How to Use stock car in a Sentence

stock car

noun
  • Logano drives a stock car with the body of a Ford Fusion.
    Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • And that's the thing that's going to save stock car racing, in the end.
    Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • And the red-neon rimmed Sky Lounge bar mirrors the curves of his stock car.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 May 2018
  • This is Allmendinger’s first tour around the track in a stock car.
    oregonlive, 2 June 2022
  • That’s something that would be a bad idea in a stock car.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • There will be test drives, stock car and limo rides, arts and crafts, live music and a kids zone.
    Sandy Guerra-Cline, star-telegram, 7 Mar. 2018
  • That was when the Chip Ganassi Racing team tapped him to drive stock cars.
    Stephany Bai, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Junior Johnson, the stock car racer, took four trips to the South.
    Vogue, 15 May 2018
  • It’s been said PIR is a difficult place to pass for stock cars.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • There are a lot of young drivers who are now giving [stock cars] a try.
    John Smallwood, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
  • The modified body style is an open-wheel car, compared to the stock cars in the Cup Series.
    Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
  • The big stock car quickly won the hearts of many fans, arguably achieving the program's goal.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
  • On many nights, that heart pumps like the pistons in a stock car, a source of energy for the Cubs to utilize.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2018
  • Fisher could be their first hopeful prospect to make the leap to stock car's elite series.
    Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • By Neal Thompson No better tale of a sport’s roots than this take on the birth of stock car racing.
    Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • For many years, our family has raced stock cars on the oval track in West Valley City.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • His brother, Kyle Workman, now races the stock car that Kris used to drive because Kris can’t get in it.
    Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The thunderous roar of stock car engines booming from the diamond in the desert aren’t echoes from the past, but rather the wind of change.
    Cole Cusumano, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In his first 18 months as a stock car driver, Newman won seven poles and four races.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Petty was reprising his role as Strip Weathers, the stock car simply known as the King.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 22 June 2020
  • At least the stock car race took place after football season.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • From go-karts, Armani moved up to mini stock cars, trucks and road racing.
    Kent Somers, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • His cars won 19 races in the nation's top stock car series but never a title.
    Jenna Fryer, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • To run a stock car at Kansas again with limited horsepower and all the aero … no.
    Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2022
  • The hands-on experience with JR Motorsports’ late model team forced Berry to learn the ins and outs of a stock car.
    Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • And unlike an endurance car in a 24-hour race, there's no provision made for quick brake jobs on a stock car.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2020
  • In 1990, the company already had an eye on stock car racing.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • How could a stock car ride around Daytona’s speedway even compare?
    Jim Clash, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • On the outskirts of town, the Jackson County Jail lies down the road from the fairgrounds and a speedway, where stock cars race on Saturday nights.
    Abigail Pesta, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Busch signed with an entertainment agency in the offseason and may soon make the leap from stock cars to the silver screen.
    Dan Gelston, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018

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