Racer

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'''Racer''', '''The Racer''' or '''Racers''' may refer to:

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==Arts and entertainment==

===Film and television=== * ''Racers'' (film), a 1972 Soviet drama *''The Racers'', 1955 film based on the Hans Ruesch novel * ''The Racer'' (film), a 2020 sports drama *''The Racers'', working title for the 1961 TV series ''Straightaway'' by Racer Productions *''Race Gurram'', 2014 Indian film, released in Hindi as ''Main Hoon Lucky: The Racer''

===Games and toys=== * ''Star Wars Episode I: Racer'', a 1999 video game * Lego Racers, a product line of the Lego construction toy * ''Lego Racers'' (video game), 1999 * Racer (simulator), a freeware video game simulator * ''Racer'', an alternative name to ''Speed Race''

===Literature=== *''The Racer'', 1953 novel by Hans Ruesch *"The Racer", 1958 story by Ib Melchior, basis of the 1975 film ''Death Race 2000'' * ''Racer'' (magazine), an automobile racing magazine

===Fictional entities=== * The Racer family and Racer Motors, a fictional family and company in the ''Speed Racer'' universe

===Roller coasters and slides=== * West Coast Racers, roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, U.S. * Racer (Kennywood), a wooden racing roller coaster at Kennywood Park, U.S. * The Racer (Kings Island), a wooden racing roller coaster at Kings Island, U.S. * The Racer, 82m water slide at Big Banana, Coff's Coast, Australia * Racer, a former Cedar Point attraction, U.S.

==Snakes== * ''Alsophis'', endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean * ''Arrhyton'', found in the Caribbean, known as island racers or racerlets * Eastern racer, ''Coluber constrictor'', endemic to North America and Central America * ''Borikenophis'', found on the Puerto Rican archipelago and the Virgin Islands * ''Cubophis'', found in the northwestern Caribbean * ''Drymobius'', neotropical racers, endemic to the Americas * Hispaniola racer (''Haitiophis anomalus''), endemic to Hispaniola * ''Hypsirhynchus'', found on Jamaica, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas * ''Philodryas'', green racers, found in South America * ''Ialtris'', endemic to Hispaniola * ''Masticophis'', whip snakes or coachwhips, endemic to the Americas * Galapagos racer (''Pseudalsophis biserialis''), endemic to the Galapagos Islands

==Sports== * The Racer's Group, an American car racing team * Akron Racers, an American women's softball club * Elgin Racers, an American basketball team * Harringay Racers, various British ice hockey clubs * Harringay Racers (speedway), an English motorcycle speedway team 1947–1954 * Indianapolis Racers, an American hockey team 1974–1978 * London Racers, a British ice hockey club * Murray State Racers, the sports teams of Murray State University, U.S. * Murrayfield Racers, a former Scottish ice hockey team ** Murrayfield Racers (2018) * Reading Racers, an English motorcycle speedway team * Tri-City Racers, a former American Basketball Association team

==Transportation==

===Aircraft=== * Hughes H-1 Racer, a racing aircraft first flown in 1935 * AMSOIL Racer, a 1980s racing aircraft * Bristol Racer, a British racing monoplane, first flown in 1922 * Brown B-1 Racer, an American 1930s racing monoplane * Brown B-2 Racer, an American racing monoplane built in 1934 * Dayton-Wright RB-1 Racer, an American racing monoplane first flown in 1920 * Graham-Perren Racer, a racing aircraft built to compete in the 1934 National Air Races * Napier-Heston Racer, a 1940s British racing monoplane * Powell PH Racer, a 1920s racing aircraft * Verville-Packard R-1, a military racing aircraft first flown in 1919 * Verville-Sperry R-3, a racing monoplane first flown in 1922 * Westland Racer, a British racing monoplane first flown in 1926 * Air Creation Racer, a French ultralight trike design 1986–2010 * Apollo Racer GT, a Hungarian ultralight trike design * Corvus Racer 540, a Hungarian high performance aerobatic aircraft * Airbus RACER, a 2017 experimental high-speed compound helicopter

===Ships=== * {{HMS|Racer}}, the name of several Royal Navy ships ** Racer-class sloop * {{USS|Racer}}, the name of two US Navy ships * ''Racer'', later {{HMS|Shelburne|1813}}

===Other transportation=== * Daewoo Racer, a variant of the Daewoo LeMans compact car * ''Racer'', original name of GWR 3031 Class locomotive ''Glenside''

==Other uses== * LZR Racer, a line of Speedo swimsuits * ZTE Racer, a mobile phone * RACER Trust, to dispose of General Motors' abandoned real estate

==See also== {{srt}} * Racing (disambiguation) * Racer X (disambiguation) * RACER IV, a component of hydrogen bombs made by the United States

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