Etymology

speedway

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Today it means: A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears. Full definition →

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speedway · noun1

From speed + way.

Speedway · proper noun2

Capitalization of speedway. Named after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (The Brickyard), a superspeedway (“banked oval motor racetrack”).

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