The Race (Seinfeld)

[1] The story follows Jerry as he meets an old rival, who suspects that he cheated in a high school race and wishes to re-run it.

George responds to a personal ad in the Daily Worker and Kramer, who is working as a department store Santa Claus, is convinced to become a communist by Elaine's boyfriend.

In a track race in ninth grade, Jerry got an inadvertent head start that nobody noticed, allowing him to win by a wide margin.

Ned insists on ordering dinner from Hop Sing's, as his father spent much of his time at the restaurant after being blacklisted.

A week later in Cuba, George meets with Fidel Castro who lets him recruit any players and invites him to a luxurious dinner due to his supposed communist leanings.

Lois makes a reference to Duncan controlling the means of production, a relevant part of Marxist theory.

Cold War paranoia is lampooned through a young boy making "commie" accusations against Kramer, calling him a traitor, while Mickey tries to keep him quiet, as well as Hop Sing's blacklisting of Elaine and George's conversation with Steinbrenner about being a communist.

Jerry Seinfeld tried wearing a brightly colored, skintight racing outfit for the climactic race scene, but co-creator Larry David and director Andy Ackerman both felt the outfit was excessive, so Seinfeld changed into normal wear.

[3] As such, numerous scenes were deleted, including an entire subplot showing how Kramer helped George obtain a visa so that he could get to Cuba.