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

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will tick off one of his "bucket list" events to compete in the Nurburgring 24-Hours endurance race.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The American-made car is one of only 347 built, he said, and a Panoz once won a 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in its class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Last April, she dropped out of a 24-hour endurance race partway through, after she couldn’t stop crying.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2023

In 2015, Mardenborough competed in the VLN endurance race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Over by the light shaft window is Mrs. Tiscott, pumpin’ a sewin’ machine like she was entered in a twenty-four-hour endurance race, with a big bundle of raw materials at one side.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell