Usually means: Straight section of a racetrack.
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  1. backstretch: Merriam-Webster
  2. backstretch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backstretch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Backstretch, backstretch: Wordnik
  5. backstretch: Wiktionary
  6. backstretch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. backstretch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. backstretch: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. backstretch: Dictionary.com
  10. Backstretch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. backstretch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. backstretch: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (backstretch)

noun:  (athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
noun:  (horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.
noun:  (figuratively) The middle part of an event.
noun:  (exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.

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