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Roadrunner The roadrunners (genus ''Geococcyx''), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern and south-central United States, Mexico and C ...
is a bird of the genus ''Geococcyx''. Roadrunner or Road Runner may also refer to:


Companies

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New Mexico Rail Runner Express The New Mexico Rail Runner Express (Association of American Railroads, AAR reporting mark NMRX) is a commuter rail system serving the metropolitan areas of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico. It i ...
* Road Runner Express (disambiguation) * Roadrunner Markets, a chain of convenience stores in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, United States * Roadrunner Network, Inc., a visual effects firm based in the Philippines * Road Runner Railway, former name of Lil' Devil Coaster, a roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey * Road Runner Rollercoaster, a Vekoma Junior Coaster in Australia


Computing

* Road Runner High Speed Online, former name of
Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, o ...
* Roadrunner (supercomputer), a 2008 supercomputer built by IBM *
MicroOffice RoadRunner The RoadRunner (sold to Original equipment manufacturer, OEMs as the MicroOffice 100) was an early laptop designed by MicroOffice Systems Technology and introduced in 1983. Weighing roughly and featuring a battery able to power it for up to ei ...
, an early laptop from 1983 *
RoadRunner (application server) RoadRunner is an open-source application server, load-balancer and process manager written in Go and implemented by PHP 7. It is used in rapid application development to speed up the performance of large web applications for usersIt is often us ...
, an application server * Road Runner, a shell for
carputer A carputer, or car-puter, is a computer with specializations to run in a car, such as compact size, low power requirement, and some customized components. The computing hardware is typically based on standard PCs or mobile devices. They normally h ...
s


Film and TV

* Road Runner of ''
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical short '' Fast and Furry-ous''. In each film, the cunning, d ...
'', an animated character based on the bird * ''Road Runner'', short for ''
The Road Runner Show ''The Road Runner Show'' is an American Saturday morning animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'', which were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoo ...
'', animated television series * "Roadrunners" (''The X-Files''), television series episode * '' Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain'', 2021 documentary film


Music

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Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Records is a Dutch–American record label focused on Heavy metal music, heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as ...
, a record label * The Roadrunners, 1960s R&B band from Liverpool * Roadrunner (venue), a concert venue in Boston


Albums

* ''Road Runner'' (Junior Walker album), a 1966 album by Junior Walker & The All-Stars * ''Roadrunner'' (Hurriganes album), 1974, with a cover of the Bo Diddley song * ''Roadrunners!'', a 1990 compilation CD by
Eric Burdon and The Animals The Animals, currently billed as Eric Burdon & the Animals (featuring original frontman Eric Burdon) and also as Animals & Friends (featuring original drummer John Steel), are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1962. The A ...
* ''Roadrunner'', a 1991 demo record by
Cynic Cynic or Cynicism may refer to: Modes of thought * Cynicism (philosophy), a school of ancient Greek philosophy * Cynicism (contemporary), modern use of the word for distrust of others' motives Books * ''The Cynic'', an 1875 book by James Gordon ...
* '' Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine'', a 2021 album by Brockhampton. Roadrunner, A 2025 album by
Tom Meighan Thomas Peter Meighan (; born 11 January 1981) is an English singer and musician. He the rock band Kasabian in 1997 and was its lead vocalist until 2020. With Meighan, Kasabian released six studio albums and enjoyed commercial success, includin ...
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Songs

* "Road Runner" (Bo Diddley song), 1960 * "
(I'm a) Road Runner "(I'm a) Road Runner" is a hit song by Junior Walker & the Allstars, and was the title track of the successful 1966 album '' Road Runner''. Written by the team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, it was released on the Tamla (Motown) label in 1966 a ...
", a 1965 song made famous by Junior Walker and the All-Stars * "Roadrunner" (Jonathan Richman song), 1972 * "Roadrunner", a 2021 song by the hip hop group
Migos Migos () were an American hip hop group founded in Lawrenceville, Georgia, in 2008. The group was composed of rapper Quavo, his nephew Takeoff, and their "cousin" friend Offset. Quavo is from Athens, Georgia, while Offset and Takeoff were bo ...


Publications

* '' Valley Roadrunner'', a newspaper in Valley Center, California * ''Roadrunner'' (Australian music magazine), published in Adelaide, South Australia between 1978 and 1982 * ''Roadrunner'' (magazine), about motorcycle touring


Sports

* Roadrunner, participant of
road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance ru ...
* Roadrunner, nickname of Canadian hockey player
Yvan Cournoyer Yvan Serge Cournoyer (born November 22, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens for 16 seasons, from 1963 to 1978, winning the Stanley Cup 10 times. In 19 ...


Teams

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Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners (also known as CSUB Roadrunners, and now in the process of being rebranded as the Bakersfield Roadrunners) are the intercollegiate athletic teams representing California State University, Bakersfield, locat ...
, athletic program of California State University, Bakersfield *
Correcaminos Colon Club de Fútbol Correcaminos de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, simply known as Correcaminos UAT, is a Mexican professional football club based in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas. It competes in Liga de Expansión MX, the second level divisi ...
, professional basketball team in Panama. (''Correcaminos'' is the Spanish word for ''Roadrunner'') * Metro State Roadrunners, athletic program of Metropolitan State University of Denver * Phoenix Roadrunners (disambiguation), name of several ice hockey teams * SFCC Roadrunners, from the
State Fair Community College State Fair Community College is a public community college in Sedalia, Missouri, adjacent to the Missouri State Fairgrounds. In addition to the Sedalia campus, there are extended campus locations in Boonville, Lake of the Ozarks, Clinton, War ...
in Sedalia, Missouri *
Tucson Roadrunners The Tucson Roadrunners are a professional ice hockey team based in Tucson, Arizona. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Utah Mammoth. They play their home games at the Tucson Convention Cente ...
, hockey team *
UTSA Roadrunners The UTSA Roadrunners is a collegiate athletic program that represents the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The UTSA Roadrunners are also commonly referred to as "UTSA", "Roadrunners", or "Runners", and are represented by the mascot Ro ...
, the athletic program of the University of Texas at San Antonio *
Montreal Roadrunners The Montreal Roadrunners played from 1994 to 1997 in the Roller Hockey International. Their home games were at the Montreal Forum (1994–1996) and the Molson Centre (1996–1997). They were finalists for the Murphy Cup in 1995. Former Montreal ...
, a defunct roller hockey team in the Roller Hockey International (1995–1997) *
Toronto Roadrunners The Toronto Roadrunners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Ricoh Coliseum. In their only season the Roadrunners featured players such as Jani Rita, Brad Winchester, Jamie W ...
, a defunct ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (2003–2004) *
Edmonton Road Runners The Edmonton Road Runners were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Rexall Place. History After the 2003–04 season the Edmonton Oilers announced that the Toronto Roadrunners would play ...
, a defunct ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (2004–2005) * Santa Fe Roadrunners, a defunct ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League (2004–2007) *
Topeka RoadRunners Topeka ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 cen ...
, a defunct ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League (2007–2018)


Other uses

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Plymouth Road Runner The Plymouth Road Runner is a muscle car introduced by Chrysler in the United States for the 1968 model year and marketed under its Plymouth brand. Initially based on the Belvedere, the brand's basic mid-size model, the Road Runner combined a ...
, type of automobile * ''Road Runner'' (video game), 1985 arcade game * USS ''Road Runner'' (AMc-35), United States Navy minesweeper * Road Runner, Texas, incorporated town in Cooke County


See also

* Road racing (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation