: a very fast car that is used in professional auto racing
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Kyle Busch’s 11-year-old son, Brexton Busch, was hit in a racing car crash.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 July 2026 Not to be confused with the front-engined V-12 series of 250s (Ferrari nomenclature can get messy), the 1963 Ferrari 250 LM was a mid-engined Prancing Horse made to enable Maranello to homologate its new GT racing car in the early 1960s.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026 Carbon fiber, once used exclusively in space technology, is now found in common items such as bicycle frames and racing car bodies.—
Matthew Ray,
The Conversation,
13 May 2026 Porsche’s 917 was a racing car produced in 1969, and into the early 1970s, although only around 65 were made in total.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026 On 23 August 1926, Ettore Bugatti’s youngest son Roland turned four years-of-age and was presented with a half-scale replica of Bugatti’s globally dominant T35 racing car.—New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2026 While the racing car was described as a Ferrari by its owners, commentators online identified it as a Dallara GP racing vehicle.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025