Auto racing

Auto racing

Of or pertaining to automobiles engaging in competition that involves the winner being the fastest car to a designated destination.

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wet tire

Sports; Auto racing

A racing tire with deep grooves designed to displace standing water, allowing the tire to obtain grip in conditions where dry weather tires (slicks) would aquaplane. Monsoon wet has become a term ...

wet-weather tire

Sports; Auto racing

A racing tire with deep grooves designed to displace standing water, allowing the tire to obtain grip in conditions where dry weather tires (slicks) would aquaplane. Monsoon wet has become a term ...

flopper

Sports; Auto racing

(Drag racing) Funny Car, short for "fender flopper." Coined by dragster crews in the late 1960s to separate Funny Cars, which had fiberglass bodies with fenders, from dragsters. Erroneously ...

When a racing team uses a car built for them, either by another team, or by a specialist racing chassis manufacturer. Primarily a Formula One term where the majority of teams build their own cars, ...

sidepod

Sports; Auto racing

Aerodynamic device to improve airflow between front and rear wheels on open wheel racing car which also covers ancillary equipment within car, most often water radiators which are air cooled by ram ...

wing

Sports; Auto racing

Aerodynamic device on many racing cars. The principle is the same as an aircraft wing except in motor racing applications the wing is inverted to create downforce instead of lift, pressing the car ...

parc fermé

Sports; Auto racing

An area which cars enter after they have qualified for the race, where they are not allowed to be worked upon by mechanics unless on strict supervision by the stewards. Some motorsports series other ...