endurance race

American  

noun

1. an auto race over a closed course designed to test the endurance of both driver and vehicle and won by the car that covers the longest distance in an arbitrarily allotted time or by the car that is first to cover a predetermined long distance.

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Example Sentences

After steering his newspaper into the ranks of the nation's best, Los Angeles Times Publisher Otis Chandler revved up for a different kind of contest: the Six Hours of Endurance race at Watkins Glen, N.Y.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the eve of the International Twelve-Hour Endurance race at Sebring, Fla., everybody acknowledged the overall speed of the Lancias, their tremendous acceleration, their cat-quick cornering ability.

From Time Magazine Archive