A '"panhandle"' track (or pot handle track) is a slang expression for a running track built with a 220 yard straightaway. The name came from the resemblance of the shape of a pan (the track oval) with a long handle. Tracks meeting this specification were popular in the era of cinder tracks, from the early 20th century until about the mid-1960s. In 1962, the IAAF determined that it would no longer recognize records at 400 meters or longer without the course requiring the athlete to complete an oval every 400 metres.