The Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the FIS World Cup events ( including the Holmenkollen and the Tour de Ski, a grueling 9 race series completed in eleven days ) have long been a showcase for the world's fastest cross country skiers.

Such games can also favor speed over quantity, in which players race to drink a case of beer the fastest.

He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004.

The goal of the game is to either finish a race ahead of other racers, who are controlled by the computer and other players, or complete a circuit in the fastest time.

In time trial mode, players race against the clock through the same tracks that are present in Mario Kart GP mode, attempting to set the fastest possible.

The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the fastest time.

However they can continue to ride the rest of the race distance in order to set the fastest time in a qualifying race or a record in a final.

The Women's version of the event is held over 500 m. Other than the race distance this is the same as the men's Kilo event, with the fastest rider over the distance declared the winner.

Prior to 2005, after the top two cars were set, the top 14 cars in the qualifying races advanced to the field, and then between six ( 1998 – 2003 ), eight ( 1995 – 97, 2004 ), or ten ( until 1994 ) fastest cars which did not advance from the qualifying race were added, and, since 1976, between one and seven cars were added by previous year's points performance and or championship, except for 1985, when no such car was eligible for a provisional starting spot, the only time that happened in the Daytona 500 from when the provisional was added in 1976 through 2004.

Racing involves making fast turns around gates in an attempt to attain the fastest overall time down one or two runs of a race course by having the tightest line possible.

A week before the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, ( even though he was the fastest driver on that circuit at the time ) Lauda tried to boycott the race, largely due to the 23 kilometer circuit's safety arrangements.

Two of the remaining cars qualified fastest and second fastest, but all three retired from the race.

* The fastest time to finish the 1⅛ mile race is 1: 48. 64 set in 2003 by Bird Town.

The fastest time for the 1½ mile race is 2: 39 by the horses Felicia set in 1877, tied by Belle of Nelson in 1878 and tied again Katie Creel in 1882.

Andrew Beyer has said General Assembly's speed figure in that race was one of the fastest in history.

Had Devon Loch completed the race he may have set a new record for the fastest finishing time, which E. S. B.

In the race he set fifth fastest lap and finished 11th after being delayed for two laps by a faulty temperature gauge.

* His 3: 58. 3 to win the mile at the 1965 Kansas High School State Meet is still the record for the fastest time ever in a race that includes only high school competitors.

* Today he still holds five of the six fastest mile times in U. S. high school history ( all sub-four minute ), with Alan Webb ’ s record race holding the other spot.

Often, the world-record holder in this race is considered " the world's fastest man / woman.

It was to decide who of the two, was really the ' fastest man on earth ' ( see Bailey-Johnson 150-metre race ).

In 1884 the Island Park Association leased the race course, Island Park, directly north of Pleasure Island, it was considered one of the fastest and safest in the nation.

After a pit stop midway through that race, Hawthorn accelerated back through the field to gain an extra point for fastest lap.

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** Juan Fangio, the Argentine driver for German Grand Prix team Mercedes-Benz, makes a new fastest lap of the Silverstone Circuit with an average speed of 100. 35 mph, the previous record being 100. 16 mph.

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* Grand Chelem, leading every lap of a Formula One Grand Prix after starting from pole position, while also setting the fastest lap.

( key ) ( Races in bold indicate pole position / Races in italics indicate fastest lap )

( key ) ( Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap )

( key ) ( Races in bold indicate pole position ; races in italics indicate fastest lap )

Karts equipped with transponders are sent out onto the track in groups of 5 or less to try to achieve the fastest lap time.

The top 10 drivers then compete in a " Top Ten Shootout ", where each driver gets one lap to set the fastest possible time.

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Track and Field News reported that “ after 220 yards of dawdling, a record seemed out of the question .” However, after 440 yards, which Ryun, in third, passed in 60. 9 seconds, Kip Keino took the lead and ran the next lap in 56 seconds ( the fastest second lap ever run at the time ).

( key ) ( Races in bold indicate pole position ; races in italics indicate fastest lap )

Blériot did, however, succeed in winning the prize for the fastest lap of the circuit, establishing a new world speed record for aircraft.

( key ) ( Races in bold indicate pole position ) ( Races in italics indicate fastest lap )

In the last 7 grands prix Montoya finished, he scored 3 wins, 2 poles and 5 podiums, as well as setting a track record ( fastest lap ) of 1: 24. 770, which stands today still, at the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix.

Also, previous holder of the fastest Top Gear lap time although it was disqualified for not being able to meet the requirements of getting over a speed bump.

The fastest lap of 161 km / h ( 100 mph ) was set by Ferdinando Minoia in an OM.

Bana completed a lap of the Top Gear test track in 1 minute and 47. 5 seconds on a wet track, the fastest wet lap ever recorded at that time.

He also holds the record for most Grand Slams, taking pole, fastest lap, race win and leading every lap of the race in 8 races ( 1962 British Grand Prix, 1963 Dutch Grand Prix, 1963 French Grand Prix, 1963 Mexican Grand Prix, 1964 British Grand Prix, 1965 South African Grand Prix, 1965 French Grand Prix, 1965 German Grand Prix ).