motorsports

American  

[moh-ter-spawrts, -spohrts] / ˈmoʊ tərˌspɔrts, -ˌspoʊrts /

plural noun

1. competitions, especially races, involving motor vehicles, as automobiles, motorboats, or motorcycles.

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Etymology

Origin of motorsports

motor + sports

Example Sentences

Then I showed it at the Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, which is a car show that happens every August during Monterey Car Week in California.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saudi Arabia has been building multiple leisure and entertainment attractions, including Qiddiya near Riyadh, billed as an "entertainment city" of theme parks and a motorsports racetrack.

From Barron's

To them, said Tom Garfinkel, who runs South Florida Motorsports, the appeal is simple: “There’s not a lot of places where you can go 180 miles an hour safely—or legally.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The pink-haired Grimes dances and smiles in a heavy coat or a Hypebeast hoodie at football games and motorsports events, looking like a visitor from another planet among hordes of shirtless, rowdy men who treat the phenomenon of realizing you’re on camera with something like novelty.

From Salon

Rosie Davies was awarded £6,000 in unpaid wages and breach of contract at an employment tribunal after she lost her job in motorsports.

From BBC