Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barrel race

To ride a horse around standing barrels in a race.

plural of arms race

A two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if the handles of a wheelbarrow. The team member playing the barrow runs on his/her hands.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drag race

plural of drag race

To compete in race walking.

(motor racing) A race in a car or on a motorcycle to determine the fastest vehicle.

(US, idiomatic) The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

(originally Britain, idiomatic) A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything.