Definition of "holeshot" [holeshot]

• The position of being the first rider to pass the first turn of the course. (noun)

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• "Van Gilder got the holeshot, but Elliott took over early in the first lap, opening a huge gap."
• "Trebon took the holeshot across the top of the amphitheatre and led the race onto the stair run-up mid-way through the opening lap."
• "In the long uphill drag to the holeshot, Van Gilder and Maureen Bruno Roy led the charge, but after half a lap it was Miller establishing control."