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Great race or The Great Race may refer to:

• Great race, any one of the major human races
• The race between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads to complete the First transcontinental railroad in the United States

Competition

• Great Race (classic rally), a vintage car club rally across the continental United States
• 1908 New York to Paris Race, an international automobile race that was the inspiration for the 1965 film
• The Great Race (Pimlico), 1877 two and a half-mile horse "match" race run by a trio of champions at the Pimlico Race Course
• The Great Race (rowing), a New Zealand rowing race
• Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race, a 10k urban foot race
• Eppie's Great Race, a triathlon held in Sacramento, California
• The Great Race (relay), a three- or four-person relay race held each August in Auburn, New York
• Bathurst 1000, a motor race held in Bathurst, New South Wales, often nicknamed "The Great Race"

Media, myth, fiction

• The Great Race, 1965 comedy film by Blake Edwards
• Thomas & Friends: The Great Race, a Thomas & Friends film
• The great race between the animals, an ancient folk story underpinning the Chinese Zodiac
• Great Race (Native American legend), a Native American legend explaining man's dominion over the buffalo.

• Disambiguation pages