| KYLE | A racing Petty |
| CREW | Oarsmen/women and the cox of a racing shell as a team collectively; a ship's company; or, a name sometimes used for the sport of rowing (4) |
| STRIPE | "Go-faster" marking on a racing car; a band of colour on an angelfish, badger, bumblebee, tiger or zebra; or, a chevron on a military sleeve (6) |
| SCULL | A shallow kipe or basket for grain, herring, peats, potatoes, turnips etc; a shoal of migrating fish; or, one of a pair of spoon-bladed oars for propelling a racing shell of the same name (5) |
| STRAIGHT | A type of 1A 45, or a fast part of a racing circuit |
| SURCINGLE | A girth for a horse which goes around the body, used especially with a racing saddle (9) |
| RATING | Classification or ranking of something such as credit, a film, a hotel, a racing yacht or wine (6) |
| COX | Short word for a cultivar of English pippin; the helmsperson/skipper of a lifeboat; or, the steerer of a racing eight, four or other shell (3) |
| CIRCUIT | Word for an electric current's orbital path, a judge's regular beat, a racing car's racetrack, a runner's lap or other journey/distance round (7) |
| LEWISHAMILTON | The French desire a poet to be a racing driver (5,8) |
| TYRE | A racing slick is a treadless version of this wheel part |
| THEPITS | Worst place for a racing car to make a stop (3,4) |
| PLATE | Picture in a book of a racing horseshoe (5) |
| NONSTARTER | Has no chance of success in a racing car with a flat battery? (3-7) |
| ASCOT | Site of a racing win or a tie |
| BARB | A wounding remark as to a racing breed of horse (4) |
| MAXI | Word used to signify something large, such as a racing yacht; or, ankle-length, such as a coat/skirt (4) |
| GEARBOX | A racing one goes up by going down, the opposite of a road-going one. (7) |
| LAPDOG | A little pet, possibly a racing greyhound? (6) |
| HARDANDFAST | Rigid a" like the way a racing car is driven? (4,3,4) |
