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* ''DeathRace'', an InNameOnly remake of ''Death Race 2000''

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* ''DeathRace'', an InNameOnly remake of ''Death Race 2000''2000''. In this case, it's a NASCAR-style track race where part of the goal is to kill the other racers. ''Death Race 3'' changes the race to a Baja 1000-inspired desert rally.
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* ''Death Race 2000''

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* ''Death Race 2000''''Film/DeathRace2000'', though the focus is more on running over pedestrians.
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* The AlvinAndTheChipmunks [[TheMovie film]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Adventure The Chipmunk Adventure]], had this as their main plot. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes had to race around the world in hot air balloons, dropping off and collecting dolls.

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* The AlvinAndTheChipmunks [[TheMovie film]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chipmunk_Adventure ''[[Film/AChipmunkAdventure The Chipmunk Adventure]], had this as their main plot. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes had to race around the world in hot air balloons, dropping off and collecting dolls.
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* The Tour de France, a 3500-km bicycle race.

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* The Tour de France, TourDeFrance, a 3500-km bicycle race.
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* ''TheAmazingRace''

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* ''TheAmazingRace''''Series/TheAmazingRace''
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* The El Dorado race from the climax of the 1969 version of ''TheLoveBug''.

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* The El Dorado race from the climax of the 1969 version of ''TheLoveBug''.''Film/TheLoveBug''.

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* ''Anime/RedLine''.



* {{Redline}}, and how.
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Generally a subtrope of TheBigRace, for obvious reasons.
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* ''Steel Ball Run'', Part 7 of JojosBizarreAdventure, involves a cross-continental race.

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* ''Steel Ball Run'', Part 7 of JojosBizarreAdventure, Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure, involves a cross-continental race.
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* StarTrek novel ''The Great Starship Race''.

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* StarTrek Franchise/StarTrek novel ''The Great Starship Race''.



* ''StarTrekVoyager'': episode "Drive".

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* ''StarTrekVoyager'': ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': episode "Drive".
"Drive".
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** ''The Gumball Rally''

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** ''The Gumball Rally''''Film/TheGumballRally''
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* ''SpeedRacer'' and its various adaptations contains a number of epic races.

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* ''SpeedRacer'' ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' and its various adaptations contains a number of epic races.
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*''SpeedRacer'' and its various adaptations contains a number of epic races.
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* {{Redline}}, and how.

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** ''TheCannonballRun''

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** ''TheCannonballRun''''TheCannonballRun'' and its sequel.
*** ''Speed Zone'', a semi-official sequel.




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* ''NeedForSpeed: The Run.''
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* {{Drive}}Series/{{Drive}}
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* The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy" - 20 mushers and over 150 dogs undertook a 674-mile journey in blizzard conditions to save Nome, Alaska from a diphtheria epidemic after the aircraft proved unusable. The serum arrived in five and a half days, a feat that has never been duplicated. The Iditarod, mentioned above, is in part a commemoration of this last great hurrah of dog-sledding.

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* The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy" Mercy," was not a race against other competitors, but a race against nature itself - 20 mushers and over 150 dogs undertook a 674-mile journey in blizzard conditions to save Nome, Alaska from a diphtheria epidemic after the aircraft proved unusable. The serum arrived in five and a half days, a feat that has never been duplicated. The Iditarod, mentioned above, is in part a commemoration of this last great hurrah and CrowningMomentOfAwesome of dog-sledding.
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* The Iditarod, a 1150-mile dogsled race.

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* The Iditarod, a 1150-mile dogsled race.race.
* The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy" - 20 mushers and over 150 dogs undertook a 674-mile journey in blizzard conditions to save Nome, Alaska from a diphtheria epidemic after the aircraft proved unusable. The serum arrived in five and a half days, a feat that has never been duplicated. The Iditarod, mentioned above, is in part a commemoration of this last great hurrah of dog-sledding.
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* ''[[{{Ptitlemdxvzov0}} It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''

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* ''[[{{Ptitlemdxvzov0}} It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]''''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld''

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** ''Cannonball''



* ''MonteCarloOrBust'', the sequel to ''ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' (see below), switched from planes to automobiles.

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* ''MonteCarloOrBust'', ''Monte Carlo or Bust'' (aka ''Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies''), the sequel to ''ThoseMagnificentMenInTheirFlyingMachines'' (see below), switched from planes to automobiles.
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Misuse (name now changed to Second Season Downfall to avoid this)


* NBC's ''Treasure Hunters'', which combined this trope with TreasureMap and lasted [[OneSeasonWonder one season]].

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* NBC's ''Treasure Hunters'', which combined this trope with TreasureMap and lasted [[OneSeasonWonder one season]].
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* ''TruthInTwentyFour'', a {{documentary}} about the Audi team in the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, plays up this trope.
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* ''PhineasAndFerb: [[VerySpecialEpisode Summer Belongs to You!]]'' has the title characters attempt to circumnavigate the world on the summer solstice. [[FinaglesLaw]] bites ''hard''.

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* ''PhineasAndFerb: [[VerySpecialEpisode Summer Belongs to You!]]'' has the title characters attempt to circumnavigate the world on the summer solstice. [[FinaglesLaw]] FinaglesLaw bites ''hard''.
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* ''PhineasAndFerb: [[VerySpecialEpisode Summer Belongs to You!]]'' has the title characters attempt to circumnavigate the world on the summer solstice. [[FinaglesLaw]] bites ''hard''.
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** Also Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España.
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* Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman - The Long Walk. It's a foot race with the following rules: if you drop below 4 miles an hour, you get a warning. [[spoiler:3 warnings get you killed. And as a final touch, it has no finish - it lasts until there's only one surviving walker]]. It's written by Stephen King - were you expecting a happy ending?

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* Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman - The Long Walk. It's a foot race run by 100 teenage boys, the so-called "walkers", with the following rules: if you drop below 4 miles an hour, you get a warning. [[spoiler:3 Receiving 3 warnings get in quick succession gets you killed. And as a final touch, it has no finish - it lasts until there's only one surviving walker]].walker. It's written by Stephen King - were you expecting a happy ending?
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* Issue #5 of ''SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'' features an "Around-The-World Super Construction Race", combining both a footrace with feats of engineering.



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* Despite the name, TheSpaceRace was not really this.
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* The Tour de France, a 3500-km bicycle race.

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* The Tour de France, a 3500-km bicycle race.
* The Iditarod, a 1150-mile dogsled
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*The Disney movie ''Iron Will'' about a dogsled race.

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