Old man almost runs international times in race (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
grand prix
'race' is the definition.
(Grand Prix is an example)
'old man almost runs international times' is the wordplay.
'old man' becomes 'grandpa' (elderly relative).
'almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'runs international' becomes 'ri' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'times' becomes 'x' (x resembles the multiplication or times sign).
'grandpa' with its last letter taken off is 'grandp'.
'grandp'+'ri'+'x'='GRAND PRIX'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grand prix that I've seen before include "International formula car race" , "Formula 1 race" , "Motor race" , "Formula One event" , "International motor-race" .)