pole position

noun

: the front position at the start of a car race

He won the pole position by having the fastest qualifying time.

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The top stocks have jockeyed all month for the pole position, with Nvidia finally edging past both of its big-tech peers. —Carmen Reinicke, Bloomberg.com, 18 June 2024

That helped propel China into pole position as the world’s No 1 car exporter. —Laura He, CNN, 13 June 2024

The Cowboys, who have also experienced their ups and downs, took advantage — perhaps with a little help from the refs in last week’s controversial win over the Lions — and are now in the pole position to win the division. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2024

Gibbs also won the pole position for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at Charlotte. —Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 May 2024

Sunday’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix will begin the same as the previous five 2024 grands prix began — three-time defending world champion Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the pole position. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024

Brittany and Patrick Mahomes grabbed the pole position at the Miami Grand Prix on Friday night, revving up for the glittery weekend by partying with friends. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024

The Tortured Poets Department is the first album to spend its first three weeks in the pole position since Travis Scott’s Utopia led in its first four weeks last summer (Aug. 12-Sept. 2, 2023). —Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports — whose drivers are piloting special ruby red Chevy Camaros as the team celebrates 40 years at Martinsville — won the pole position for today’s race, which is scheduled to green at 3:11 p.m. —Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2024