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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Auto racing

Ceremonial marshaling role at a race meeting. Largely held by celebrities or retired notable drivers with no actual duties or responsibilities beyond the waving of a flag to commence activity or to ...

mountain motor

Sports; Auto racing

Term for large-displacement engines, often used in hot rods and drag racers. Named for their size (over 8,100 cubic centimeters, or 500 cubic inches, the limit in some sanctioning bodies), and for ...

pulling an eckman

Sports; Auto racing

A term in drag racing, particularly in Pro Stock, when a driver is cited, and fined for racing with a nitrous oxide system; driver Jerry Eckman was the first driver in the NHRA to be indefinitely ...

pre-qualifying

Sports; Auto racing

A preliminary qualifying session held prior to a regular qualifying session in order to reduce the number of competitors taking part in the regular session, usually for safety reasons. An example of ...

did not finish (DNF)

Sports; Auto racing

A driver who did not finish the race. Some sanctioning bodies do not classify a driver in the final results if he did not finish completed a certain number of laps, for example in Formula One a ...

heat

Sports; Auto racing

A shorter race which decides the participants of the main race and sometimes starting order as well, usually there are more heats in which only a part of the drivers from the entry list take part. ...

James Bond (Red)

Sports; Auto racing

In drag racing, when driver's reaction time (when he leaves the start line) is seven thousands of a second after the green light (.007). A "Red" is a reaction time of -.007 seconds (red light), which ...