Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non-racing disciplines.
Many stock cars going into the first turn at Circuit of the Americas
Albert Lemaître classified first in his Peugeot Type 5 3hp in the Paris–Rouen.
Fernand Gabriel driving a Mors in Paris-Madrid 1903
A remaining section of the Brooklands track in 2007
In sports, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goal.
Two men engaging in a sprint finish at the end of a 5-kilometre road running competition
The Men's lightweight coxless four rowing race at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
The start of the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix auto race
Two women in a tight sprint finish at the end of the Australia World Cup cycling race