| 100% | PITS | 4 | Mechanics' stations in an auto race |
| 63% | DNF | 3 | Incomplete status, as in an auto race (abbr.) |
| 62% | PACECAR | 7 | Ceremonial lead vehicle in an auto race: 2 wds. |
| 62% | PACELAP | 7 | Warm-up circuit in an auto race: 2 wds. |
| 55% | JAMESGARNER | 11 | "The Notebook" actor who owned an auto racing team in the 60s: 2 wds. |
| 49% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (break during an auto race) |
| 49% | PIT | 3 | ___ crew (workers during an auto race) |
| 48% | SWOOSH | 6 | Sound at an auto race |
| 48% | MSRP | 4 | Abbr. in an auto ad |
| 47% | AIR | 3 | What's in an auto tire |
| 47% | PIT | 3 | ___ stop (refueling place during an auto race) |
| 47% | CARSICK | 7 | Woozy because of riding in an auto |
| 47% | CARGOSHORTS | 11 | Brief entries in an auto film festival? |
| 47% | OOO | 3 | Vacationing, in an auto-reply email initialism |
| 46% | TIRETREAD | 9 | Its depth is checked in an auto inspection |
| 45% | GASUP | 5 | Put fuel in an auto's tank: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CRASH | 5 | With 8-Across, figure in an auto safety test |
| 45% | NOISE | 5 | Symptom for an auto mechanic |
| 44% | ENGINEKNOCK | 11 | Reason to call an auto mechanic |
| 44% | ESTIMATE | 8 | Cost prediction from an auto mechanic |
| 44% | OILY | 4 | Like an auto mechanic's rag |
| 44% | BMWS | 4 | Big competitors in European auto racing |
| 43% | TIREIRON | 8 | Metal rod once kept in an auto's trunk: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BANGUPJOB | 9 | Good work, as by an auto mechanic? |
| 43% | CARPARK | 7 | Place to leave an auto, in Britain |
| 43% | DESK | 4 | Work station, in an office |
| 43% | FLAG | 4 | A checkered one is waved at the end of an auto race |
| 42% | DENT | 4 | Bend that's fixed by an auto mechanic |
| 42% | CAMBRIDGE | 9 | They battle Oxford in an annual boat race |
| 42% | MOTH | 4 | Insect in an evolutionary "arms race" against bats |