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drag racing

type of motor racing in which vehicles compete to accelerate in a straight line
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drag racing

Summary

drag racing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,770 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • drag racing is a type of motorsport[2].
  • drag racing's Commons category is recorded as Drag racing[3].
  • drag racing's sport is recorded as motorcycle sport[4].
  • drag racing's sport is recorded as auto racing[5].
  • drag racing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Drag racing[6].
  • drag racing's practiced by is recorded as racing automobile driver[7].
  • drag racing's practiced by is recorded as motorcycle racer[8].

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Definition and Type

drag racing is a type of motorsport[2].

Influence

Things named for drag racing include RuPaul's Drag Race[9], a television program[10].

Why It Matters

drag racing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,770 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for it include RuPaul's Drag Race[9], a television program[10].

Related Entities

California State University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → motorcycle sport, auto racing
    Subclass of → motorsport
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26960, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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