motorsport

:  any of several sports involving the racing or competitive driving of motor vehicles … is generally nuts about any kind of car and all sorts of motorsports. — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, February 1983 —often used before another noun motorsports events Attendance at Winston Cup stock car races has been rising annually every year since 1982 … . Total attendance at 13 major motorsport series, including Indy cars, was 15.4 million last year, up 7.9% from 1994. — Jean Halliday, Advertising Age, 30 June 1997