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stock car

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stock carnoun

    a car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales

  2. stock carnoun

    a racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car

Wiktionary

  1. stock carnoun

    A racing car, such as those sanctioned by NASCAR and ARCA, based on one of the regular production models available for purchase by the public.

Wikipedia

  1. stock car

    Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing run on oval tracks and road courses measuring approximately 0.25 to 2.66 miles (0.4 to 4.3 km). It originally used production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifically built for racing. It originated in the southern United States; the world's largest governing body is the American NASCAR. Its NASCAR Cup Series is the premier top-level series of professional stock car racing. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom also have forms of stock car racing. Top-level races typically range between 200 and 600 miles (322 and 966 km) in length. Top-level stock cars exceed 200 mph (322 km/h) at speedway tracks and on superspeedway tracks such as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. Contemporary NASCAR-spec top-level cars produce maximum power outputs of 860–900 hp from their naturally aspirated V8 engines. In October 2007 American race car driver Russ Wicks set a speed record for stock cars in a 2007-season Dodge Charger built to NASCAR specifications by achieving a maximum speed of 244.9 mph (394.1 km/h) at Bonneville Speedway. For the 2015 NASCAR Cup Series, power output of the competing cars ranged from 750 to 800 hp (560 to 600 kW).

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  1. stock car

    A stock car is a type of race car used in automobile racing, typically designed to closely resemble the exterior shape of production cars. However, they are often specially modified or built with certain specifications for performance on racetracks. The term "stock" originally referred to vehicles being stock from the factory, unmodified, but has evolved to refer to this style of racing car. They are most commonly associated with NASCAR racing in the United States.

Wikidata

  1. Stock car

    In railroad terminology, a stock car or cattle wagon is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock to market. A traditional stock car resembles a boxcar with louvered instead of solid car sides for the purpose of providing ventilation; stock cars can be single-level for large animals such as cattle or horses, or they can have two or three levels for smaller animals such as sheep, pigs, and poultry. Specialized types of stock cars have been built to haul live fish and shellfish and circus animals such as camels and elephants. Until the 1880s, when the Mather Stock Car Company and others introduced "more humane" stock cars, loss rates could be quite high as the animals were hauled over long distances. Improved technology and faster shipping times have greatly reduced losses.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock car in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock car in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stock car in a Sentence

  1. Richard Petty:

    They take a stock car and make a race car out of the thing.

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