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  2. Glossary of motorsport terms - Wikipedia

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    Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.

  3. List of nicknames in motorsport - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... "Back in Black" = 1991 Racing Beat Mazda RX-7 FD3S, land speed record car [note 1 ...

  4. List of portmanteaus - Wikipedia

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    Chinarello, from China and Pinarello (used to describe a counterfeit Pinarello racing bike) [25] chuggers, from charity and muggers [2] complisult, from compliment and insult [2] cosplay, from costume and play [5] disastrophe, from disaster and catastrophe [2] drunkorexia, from drunk and anorexia; dumbfound, from dumb and confound [26]

  5. International Sporting Code - Wikipedia

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    Examples from Category A include the Group VII solar powered UNSW Sunswift and the Group XI Hybrid powered Buckeye Bullet. The appendix also includes regulations surrounding officiating, taking measurements, safety procedures and different types of records, such as acceleration records, distance records, whether flying or standing start etc.

  6. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    Horse racing: The final phase of an endeavour or project. On a racecourse, the home stretch is the final part of track on which the race finishes. OED dates racing usage to 1841, but does not date or cite a figurative usage; [31] M-W defines a figurative use but does not date it. [32] hospital pass

  7. Modal adjective - Wikipedia

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    Modal adjectives can express modality regarding a situation or a participant in that situation. With situations, some usual syntactic patterns include an extraposed subject, [3] such as the underlined elements in the following examples with the modal adjective in bold. Here the modal adjective is analyzed semantically as a sentential modal ...

  8. Glossary of equestrian terms - Wikipedia

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    References A ace Slang for the drug acepromazine or acetyl promazine (trade names Atravet or Acezine), which is a sedative : 3 commonly used on horses during veterinary treatment, but also illegal in the show ring. Also abbreviated ACP. action The way a horse elevates its legs, knees, hock, and feet. : 3 Also includes how the horse uses its shoulder, humerus, elbow, and stifle; most often used ...

  9. List of sports cars - Wikipedia

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    Racing car, limited to 12 units Porsche: 924: 1976–1988 Coupé Germany Porsche: 928: 1977–1995 Coupé Germany Porsche: 930: 1975-1989 Coupé, Cabriolet Germany Also known as Porsche 911 Turbo Porsche: 935: 1976-1981, 2019 Coupé Germany Racing car, limited production Porsche: 944: 1982–1991 Coupé, Cabriolet Germany Porsche: 959: 1986 ...