Race, RACE or "The Race" may refer to: *

Race (biology) In biological taxonomy, race is an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy for which various definitions exist. Sometimes it is used to denote a level below that of subspecies, while at other times it is used as a synonym for subspecies. It has ...

, an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species *

Race (human categorization) A race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 1500s, when it was used to refer to groups of variou ...

, classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or social relations *

Racing In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific go ...

, a competition of speed

Rapid movement

* The Race (yachting race) *

Mill race A mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade (Scotland) or mill leat (Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel ( sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a m ...

, millrace, or millrun, the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel *

Tidal race Tidal race or tidal rapid is a natural occurrence whereby a fast-moving tide passes through a constriction, resulting in the formation of waves, eddies and hazardous currents. The constriction can be a passage where the sides narrow, for example ...

, a fast-moving tide passing through a constriction

Acronyms

* RACE encoding, a syntax for encoding non-ASCII characters in ASCII *

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) is an emergency radio service authorized in Part 97.407 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States.Rapid amplification of cDNA ends Rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) is a technique used in molecular biology to obtain the full length sequence of an RNA transcript found within a cell. RACE results in the production of a cDNA copy of the RNA sequence of interest, produced t ...

, a technique in molecular biology *

RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments) Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE) is a remote handling and robotics test facility located at Culham Science Centre near Oxford, UK, operated by UKAEA. As part of the UK Government's Robotics and Autonomous Systems Strategy (R ...

, a robotics development center in the UK * RACE

Racing Academy and Centre of Education The Racing Academy and Centre of Education (RACE) is a jockey training school at the Irish National StudRACE (automobile association) The Royal Automobile Club of Spain, (Spanish:Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE)) is a motor club/car club A car club or automotive enthusiast community is a group of people who share a common interest in motor vehicles. Car clubs are typi ...

, an automobile association in Spain * RACE (container) or Railways of Australia Container Express, a slightly wider version of the standard ISO shipping container * Royal Automobile Club of Spain

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

Race (fantasy) Fantasy tropes are a specific type of literary tropes (recurring themes) that occur in fantasy fiction. Worldbuilding, plot, and characterization have many common conventions, many of them having ultimately originated in myth and folklore. ...

, classification of fictional species in the fantasy genre * ''Race'' (play), a 2009 play by David Mamet * ''The Race'' (Patterson novel), a 2007 novel by Richard North Patterson * ''The Race'' (Allan novel), a 2014 novel by Nina Allan * ''The Race'', a 2011 novel by

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list m ...

* The Race (''Worldwar''), fictional alien invaders in the works of Harry Turtledove *

Colonel Race This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Captain Arthur Hastings Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Alm ...

, an Agatha Christie character

Film

* Race film, early films produced for an all-black audience * Race (film series) ** ''Race'' (2008 film), a Bollywood thriller ** '' Race 2'', a 2013 Bollywood action-thriller film sequel to the 2008 film ** '' Race 3'', a 2018 Bollywood action-thriller film sequel to ''Race 2'' * ''The Race'' (1916 film), a silent film directed by George Melford * ''The Race'' (2002 film) (''Le raid''), a French film starring Josiane Balasko * ''Race'' (2007 film), an animated sci-fi film * ''The Race'' (2009 film), a film starring Colm Meaney * ''Race'' (2011 film), a Malayalam thriller * ''Race'' (2013 film), a Telugu film * ''Race'' (2016 film), a film about African American athlete Jesse Owens

Television

* ''

The Amazing Race ''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...

'', a US reality television game show franchise * ''The Race'' (TV series), a 2006 UK reality programme * "The Race" (''Joe 90'') * "The Race" (''Seinfeld'') * "The Race" (''The Goodies'') * Race Bannon, a character in ''Jonny Quest''

Games

* ''

Race – The Official WTCC Game ''Race'' is a racing simulator computer game based on the World Touring Car Championship released in November 2006. The game was developed and published by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios), who had earlier produced critically acclaimed rac ...

'' (2006), a computer game * ''

Race for the Galaxy ''Race for the Galaxy'' (abbreviated "RftG" or simply "Race") is a card game designed by Thomas Lehmann. It was released in 2007 by Rio Grande Games. Its theme is to build galactic civilizations via game cards that represent worlds or technic ...

'' (2007), a card game

Music

* The Race (band), a UK indie rock band * ''Race'' (album), a 1988 album by Pseudo Echo

Songs

* "The Race" (Tay-K song) * "The Race" (Wiz Khalifa song) * "The Race" (Yello song) * "The Race", a song by 30 Seconds To Mars from '' LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS'' * "The Race", a song by Cajun Dance Party from '' The Colourful Life'' * "The Race", an unreleased song by Coldplay * "Race", a song by

Tiger (band) Tiger were an English indie rock band from Princes Risborough and London, England, who were formed in 1996.Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, Tiger quickly got British press attention after thei ...

* "Race", a song by Prince from ''

Come Come may refer to: *Comè, a city and commune in Benin *Come (Tenos), an ancient town on Tenos island, Greece Music *Come (American band), an American indie rock band formed in 1990 *Come (UK band), a British noise project founded in 1979 **Come ...

Other uses

Race (bearing) The rolling-elements of a rolling-element bearing ride on races. The large race that goes into a bore is called the ''outer race'', and the small race that the shaft rides in is called the ''inner race''. Design In the case of ball bearings, ...

, a part of a mechanical device *

Race (surname) Race is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Harley Race (1943-2019), US-American wrestler, coach and promoter *Hugo Race (born 1963), Australian musician *Janice Race, US-American, former comic book editor for DC Comics * John Abne ...

Race condition A race condition or race hazard is the condition of an electronics, software, or other system where the system's substantive behavior is Sequential logic, dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events. It becomes a software ...

, a computer programming error * Race Street station, a light rail station in San Jose, California *

Space Race The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the t ...

, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for dominance in spaceflight capability * Race, alternative term for an

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

, especially in the US