qualifying race
Advancement round event
A qualifying race is a preliminary competition that determines which participants advance to the main event.
Runners, drivers, or other competitors must finish within a certain time or position to earn entry: She ran a qualifying race to secure her spot in the Olympics.
The term applies across motorsports, track and field, and other competitions with elimination rounds.
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- fast lapSpeediest course completion
- time sheetsEmployee hour documentation
- pole positionFrontmost starting spot
front row · grid · lap · circuit · knockout · elimination · speedway · motorsport · driver · track · starting line · stopwatch · fastest · cutoff · field · contender · Formula One · NASCAR
- running eventsmarathon, half marathon, fun run, mile run, cross country
- Triathlontriathlon, T1, T2, bike mount, Kona
- greyhound racinggreyhound, greyhounds, dog track, trap, muzzle
- harness racingsulky, pacer, trotter, standardbred, hopples
- sailing racesregatta, regattas, semifinal, final, national championship
- MarathonsBoston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon, NYC Marathon, New York Marathon
qualifying racefinal
Last and decisive
championship race · finals · main event · grand final · title race
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