racing car

a car used for racing, as a specially designed and modified car or stock car.

Origin of racing car

First recorded in 1905–10

She had previously been married to a racing-car driver who had been killed, leaving her with one child.

Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range |Gay Talese |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The racing-car stopped and the man who was driving it got out.

Patty's Summer Days |Carolyn Wells
The chirography was the same as that upon the note of the racing-car episode.

The Voice on the Wire |Eustace Hale Ball
Master Ben will want to change his clothes before he sets out in his racing-car.

Peter Cotterell's Treasure |Rupert Sargent Holland

And, as Jimmie pointed out, changing from a slow suburban train to a racing-car could not be listed as a sacrifice.

The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys |Richard Harding Davis
We had done the Paris-Berlin run in my racing-car the summer before.

Hearts and Masks |Harold MacGrath