pitboard

noun

pitboard

noun

Etymology From pit + board.

1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Motor racing, Racing, Sports A board used to communicate brief important information to a racing driver such as driver name, laps, and current position in the race.

  • My pitboard put me in eighth, with lap times varying from the low 1:405 to the high 1241s, depending on traffic.1998 January 23, Nick Ienatsch, “Back in the Fray”, in Cycle World Magazine, page 118:
  • I knew I didn't make a timing mistake this time so I told them to put 147+ on the pitboard.2005, Denny Miller, Eddie Sachs The Clown Prince of Racing, →ISBN, page 339:

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