■ noun the most favourable position at the start of a motor race.
Origin
1950s: from a 19th-cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
■ noun the most favourable position at the start of a motor race.
Origin
1950s: from a 19th-cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
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