gasoline alley noun in motor racing, the area at the race track where race teams repair and prepare cars for the race US
— John Lawlor, HowtoTalkCar, p. 53, 1965
I met him at around midnight first week of May, 1958, in “Gasoline Alley.” I was working late in the garage area at Indy. — Henry “Smokey” Yunick, BestDamnGarageinTown, p. 287, 2003