Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

===Other sports===
Columbus has a long history in motorsports, hosting the world's first 24-hour car race at the Columbus Driving Park in 1905, which was organized by the Columbus Auto Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=179231&FS=ROADRACING |title=Motor Sports, 24 Hour Race, Columbus Driving Park |publisher=Motorsport.com |date=March 15, 2005 |access-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116180612/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=179231&FS=ROADRACING |archive-date=November 16, 2008  }}</ref> The [[Columbus Motor Speedway]] was built in 1945 and held its first motorcycle race in 1946. In 2010, the [[Ohio State University]] student-built [[Buckeye Bullet 2]], a fuel-cell vehicle, set an FIA world speed record for electric vehicles in reaching 303.025&nbsp;mph, eclipsing the previous record of 302.877&nbsp;mph.<ref>[http://www.greenmuze.com/climate/cars/2979-the-buckeye-bullet-2.html "The Buckeye Bullet 2"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904041829/http://www.greenmuze.com/climate/cars/2979-the-buckeye-bullet-2.html |date=September 4, 2010 }}, Green Muze. August 31, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.</ref>

The annual [[All American Quarter Horse Congress]], the world's largest single-breed horse show,<ref>[http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/event-detail.cfm?id=21705 "All American Quarter Horse Congress"]{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}, Experience Columbus. 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2010.</ref> attracts approximately 500,000 visitors to the Ohio Expo Center each October.

Columbus hosts the annual [[Arnold Sports Festival]]. Hosted by [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], the event has grown to eight [[Olympic sports]] and 22,000 athletes competing in 80 events.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Krasniewicz|first1=Louise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhqIhq5SS8YC&pg=PA105|title=Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Biography|last2=Blitz|first2=Michael|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-08128-6|language=en|access-date=September 6, 2015|archive-date=September 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920170503/https://books.google.com/books?id=nhqIhq5SS8YC&pg=PA105|url-status=live}}</ref>

Westside Barbell, a world-renowned powerlifting gym, is located in Columbus. Its founder, [[Louie Simmons]], is known for his popularization of the "Conjugate Method," while he is also credited with inventing training machines for reverse hyper-extensions and belt squats. Westside Barbell is known for producing multiple world record holders in powerlifting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Westside Barbell® |url=https://www.westside-barbell.com/ |access-date=October 25, 2022 |website=www.westside-barbell.com |language=en-US |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103235741/https://www.westside-barbell.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Columbus Bullies]] were two-time champions of the American Football League (1940–1941). The Columbus Thunderbolts were formed in 1991 for the Arena Football League, and then relocated to Cleveland as the Cleveland Thunderbolts; the [[Columbus Destroyers]] were the next team of the AFL, playing from 2004 until the league's demise in 2008 and returned for single season in 2019 until the league folded a second time.

[[Ohio Roller Derby]] (formerly Ohio Roller Girls) was founded in Columbus in 2005 and still competes internationally in Women's Flat Track Derby Association play. The team is regularly ranked in the top 60 internationally.