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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tank-slapper

Sports; Auto racing

When the front wheel of a motorcycle oscillates rapidly, causing the handlebars to slap against the fuel tank. It is increasingly being used to refer to a vehicle that loses traction at the rear, ...

A style of restart where the race leader starts in the first row by himself and the other drivers start two-wide. Named after a start method for a short track in the state of Delaware in the United ...

T-bone

Sports; Auto racing

A collision in which the front of a car crashes into the side of another car, forming a "T" shape. This is one of the more dangerous types of crash due to the relative vulnerability of side impacts ...

drag racing

Sports; Auto racing

Drag racing is a competition in which specially prepared automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a straight course from a ...

slick

Sports; Auto racing

A phenomenon caused on short-circuit clay ovals that dry out too much. Clay circuits that do not maintain a certain amount of moisture as a race meeting progresses will start to wear the rubber off ...

holeshot

Sports; Auto racing

In drag racing, getting a substantial starting line advantage due to a quicker reaction time when beginning a race from a standing start. The other driver gets "holeshotted" "welded to the line" or ...

gurney

Sports; Auto racing

A small lip placed at the trailing edge of a race car's aerodynamic wing. Despite its relative size, often only millimeters tall, it can double the downforce achieved by the wing, although at the ...