Television stations in Japan have held thumbing speed contests.

However, I had to confess that it evoked nothing much more than the image of a champion typist rattling away in a speed contest.

In 2006, California state highway patrol issued 697 citations for "speed contests".

He said he did not want to chance having his car impounded as evidence if he is charged with engaging in a speed contest.

"Not in a straight speed contest."

It's not such a speed contest.

The boats did not appear to be having a friendly speed contest, however.

The race was a speed contest from the start as OK Bye took the field of nine colts through the first quarter in 26 3/5 seconds.

They say he should have pulled his horse back and not gotten into a speed contest on the backstretch.

Mr. Rollwagen said he would not be pulled into oversimplified speed contests.