I am sure that I have easily competed in over 10,000 races during my life, and I won most of them.
If I were to count all the races I did as a boy pushing my toy Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars through the dirt (Tip: The Matchbox cars usually had the best wheels and tires).
My mom flipped a throw rug over on one occasion and discovered a taped out oval, including the pits. I made it on a long rectangular piece with the masking tape.
All the races I ran on my bike, and even as an adult driving on the interstate. The other people on their bikes and cars may not have known it, but the sheit was still on from the very first moment.