# 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)](/source/Racers_(film)), a 1972 Soviet drama 
*''[The Racers](/source/The_Racers)'', 1955 film based on the Hans Ruesch novel
* [''The Racer'' (film)](/source/The_Racer_(film)), a 2020 sports drama
*''The Racers'', working title for the 1961 TV series ''[Straightaway](/source/Straightaway_(TV_series))'' by Racer Productions
*''[Race Gurram](/source/Race_Gurram)'', 2014 Indian film, released in Hindi as ''Main Hoon Lucky: The Racer''

===Games and toys===
* ''[Star Wars Episode I: Racer](/source/Star_Wars_Episode_I%3A_Racer)'', a 1999 video game
* [Lego Racers](/source/Lego_Racers), a product line of the Lego construction toy
* [''Lego Racers'' (video game)](/source/Lego_Racers_(video_game)), 1999 
* [Racer (simulator)](/source/Racer_(simulator)), a freeware video game simulator
* ''Racer'', an alternative name to ''[Speed Race](/source/Speed_Race)''

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

===Fictional entities===
* The Racer family and Racer Motors, a fictional family and company in the ''[Speed Racer](/source/Speed_Racer)'' universe

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

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

==Sports==
* [The Racer's Group](/source/The_Racer's_Group), an American car racing team 
* [Akron Racers](/source/Akron_Racers), an American women's softball club
* [Elgin Racers](/source/Elgin_Racers), an American basketball team
* [Harringay Racers](/source/Harringay_Racers), various British ice hockey clubs
* [Harringay Racers (speedway)](/source/Harringay_Racers_(speedway)), an English motorcycle speedway team 1947–1954
* [Indianapolis Racers](/source/Indianapolis_Racers), an American hockey team 1974–1978
* [London Racers](/source/London_Racers), a British ice hockey club
* [Murray State Racers](/source/Murray_State_Racers), the sports teams of Murray State University, U.S.
* [Murrayfield Racers](/source/Murrayfield_Racers), a former Scottish ice hockey team 
** [Murrayfield Racers (2018)](/source/Murrayfield_Racers_(2018))
* [Reading Racers](/source/Reading_Racers), an English motorcycle speedway team
* [Tri-City Racers](/source/Tri-City_Racers), a former American Basketball Association team

==Transportation==

===Aircraft===
* [Hughes H-1 Racer](/source/Hughes_H-1_Racer), a racing aircraft first flown in 1935
* [AMSOIL Racer](/source/AMSOIL_Racer), a 1980s racing aircraft
* [Bristol Racer](/source/Bristol_Racer), a British racing monoplane, first flown in 1922
* [Brown B-1 Racer](/source/Brown_B-1_Racer), an American 1930s racing monoplane
* [Brown B-2 Racer](/source/Brown_B-2_Racer), an American racing monoplane built in 1934
* [Dayton-Wright RB-1 Racer](/source/Dayton-Wright_RB-1_Racer), an American racing monoplane first flown in 1920
* [Graham-Perren Racer](/source/Graham-Perren_Racer), a racing aircraft built to compete in the 1934 National Air Races
* [Napier-Heston Racer](/source/Napier-Heston_Racer), a 1940s British racing monoplane
* [Powell PH Racer](/source/Powell_PH_Racer), a 1920s racing aircraft
* [Verville-Packard R-1](/source/Verville-Packard_R-1), a military racing aircraft first flown in 1919
* [Verville-Sperry R-3](/source/Verville-Sperry_R-3), a racing monoplane first flown in 1922
* [Westland Racer](/source/Westland_Racer), a British racing monoplane first flown in 1926
* [Air Creation Racer](/source/Air_Creation_Racer), a French ultralight trike design 1986–2010
* [Apollo Racer GT](/source/Apollo_Racer_GT), a Hungarian ultralight trike design
* [Corvus Racer 540](/source/Corvus_Racer_540), a Hungarian high performance aerobatic aircraft
* [Airbus RACER](/source/Airbus_RACER), a 2017 experimental high-speed compound helicopter

===Ships===
* {{HMS|Racer}}, the name of several Royal Navy ships
** [Racer-class sloop](/source/Racer-class_sloop)
* {{USS|Racer}}, the name of two US Navy ships
* ''Racer'', later {{HMS|Shelburne|1813}}

===Other transportation===
* [Daewoo Racer](/source/Daewoo_Racer), a variant of the Daewoo LeMans compact car 
* ''Racer'', original name of [GWR 3031 Class](/source/GWR_3031_Class) locomotive ''Glenside''

==Other uses==
* [LZR Racer](/source/LZR_Racer), a line of Speedo swimsuits
* [ZTE Racer](/source/ZTE_Racer), a mobile phone
* [RACER Trust](/source/RACER_Trust), to dispose of General Motors' abandoned real estate

==See also==
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* [Racing (disambiguation)](/source/Racing_(disambiguation))
* [Racer X (disambiguation)](/source/Racer_X_(disambiguation))
* [RACER IV](/source/RACER_IV), a component of hydrogen bombs made by the United States

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