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Aims to support motor racing addicts (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fiends

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'addicts' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'aims to support motor racing' is the wordplay.
'aims' becomes 'ends' (I've seen this before).
'to support' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'motor racing' becomes 'fi' (FI resembles F1, Formula 1).
'ends' put after 'fi' is 'FIENDS'.

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(Other definitions for fiends that I've seen before include "Addicts; devotees" , "Cruel, wicked and inhuman persons" , "Devils, monsters" , "Cruel people or evil spirits" , "Very wicked or cruel people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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