Racer or The Racer or Racers may refer to:

Snakes

* Any of several genera of colubrid snakes, such as '' Coluber''; ''

Drymobius ''Drymobius'' is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as neotropical racers, which are endemic to the Americas. There are four species recognized in the genus.Wilson, Larry David. 1975. Drymobius'. Catalogue of American Amphibians and ...

'', the neotropical racers; '' Masticophis'', the whip snakes or coachwhips; and ''

Alsophis ''Alsophis'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. Species in the genus ''Alsophis'' are among those snakes commonly called "racers". ''Alsophis'' species are endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. ...

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Galapagos racer The Galápagos racer (''Pseudalsophis biserialis'') is a colubrid snake in the genus ''Pseudalsophis'' that is endemic to the Galápagos Islands. It is a mildly venomous constrictor but it is not considered aggressive or harmful to humans. The two ...

(''Pseudalsophis biserialis''), endemic to the Galapagos Islands

Entertainment

*''The Racer'', 1953 novel by

Hans Ruesch : ''This is about the racing driver, for the Norwegian geologist with a similarly spelled name go to Hans Reusch'' Hans Ruesch (17 May 1913 – 27 August 2007) was a Swiss racing driver, a novelist, and an internationally prominent activist agai ...

*'' The Racers'', 1955 film based on the Hans Ruesch novel *"The Racer", 1958 story by Ib Melchior, base of the 1975 film ''Death Race 2000'' * ''The Racer'' (film), 2020 film * '' Star Wars Episode I: Racer'', a video game * Lego Racers, a product line of the Lego construction toy * ''Lego Racers'' (video game), a 1999 video game by Lego Software *''The Racers'', working title for the 1961 television series '' Straightaway'' *

Racer (simulator) Racer, fully named ''Racer Free Car Simulation,'' is a freeware and source available video game simulator that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Although ''Racer'' started out as a driving simulator, it also has features that are ...

, a free video game available online * The Racer family and Racer Motors, a fictional family and company in the '' Speed Racer'' universe * West Coast Racers, roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain * Racer (Kennywood), a wooden racing roller coaster at Kennywood Park * The Racer (Kings Island), a wooden racing roller coaster at Kings Island * The Racer, 82m water slide at

Big Banana The Big Banana is a tourist attraction and amusement park in the city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The grounds of the park are set amongst a banana plantation, featuring a large walk-through banana. Built in 1964, it was one of ...

, Coff's Coast *Racer, a former wooden roller coaster that was one of Cedar Point's attractions, in Sandusky, Ohio

Aircraft

* Hughes H-1 Racer, "The 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 The Dayton-Wright RB-1 (RinehartHoward Max Rinehart, flight instructor and later, aeronautical engineer.BaumannMilton C. Baumann, a US Army officer who was an aeronautical engineer during WW1. model one), also known simply as the Dayton-Wright Ra ...

, 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 Racer The Verville-Packard R-1 Racer was a military racing aircraft that was modified from Alfred V. Verville's previous Verville VCP-1 design. The R-1 is sometimes known also as the Verville-Packard VCP-R or the Verville-Packard 600. The R-1 was t ...

, the first racing aircraft built for the United States Army Air Corps, first flown in 1919 * Verville-Sperry R-3 Racer, a racing monoplane first flown in 1922 *

Westland Racer The Westland Wizard was Westland Aircraft's first attempt to produce a monoplane fighter. The project was privately funded and the prototype design was done in the spare time of the company's engineers. This all happened during 1926, with hig ...

, a British racing monoplane first flown in 1926 * Air Creation Racer, a French ultralight trike design * Apollo Racer GT, a Hungarian ultralight trike design *

Corvus Racer 540 The Corvus Racer 540 is a single-seat, low wing, high performance aerobatic aircraft produced by Corvus Aircraft Ltd in Hungary. Design and development The Corvus Racer 540 design was started in 2007 when Corvus Aircraft signed a contract wit ...

, a Hungarian high performance aerobatic aircraft * Airbus RACER, an experimental aircraft revealed in 2017 by

Airbus Helicopters Airbus Helicopters SAS (formerly Eurocopter Group) is the helicopter manufacturer, helicopter manufacturing division of Airbus. It is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries. Its head office is located ...

Ships

* , various Royal Navy ships *

Racer-class sloop The ''Racer''-class sloop also known as the ''Cordelia'' class of swift cruisers was an 11-gun wooden screw sloop-of-war, sloop class of five ships built for the Royal Navy between 1855 and 1860. Design Built of a traditional wooden constructio ...

, a class of five ships built for the Royal Navy between 1855 and 1860 * , two US Navy ships

Sports

* ''Racer'' (magazine), an automobile racing magazine

Sports teams

* The Racer's Group, a Rolex Sports Car Series racing team located in Petaluma, California * Akron Racers, a women's softball club *

Elgin Racers The Elgin Racers were a franchise of the International Basketball League. They played their home games at the Lindner Fitness Center at Judson University and the Spartan Events Center in Elgin, Illinois. 2005 season The Windy City Dawgs were ...

, a franchise of the International Basketball League * Harringay Racers (speedway), a motorcycle speedway team from 1947 to 1954 * Harringay Racers, various British ice hockey clubs from the 1930s to the present * Indianapolis Racers, a World Hockey Association team from 1974 to 1978 * London Racers, a British ice hockey club *

Murray State Racers The Murray State Racers are the athletic teams that represent Murray State University (MSU), located in Murray, Kentucky, United States, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks (for football, the Football Championship Su ...

, the sports teams of Murray State University *

Murrayfield Racers The Murrayfield Racers were an ice hockey team based in Edinburgh, Scotland who were founded in 1952 as the Murrayfield Royals before changing their name to the Murrayfield Racers in 1966. The team won the British Championship four times in ...

, a former Scottish ice hockey team based in Edinburgh (1952-1958, 1966-1994 and 1995-1996); also named the Edinburgh Racers in 1994-1995 * Reading Racers, an English motorcycle speedway team *

Red Mountain Racers Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...

, a ski racing club *

Tri-City Racers Tri-Cities most often refers to: *Tri-Cities, Tennessee, United States * Tri-Cities, Washington, United States Tri-City, Tricity or Tri-Cities may also refer to: Populated places Americas Canada * Tri-Cities (British Columbia), consisting of ...

, a member of the American Basketball Association

Other uses

* LZR Racer, a line of high-end Speedo swimsuits *

ZTE Racer The ZTE Racer (also known as ZTE X850 in China but also ZTE Link in France, Soft Stone in Portugal, Dell XCD28 as marketed in India, Telstra Smart Touch T3020 in Australia and MTS 916 in Russia with 850MHz 3G network and 2100MHz 3G Network) is a ...

, a mobile phone manufactured by China's ZTE Corporation *

Daewoo LeMans The Daewoo LeMans is a compact car, first manufactured by Daewoo in South Korea between 1986 and 1994, and between 1994 and 1997 as Daewoo Cielo — a car mechanically identical to the LeMans, differentiated only by its modified styling cues. Li ...

, a compact car sold as the Daewoo Racer in some markets * RACER Trust, created as part of the General Motors bankruptcy proceedings to dispose of the company's abandoned real estate * ''Racer'', original name of one of the

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, renamed ''Glenside'' in 1911