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pitboard en · NOUN

Etymology

From pit + board.

Meanings

1. A board used to communicate brief important information to a racing driver such as driver name, laps, and current position in the race.
   • 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:
   • My pitboard put me in eighth, with lap times varying from the low 1:405 to the high 1241s, depending on traffic. 1998 January 14, Nick Ienatsch, “Back in the Fray”, in Cycle World Magazine, page 118:

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