endurance race

noun

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.

Example Sentences

Jasmin Paris, who in March became the first woman to complete the gruelling Barkley Marathons endurance race, will be the starter for the elite women's race before Dame Kelly Holmes, winner of double gold at the Athens Olympics 20 years ago, starts the elite men's race.

From BBC

But Dallas Seavey’s record-setting win late Tuesday was overshadowed by the deaths of three dogs in this year’s storied endurance race across the Alaska wilderness, and renewed calls from an animal rights group to stop the race.

From Seattle Times

Penske last won the most prestigious endurance race in the United States 54 years ago with a lineup of Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons, who was flown in the day before the race because regular driver Ronnie Bucknum fractured his finger in a motorcycle accident.

From Seattle Times

He has at last received the visa needed for mom and baby to join him in the United States perhaps as soon as next weekend when he makes his second career start in the endurance race at Daytona International Speedway.

From Seattle Times

Two cycling enthusiasts stopped during a lap of a 24-hour endurance race in the Highlands to get married.

From BBC