speedway
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speedway¹
- /ˈspiːdweɪ/
Where it comes from
From speed + way.
noun speedways
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A form of motorcycle racing on flat (without camber) oval dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears.
Similar: motorcycle speedway
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A form of bicycle racing on flat (nonbanked) oval dirt tracks.
Similar: cycle speedway, bicycle speedway
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A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
Similar: motor speedway, motorway
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A positive-camber banked oval racing circuit, designed for high speed cornering, racing anywhere on the length of the track.
Similar: motor speedway, motorway
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A size of paved banked oval racetrack, smaller than superspeedways, but larger than a mile.
Similar: motor speedway, motorway
- A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.
Speedway²
Where it comes from
Capitalization of speedway. Named after the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (The Brickyard), a superspeedway (“banked oval motor racetrack”).
proper noun
- An enclave of Indianapolis, Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. A couple of broad ideas they determined included converting Indianapolis into a single, countywide government led by a strong mayor, and, for political purposes, omitting the school districts and the cities of Beech Grove, Lawrence, Southport and Speedway from any consolidation efforts.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: superspeedway, speedskating, slick, supermoto, short track, speed skating, speed table, speedskiing, long track, sprint, slipstreamer, dirtbike, flat out, speedboarding, supercross, speed skiing
Translations
Talk about this word "speedway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/speedway. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. speedway. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/speedway "speedway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/speedway.Cite this
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