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n. One who participates in drag races.
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"Drag Racer" is a Rock instrumental song by the Doug Wood Band.
It was written and performed by the little-known Doug Wood Band in 1976, but since then it became better known as the theme song to the BBC's snooker coverage.
It was released as part of the "BBC Snooker Themes" EP, released on BBC Records in 1984 (RESL 144), and is credited to The Douglas Wood Group. This version, however, differs slightly from the original 1976 recording, as sounds of snooker balls have been added to the start of the track. For this reason, the copyright date is shown on the record as 1982.
The original track, without those modifications, can be found as track 6 of the CD "The Great Sporting Experience", published by EMI in 1998 (CD GOAL 1). This is credited to Doug Wood Group, licensed from Studio G.
BBC Sport no longer uses this particular track as the main theme of snooker coverage. Instead, it has been heavily updated and remixed a number of times. The 2003 version was entitled "147 Lockdown" by Sheldon Southworth presumably in reference to British speed garage act 187 Lockdown. The version currently airing is by Timo Baker of T Minus 50.
Since the coverage of the 2008 888.com World Snooker Championship, the BBC began to use the original version of Drag Racer again, during session breaks on their Interactive service. It is played over a caption of forthcoming matches. Although the entire track was used initially, tournaments after this date feature the track shortened, and edited into a continuous loop.
The Drag Racer franchise is a series of games that were developed by Adam Telfer, who started designing this Flash game at the age of 14. The game, first released in 2003 was later ported to iOS devices (iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad) as a partnership with XMG Studio. The core game-play in Drag Racer is quite simple. Players purchase cars that they customize, upgrade, tune and then race opponents in an effort to win credits that allows them to upgrade existing cars or buy new ones.
The PC version has over 50 million views on newgrounds and has a huge active user-base. After the game was ported to iOS devices by XMG Studio, the version has acquired more than 2 million downloads resulting in hundreds of millions of races. The current iOS versions available on iTunes are Drag Racer Pro Tuner and Drag Racer Perfect Run.
Usage examples of "drag racer".
Pete, the drag racer, was working as a messenger in the city, and Larry was carving totem poles out of tree stumps in other Angels' front yards.
Sand erupts into the air, like smoke from the burning tires of a drag racer, and the lizard is rocketing across the beach.
Eric unfastened the padlock that held the doghouse door, and Gumbo launched himself at them like a jet-black, bristling drag racer.