.

Turns 1 and 2 would be wide sweeping corners which would allow drivers to pretty much be flat out. Turn 3 however, that’s a different story.

The goal is going to be like usual – carry as much speed at Turn 2 exit as possible. That comes with a price to pay this weekend. The more speed you have exiting Turn 2, the quicker you’re going to go on the backstretch. The quicker you go down the backstretch, the more speed you carry into Turn 3.

That’s the problem.

Turn 3 is much flatter than Turns 1 and 2 and also more narrow with less banking. Translation? It’s much harder to get your car to stay on the low line around the 1.5-mile track in that corner.

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Your car naturally wants to step out from under you in that turn. But, if you go too far the opposite direction, your car doesn’t want to turn and you want to push straight into the Turn 3 SAFER Barriers.

This is the corner that all drivers fear not just this weekend, but all season. It will bite some drivers this weekend. The ones to can brave Turn 3 the best, well they were leave Kentucky happy with a good finish.