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On course for No.1 hit single (5)

Follow nail biting romeo (5)

Tim Rice and Carole King start to record a song (5)

Victoria Beckham’s ego’s amazing. Big shame, voice so crap without atrocious beat (5)

[(VICTORIABECKHAMSEGOS)* - (BIGSHAMEVOICESO)*]*

Indianapolis time car reversed into back of the paddock (5)

Lorry missing middle part gets a mark (5)

Dealings out of uniform get a mark (5)

Can I get a parse for paul 19? Where does "shelter" come in?

There being no new entries since 8:00 last night, I am calling it an hour early:

My shortlist included geeker 6 and amej 25 with their auto racing references (and I learned the auto-racing connotation of "paddock", to boot), and paul 10 and darla 20, who, for reasons we shall not explore, both went the "torture" route. I liked the surface in ss 15.

But the winner of this race is geeker 6, for splitting a 5-letter hidden across three words, and neatly encapsulating the history of NASCAR in seven words:

Banked oval arising in stock car tradition (5, down clue)

Congrats geeker and thanks all for playing.

Prizes

Sounds better in German:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nbjhpcZ9_g

Seb vs Steve, 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNh7BqEwB9g

Easy to trace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf2CB32jDYc

Well done Geeker, thanks Buddy for hosting and the mention