Spooner's thrown a long way, a record (4,3)

I believe the answer is:

fast car

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'spooner's thrown' is the definition.
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'a long way a record' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'way' could be 'st' (abbreviation for street) and 'st' is located in the answer.
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