| Political campaign | 18 |
| Pimlico event | 13 |
| One may be on its last leg | 26 |
| Mudder's day event? | 23 |
| It starts and ends with a line | 30 |
| Indy, for one | 13 |
| Iditarod, for one | 17 |
| Human or rat | 12 |
| Go pitapat | 10 |
| Ethnic group | 12 |
| Equine activity | 15 |
| Daytona event | 13 |
| Compete in a meet | 17 |
| Census category | 15 |
| Boston Marathon, e.g. | 21 |
| Betting event | 13 |
| Beat fast | 9 |
| 5K, e.g. | 8 |
| 5K or 10K | 9 |
| "The Amazing ___" | 27 |
| "Amazing" contest of reality TV | 41 |
| Word with human or foot | 23 |
| Word with human and rat | 23 |
| Word with "arms" or "foot" | 46 |
| Word with ''arms'' or ''drag'' | 62 |
| Water current | 13 |
| Triple Crown "jewel" | 30 |
| Triathlon, e.g. | 15 |
| Timed event | 11 |
| Timed contest | 13 |
| Rev an engine | 13 |
| Quickness contest | 17 |
| Quest for a pennant | 19 |
| Queen's Plate, for one | 26 |
| Queen "Bicycle ___" | 29 |
| Preakness event | 15 |
| Political competition, e.g. | 27 |
| Petty event? | 12 |
| Motocross, e.g. | 15 |
| It may be on its last leg | 25 |
| Indy 500, for example | 21 |
| Iditarod, e.g. | 14 |
| Hispanic or Asian, e.g. | 23 |
| Go like the dickens | 19 |
| Emulate Jeff Gordon | 19 |
| Election contest | 16 |
| Contest at Belmont | 18 |
| Compete against the clock | 25 |
| Census form info | 16 |
| Cannonball | 10 |
| Belmont event | 13 |
| Beat too fast, like a heart | 27 |
| Beat quickly, as a heart | 24 |
| Aqueduct event | 14 |
| 500, e.g. | 9 |
| 440 or 10K | 10 |
| 10K, for one | 12 |
| 10K, for example | 16 |
| 10K or marathon | 15 |
| 10K or 50-yard dash | 19 |
| 100-meter, for one | 18 |
| "Chariots of Fire" highlight | 38 |
| Yellow, white or black | 22 |
| Word with rat or three-legged | 29 |
| Word with human or horse | 24 |
| Word with horse or rat | 22 |
| Word with horse or human | 24 |
| Word with horse or foot | 23 |
| Word with foot and rat | 22 |
| Word with drag or human | 23 |
| Word with drag and potato | 25 |
| Word with car or card | 21 |
| Word with "horse" or "human" | 48 |
| Word with "course" or "horse" | 49 |
| Word with ''human'' and ''rat'' | 63 |
| Word after rat or flat | 22 |
| Word after horse or rat | 23 |
| Where "They're off!" may be heard | 47 |
| What Queen will do with their bicycles | 38 |
| What dragsters and some hearts do | 33 |
| What a lover's heart may do | 31 |
| Vie in a way | 12 |
| Type of competition | 19 |
| TV's "The Amazing __" | 35 |
| Try to beat to the finish line | 30 |
| Track and field activity | 24 |
| Tortoise's forte | 20 |
| Tortoise-hare event | 19 |
| Tortoise-hare affair | 20 |
| Three-legged ____ | 17 |
| The Tour de France, for one | 27 |
| The Preakness, e.g. | 19 |
| The Preakness is one | 20 |
| The Kentucky Derby, for example | 31 |
| The Iditarod, for one | 21 |
| The Arkansas Derby, e.g. | 24 |
| “The ___ is not to the swift ...”: Ecclesiastes | 55 |
| Talladega 500, e.g. | 19 |
| Swift current of water | 22 |
| Swift current | 13 |