Race, RACE or The Race may refer to: *

Race (biology) In Taxonomy (biology), biological taxonomy, race is an informal group (taxonomy), informal Taxonomic rank, rank in the taxonomic hierarchy for which various definitions exist. Sometimes it is used to denote a level below that of subspecies, whi ...

, an informal taxonomic classification within a species, generally within a sub-species *

Race (human categorization) Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society. The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of va ...

, classification of humans into groups based on physical traits, and/or social relations *

Racing In sports, 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 g ...

, a competition of speed

Rapid movement

* The Race (yachting race) *

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 m ...

, 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, a fast-moving tide passing through a constriction

Acronyms

* RACE encoding, a syntax for encoding non-ASCII characters in ASCII *

Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES) is an emergency radio service authorized in Part 97.407 of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States.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) The Royal Automobile Club of Spain, (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 Association (AA) in the United Kingdo ...

, an automobile association in Spain * RACE (container) or Railways of Australia Container Express, a slightly wider version of the standard ISO shipping container * Royal Automobile Club of Spain

Arts, entertainment, and media

Books

Race (fantasy) A fantasy trope is a specific type of Trope (literature), literary trope (recurring theme) that occurs in fantasy fiction. Worldbuilding, plot, and characterization have many common conventions, many of them having ultimately originated in myt ...

, 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 been listed on ''The New York Times'' fiction best-sell ...

* The Race (''Worldwar''), fictional alien invaders in the works of Harry Turtledove * Colonel Race, 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 African American, black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race ...

, early films produced for an all-black audience *

Race (film series) ''Race'' is an Indian neo-noir 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, wh ...

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

Race 2 ''Race 2 '' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action crime 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 Pi ...

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

Race 3 ''Race 3 ''is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir 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 Anil Kapoor, Salman K ...

'', 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'', a 2009 film starring

Colm Meaney Colm J. Meaney (; ; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for 2001's '' How Harry Became a Tree'', and ...

* ''Race'' (2011 film), a Malayalam thriller * ''Race'' (2013 film), a Telugu film * ''Race'' (2016 film), a film about African American athlete Jesse Owens * Melting Pot (film), also known as Race, a 1998 feature film

Television

* ''The Race'' (TV series), a 2006 UK reality programme * "The Race" (''Joe 90'') * "The Race" (''Seinfeld'') * "The Race" (''The Goodies'') * Race Bannon, a character in ''Jonny Quest''

Games

* '' Race – The Official WTCC Game'' (2006), a computer game * '' Race for the Galaxy'' (2007), a card game

Music

* The Race (band), an English indie rock band

Albums

* ''Race'' (album), by Pseudo Echo, 1988 * ''Race'', by

Alex G Alexander Giannascoli (born February 3, 1993), better known by his stage names Alex G or, formerly, (Sandy) Alex G, is an American musician, producer, and singer-songwriter. He started his career playing in multiple local bands such as the Skin ...

, 2010

Songs

* "The Race" (Tay-K song), 2017 * "The Race" (Wiz Khalifa song), 2011 * "The Race" (Yello song), 1988 * "The Race", by Arch Enemy from ''

Will to Power The will to power () is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche may have believed to be the main driving force in humans. However, the concept was never systematically defined in Nietzsche's ...

'', 2017 * "The Race", by Cajun Dance Party from '' The Colourful Life'', 2008 * "The Race", by Coldplay (unreleased), 2014 * "The Race", by Thirty Seconds to Mars from '' Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams'', 2013 * "Race", by Prince from '' Come'', 1994 * "Race", by Tiger from '' We Are Puppets'', 1996

Other uses

Race (bearing) The rolling-elements of a rolling-element bearing ride on races. The large race that goes into a bore is called the ''outer race'', and the small race that the shaft rides in is called the ''inner race''. Design In the case of ball bearings, ...

, a part of a mechanical device * Race (name), with a list of people bearing this name *

Race condition A race condition or race hazard is the condition of an electronics, software, or other system where the system's substantive behavior is dependent on the sequence or timing of other uncontrollable events, leading to unexpected or inconsistent ...

, a computer programming error * Race Street station, a light rail station in San Jose, California *

Space Race The Space Race (, ) was a 20th-century competition between the 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 t ...

, 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 whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold Public administration, public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...

, especially in the US * Character race, in fiction