The phrase "a fierce race" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a competition that is intense and highly contested, often in the context of sports or elections.
Example: "The marathon turned out to be a fierce race, with several runners pushing their limits to secure the top position."
Alternatives: "a heated competition" or "an intense contest".
His bombshell entry turned an academic pursuit into a fierce race.
The primary followed a fierce race that often seemed more a referendum on Mr. Hynes's lengthy record than a choice between two candidates.
The reaction had nothing to do with the governor's role as a former presidential candidate, but everything to do with his support for a fellow Republican, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who is locked in a fierce race with a former Texas solicitor general, Ted Cruz, to determine the Republican nominee for the state's open United States Senate seat.
By that time, at the beginning of 1939, Bohr was in the United States, where a fierce race to confirm experimentally the so-called fission of the nucleus began after the news of the German experiments and their explanation had become known.
But as he runs for a fourth Senate term this fall, Mr. Gorton finds himself in a fierce race against a Democratic opponent, more than 30 years his junior, who has even closer ties to another large software company in the Northwest.
It came on the eve of the deadline originally set by the state's top election official for announcing a final tally and set off a fierce race between both sides to accumulate as many votes as possible before Monday afternoon, when the court is to hear the case.
Chicago joined three cities Wednesday in moving a step closer to becoming the host of the 2016 Olympics, setting up a final, fierce race to see which one will hold those Summer Games.
A fierce leadership race erupted between Representatives Nancy Pelosi of California and Martin Frost of Texas.
He was in a fierce Senate race with the Republican incumbent, John Ashcroft, who is now the attorney general.
The Soviet Union was also weak after World War II, "but it recovered and challenged the United States in a fierce arms race," he said.
Nations are in a fierce "global race" for investments and jobs, as Cameron says.
