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

Examples of sprint car in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After his retirement from Indy car racing, Jones turned to the Sports Car Club of America’s Trans-Am sedan series, won a championship there to go with his previous USAC midget, sprint car and stock car titles, and formed, with the late Vel Miletich, his longtime business partner, an Indy car team. Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 The show will be featured throughout the weekend at various times including Friday at 3:30 p.m., Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday at 10:30 a.m. On Saturday, Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet’s 410 sprint car tour will debut at Texas Motor Speedway. Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024 Bowman had missed four races early last season after suffering a fractured vertebra in a sprint car race at a dirt track in Iowa. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024 Larson won the Knoxville Nationals sprint car event Saturday night, returned to IMS at 4 a.m., and got a couple hours of sleep prior to the news conference to unveil his liveries. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sprint car 

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Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sprint car was in 1950

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“Sprint car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprint%20car. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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