heat race
Elimination round competition
A heat race is a preliminary round in racing or competition that narrows the field for a final event.
Competitors are divided into groups, with top finishers from each heat advancing: She won her heat race and qualified for the finals.
Common in track and field, swimming, auto racing, and other sports where too many competitors exist to race at once.
- qualifyingMeeting required criteria
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- trackPath or monitored route
- short trackIndoor speed skating variant
dirt track · speedway · lap · pole position · green flag · yellow flag · checkered flag · photo finish · victory lane · grid · NASCAR · motorsport · qualifier · bracket · round · hot laps · starting line · starting grid
- horse racingthoroughbred, racehorse, horses, jockey, jockeys
- motorsportsDaytona 500, Indianapolis 500, driver, Le Mans, pit stops
- racingracetrack, lap, accelerate, qualifying lap, brake
- race modestime trial, championship, time attack, sprint, elimination
- running eventsmarathon, half marathon, fun run, mile run, cross country
- Sprintingsprint, dash, 100 meters, 200 meters, 100 meter dash
heat racefinal
Last and decisive
championship race · main event · title race · grand final · finals
heat racechampionship
Competition for top rank
final · decider · title bout · winner-take-all · sudden death
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