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ˈspeedway
[speed n.]
1. a. U.S. A track or road prepared for fast horse-driving. Now Hist.
1894Voice (N.Y.) 28 June, New York has millions of dollars to spend upon its uptown parks and speedways. 1968N.Y. City (Michelin Tire Corp.) 97 Trotters were in fashion, and they whipped through the Park to the speedways of Harlem.
b. A road on which motor vehicles may travel fast. Also gen., a motorway. Also fig. orig. U.S.
1903N.Y. Times 16 Aug. 24/7 The numerous owners of rapid roadsters are devoting no inconsiderable portion of their Summer leisure to spirited brushes on the new speed⁓way. 1919Public Opinion 14 Nov. 471 (heading) The Speedway to Prosperity. 1927[see autostrada]. 1946J. W. Day Harvest Adventure xiv. 247 The traffic on that concrete speed-way, the Great West Road. 1976J. van de Wetering Tumbleweed xx. 176 Their car..was joining the main traffic on the speedway.
2. Sport.
a. A racing track for motor vehicles. Also transf.
1925Kansas City (Missouri) Star 31 May 1/1 Here is how they finished..in the thirteenth annual 500-mile motor classic on the Indianapolis speedway yesterday. 1968D. Braithwaite Fairground Architecture 170/1 Speedway, a loose term which could refer either to an Ark—mounted with motor-cycles, or to a Monte Carlo Rally. 1979Arizona Daily Star 1 Apr. c 12/2 USAC's 200-mile race at the Ontario Motor Speedway last weekend turned out better than a lot of people figured.
b. transf. A sport in which motorcyclists race several laps about a short oval dirt track. Freq. attrib.
1930S. Elder Romance of Speedway i. 9 Now that Speedway Racing has taken its place as one of our national pastimes. Ibid. ii. 27 In the first rank among Speedway riders. Ibid. 33 Habitual frequenters of Speedway gatherings. 1937D. W. Harding in Scrutiny VI. iii. 254 When we have passed..from the state of idly watching men..and have accepted the invitation to form part of an audience for jugglers, acrobats..or speedway riders..we may speak of display entertainment. 1950Sport 22–8 Sept. 21/2 The Wembley crowds shot up and speedway in general benefited. 1961K. Reisz Technique Film Editing (ed. 9) ii. 77 Bill Fox (Dirk Bogarde) had been an ace speedway rider before the war. 1977Western Morning News 30 Aug. 12/3 Exeter gave themselves a tremendous boost in their challenge for the Gulf British League speedway title when they snatched a precious point from title rivals Reading. |