sprint car
noun
: a rugged racing automobile that is midway in size between midget racers and ordinary racers, has about the same horsepower as the larger racers, and is usually raced on a dirt track
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Race for the Million features the richest purse in winged pavement sprint car history with $1 million in prize money to be paid out over a four-race series with events in Michigan, Florida and Colorado.
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Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
The following season he was sidelined again, missing three races after fracturing a vertebra in a sprint car crash.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Billy Hurt was killed when two emergency vehicles collided during a sprint car race Saturday night, March 14, while responding to help following an accident on the track, according to World of Outlaws officials.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
From midgets to Indy cars, from sprint cars to stock cars, Stewart was at home behind the wheel.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
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Lori Punko, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
The following season he was sidelined again, missing three races after fracturing a vertebra in a sprint car crash.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Billy Hurt was killed when two emergency vehicles collided during a sprint car race Saturday night, March 14, while responding to help following an accident on the track, according to World of Outlaws officials.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
From midgets to Indy cars, from sprint cars to stock cars, Stewart was at home behind the wheel.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Sprint car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprint%20car. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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