Races lost and won for starter in Le Mans (8)
I believe the answer is:
escargot
'starter in le mans' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'races lost and won' is the wordplay.
'lost' indicates an anagram.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'won' becomes 'got' (I've seen this in another clue).
'races' anagrammed gives 'escar'.
'escar'+'got'='ESCARGOT'
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escargot that I've seen before include "Got scare from edible French snail" , "French food" , "One continually moving house" , "French delicacy" , "Hardly fast food" .)