English
holeshot
From hole + shot.
Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’
Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’
Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’
Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’
Middle English hole
English hole
Today it means
noun The position of being the first rider to pass the first turn of the course.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / holeshot