race car

noun

US
: a very fast car that is used in professional auto racing

Examples of race car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This extremely rare Porsche 911 race car has a high-end estimate of $3.5 million. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024 Goldsmith, who officially stepped away from competitive racing in 1960, is credited with helping to develop water-circulating technology that served as a precursor to the cool-suit technology that modern race car drivers rely on. Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2024 The first 911 to get a turbocharger was also a race car, the 1974 911 Carrera RSR 2.1 Turbo. Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2024 The online project, which can be seen here, debuted Tuesday with a focus on his 2023 feature Ferrari that stars Adam Driver as race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari and Penélope Cruz as wife Laura Ferrari. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for race car 

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race car

noun
: a very fast car that is used in professional auto racing
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