championship race
Winner-take-all contest
A championship race is a competition that determines a title holder or ultimate winner in a sport or series.
It may be a single decisive event—the championship race at the Indianapolis 500—or the final contest in a season of qualifying rounds.
The term implies high stakes: only the best competitors remain, and the outcome settles who holds the title.
- finalLast and decisive
- world titleHighest competitive rank globally
- trophyAward for winning
- winnerOne who prevails
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
checkered flag · sprint · finish line · title · victory · victory lap · gold medal · contender · qualifying · pole position · grandstand · lap · pit stop · rival · glory · track · speedway · starting grid
- motorsportsracing, Daytona 500, racing teams, dirt track racing, racer
- running eventsmarathon, half marathon, fun run, mile run, cross country
- NASCARstock car, pit stop, pit crew, checkered flag, yellow flag
- sailing racesregatta, regattas, ocean racing, qualifier, semifinal
championship racequalifying heat
Competition determining finalists
preliminary round · heat · trial run · qualifying round · practice run
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