endurance race: Meaning and Definition of

endur'ance race"

Pronunciation: [key]
  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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