[Tagging] What sport=* for automobile racing?
Steve Doerr
doerr.stephen at gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 15:40:14 UTC 2019
On 01/09/2019 13:20, Richard Welty wrote:
> On 9/1/19 12:12 AM, Warin wrote:
>> Speedway is a oval dirt course that is usually used by cars and motorcycles.
> in some national contexts, sure. the definition in the US is not that
> restrictive.
>
In British English, as a sport, 'speedway' definitely refers to
motorcycles on a rough track. OED: 'A sport in which motorcyclists race
several laps about a short oval dirt track'.
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Steve
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