Definition of "stock car" []

• An automobile of a standard make modified for racing. (noun)
• A railroad car for carrying livestock. (noun)

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• "Their cars were tuned by a mechanic named Red Vogt, who not only was the first superstar mechanic of stock car racing, but was also the man who came up with the name NASCAR."
• "The core of the original popularity of stock car racing is a connection to these wild-riding southern ridge runners."
• "The stock car Gonzie hopes to [unclear] for a box car here& I suppose this last is the one to be fixed up with such things as we have here."