How to Use stock car in a Sentence

stock car

noun
  • This is Allmendinger’s first tour around the track in a stock car.
    — oregonlive, 2 June 2022
  • There are a lot of young drivers who are now giving [stock cars] a try.
    — John Smallwood, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
  • And that's the thing that's going to save stock car racing, in the end.
    — Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • At least the stock car race took place after football season.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • But this wasn’t an ordinary grassroots stock car race.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Fisher could be their first hopeful prospect to make the leap to stock car's elite series.
    — Dan Gelston, Star Tribune, 4 Nov. 2020
  • This shows his love for racing is not just limited to stock car racing.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
  • How could a stock car ride around Daytona’s speedway even compare?
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 26 June 2022
  • The question is how quickly Magnussen will be able to get up to speed in a stock car.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • From go-karts, Armani moved up to mini stock cars, trucks and road racing.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • The 44-year-old driver has switched to part-time racing in the stock car series.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
  • Could stock car racing be the next to dip its toes into hybrid technologies?
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2023
  • It’s been said PIR is a difficult place to pass for stock cars.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • Which driver will get the victory in what should be an exciting stock car race?
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • But the Cup rookie does not have your typical stock car pedigree.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • His cars won 19 races in the nation's top stock car series but never a title.
    — Jenna Fryer, Star Tribune, 5 July 2021
  • Fearlessness is the most invaluable trait of a stock car racer.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 5 July 2019
  • 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
  • As a result, the real impact of these tariffs on stock car racing remains to be seen.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • From midgets to Indy cars, from sprint cars to stock cars, Stewart was at home behind the wheel.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
  • To run a stock car at Kansas again with limited horsepower and all the aero … no.
    — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2022
  • If the winner of, say, a stock car race, was found to have cheated, the second-place driver would get the trophy.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • That hasn't stopped carmakers from racing to get in on the sponsorships of stock car racing.
    — Keith Laing, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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

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