Race, RACE or "The Race" may refer to: *

Race (biology) In biological taxonomy, race is an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy for which various definitions exist. Sometimes it is used to denote a level below that of subspecies, while at other times it is used as a synonym for subspecies. It has ...

, an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species * Race (human categorization), classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or social relations *

Racing In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goa ...

, a competition of speed

Rapid movement

The Race (yachting race) The Race was a round-the-world sailing race that started in Barcelona, Spain, on December 31, 2000. The race was created by Bruno Peyron, and it was the first ever non-stop, no-rules, no-limits, round-the-world sailing event, with a $2 million US ...

Mill race A mill race, millrace or millrun, mill lade (Scotland) or mill leat (Southwest England) is the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel ( sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel. Compared with the broad waters of a mi ...

, millrace, or millrun, the current of water that turns a water wheel, or the channel (sluice) conducting water to or from a water wheel *

Tidal race Tidal race or tidal rapid is a natural occurrence whereby a fast-moving tide passes through a constriction, resulting in the formation of waves, eddies and hazardous currents. The constriction can be a passage where the sides narrow, for example ...

, a fast-moving tide passing through a constriction

Acronyms

RACE encoding RACE encoding is a method for encoding foreign languages that use non-English characters (Chinese, Japanese, etc.) in ASCII characters for storage in domain name system servers.http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-idn-race-03 Row-based ASCII Compat ...

, a syntax for encoding non-ASCII characters in ASCII * Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, in the US, established in 1952 for wartime use * Rapid amplification of cDNA ends, a technique in molecular biology * RACE (Remote Applications in Challenging Environments), a robotics development center in the UK * RACE Racing Academy and Centre of Education, a jockey and horse-racing industry training centre in Kildare town in the Republic of Ireland * RACE (automobile association), an automobile association in Spain *

RACE (container) Railways of Australia Container Express or RACE was a slightly wider version of the standard ISO shipping container able to take 2 Australia Standard Pallets side by side. More than 1,000 units were operated by the Railways of Australia, an associ ...

or Railways of Australia Container Express, a slightly wider version of the standard ISO shipping container *

Royal Automobile Club of Spain The Royal Automobile Club of Spain, (Spanish:Real Automóvil Club de España (RACE)) is a motor club/car club in Spain. It is the Spanish equivalent of the American Automobile Association (AAA) in the United States of America, or the Automobile Ass ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

* Race (fantasy), classification of fictional species in the fantasy genre * ''Race'' (play), a 2009 play by David Mamet * ''The Race'' (Patterson novel), a 2007 novel by Richard North Patterson * ''The Race'' (Allan novel), a 2014 novel by Nina Allan * ''The Race'', a 2011 novel by

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list ...

* The Race (''Worldwar''), fictional alien invaders in the works of Harry Turtledove *

Colonel Race This page details the other fictional characters created by Agatha Christie in her stories about the Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Captain Arthur Hastings Hastings first meets Poirot during his years as a private detective in Europe. Almo ...

, an Agatha Christie character

Film

Race film The race film or race movie was a genre of film produced in the United States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produce ...

, early films produced for an all-black audience *

Race (film series) ''Race'' is an Indian action crime film series produced by Ramesh S. Taurani and Kumar S. Taurani under the banner of Tips Industries. The series was written by Kiran Kotrial, Shiraz Ahmed, Anurag Prapanna and Jitendra Parmar, which stars An ...

** ''Race'' (2008 film), a Bollywood thriller ** ''

Race 2 ''Race 2 '' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language crime-thriller action film directed by Abbas–Mustan and written by Kiran Kotrial and Shiraz Ahmed. The film was produced by Ramesh S. Taurani under the Tips Industries banner, with UTV Motion Pictur ...

'', a 2013 Bollywood action-thriller film sequel to the 2008 film ** ''

Race 3 ''Race 3 ''is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Remo D'Souza and Written by Kiran Kotrial and Shiraz Ahmed, produced under Tips Industries and Salman Khan Films. The film features Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, ...

'', a 2018 Bollywood action-thriller film sequel to ''Race 2'' * ''The Race'' (1916 film), a silent film directed by George Melford * ''The Race'' (2002 film) (''Le raid''), a French film starring Josiane Balasko * ''Race'' (2007 film), an animated sci-fi film * ''The Race'' (2009 film), a film starring

Colm Meaney Colm J. Meaney (; ga, Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He has guest-starred on many T ...

* ''Race'' (2011 film), a Malayalam thriller * ''Race'' (2013 film), a Telugu film * ''Race'' (2016 film), a film about African American athlete Jesse Owens

Television

* ''

The Amazing Race ''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...

'', a US reality television game show franchise * ''The Race'' (TV series), a 2006 UK reality programme * "The Race" (''Joe 90'') * "The Race" (''Seinfeld'') * "The Race" (''The Goodies'') *

Race Bannon ''Jonny Quest'' (also known as ''The Adventures of Jonny Quest'') is an American animated science fiction adventure television series about a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera ...

, a character in ''Jonny Quest''

Games

* ''

Race – The Official WTCC Game ''Race'' is a racing simulator computer game based on the World Touring Car Championship released in November 2006. The game was developed and published by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios), who had earlier produced critically acclaimed racin ...

'' (2006), a computer game * ''

Race for the Galaxy ''Race for the Galaxy'' (abbreviated "RftG" or simply "Race") is a card game designed by Thomas Lehmann. It was released in 2007 by Rio Grande Games. Its theme is to build galactic civilizations via game cards that represent worlds or technic ...

'' (2007), a card game

Music

The Race (band) The Race is an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Likened to bands such as U2 and Arcade Fire by music magazines the ''NME'', ''Drowned In Sound'' and '' The Fly''. Buchanan's vocals have a strong, Cure-lik ...

, a UK indie rock band * ''Race'' (album), a 1988 album by Pseudo Echo

Songs

* "The Race" (Tay-K song) * "The Race" (Wiz Khalifa song) * "The Race" (Yello song) * "The Race", a song by 30 Seconds To Mars from '' LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS'' * "The Race", a song by Cajun Dance Party from ''

The Colourful Life ''The Colourful Life'' is the only studio album by British indie rock band Cajun Dance Party, recorded whilst studying for their A-Levels. The band released the song "The Hill, The View & The Lights" the only song on the album to feature Vicky F ...

'' * "The Race", an unreleased song by Coldplay * "Race", a song by

Tiger (band) Tiger were an English indie rock band from Princes Risborough and London, England, who were formed in 1996.Strong, Martin C.: "The Great Alternative & Indie Discography", 1999, Canongate, Tiger quickly got British press attention after their ...

* "Race", a song by Prince from ''

Come Come may refer to: *Comè, a city and commune in Benin *Come (Tenos), an ancient town on Tenos island, Greece Music *Come (American band), an American indie rock band formed in 1990 *Come (UK band), a British noise project founded in 1979 **Come ...

Other uses

* Race (bearing), a part of a mechanical device * Race (surname) * Race condition, a computer programming error *

Race Street station Race station, sometimes listed as Race Street, is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The station consists of a single platform with a single trackway. Trains from both directions arrive on the ...

, a light rail station in San Jose, California *

Space Race The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the tw ...

, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for dominance in spaceflight capability * Race, alternative term for an

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

, especially in the US