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Sometimes I shoot these at 1/100 or 1/160, but in this case I chose a photo with the faster shutter speed to make a point that your comment about 'blur' being is not the sole descriptor.It's taken me a while to reply but here goes (and this is just my opinion) - in the photo of the elephant pulling up the grass with it's trunk, it's the main subject, or part of it, that is blurred and elephants generally not being very fast moving animals. For me, panning is different. It is the camera that is moving in an attempt to blur the background and keep the subject relatively sharp except for moving parts like wheels. In your photo of the dragster, the shutter speed has been too fast to blur the wheels or the background more than a minimal amount, especially considering how fast these things can go.
After being in a camera club for over 20 years (I am not a member now) with monthly competitions and an end of year exhibition, it was always left up to the judges to interpret the theme of the competition.
You may be interested to know that the photo was made from 35' away and is virtually uncropped except for composition, the car got slightly ahead of me in the frame and I had to take some off the back. So, while you jumped on the technique (which BTW is not the topic of this thread, sorry you couldn't resist the urge), yes they are fast. Very fast. Try panning on something that close, going that fast, and is that large, while filling the frame. I don't stand way back to take an easy photo, crop the holy crap out of it, and then post it for Ooh's and Ah's.