pole position

noun

: the front position at the start of a car race

He won the pole position by having the fastest qualifying time.

Examples of pole position in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

How does a hot dog earn pole position? —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Rebounding from a qualifying spin to start from the pole position, Hamlin steered clear of trouble on Sunday for his second NASCAR All-Star Race victory. —ABC News, 17 May 2026

Given Colorado’s decidedly blue hue, whoever wins the Democratic primary will be in pole position to next occupy the governor’s mansion. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

As envy, insecurity and imposter syndrome jostle for pole position in Simon’s narcissistic headspace, the film threatens a pivot into more intriguingly black-comic territory, or into a more metatextual send-up of indie-movie tropes and aesthetics. —Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 May 2026

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