SPEEDWAY

speedway

(noun) a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles

speedway

(noun) road where high speed driving is allowed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

speedway (countable and uncountable, plural speedways)

(uncountable) A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.

(uncountable) A form of bicycle racing on flat (non-banked) oval dirt tracks.

A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.

A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.

(chiefly, US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.

Synonyms

• (motorcycle racing genre): motorcycle speedway

• (bicycle racing genre): cycle speedway, bicycle speedway

• (racing track): motor speedway, motospeedway

Etymology

Proper noun

Speedway (plural er-noun)

An enclave in Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States

Source: Wiktionary



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