Success with race leading to sort of accident (3-3-3)
I believe the answer is:
hit-and-run
'sort of accident' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'success with race leading' is the wordplay.
'success' becomes 'hit' (a hit is a commercial success).
'with' becomes 'and'.
'race' becomes 'run' (running is a kind of racing).
'leading' says to put letters next to each other.
'hit'+'and'+'run'='HIT-AND-RUN'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hit-and-run that I've seen before include "Of accident, where the driver did not stop" , "Involving driver who leaves scene of accident without stopping" , "Type of road accident" , "Accident in which driver flees from scene" , "Type of car accident" .)