Race duo crashed in the country (7)
I believe the answer is:
ecuador
'the country' is the definition.
(Ecuador is an example)
'race duo crashed' is the wordplay.
'crashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'race'+'duo'='raceduo'
'raceduo' anagrammed gives 'ECUADOR'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for ecuador that I've seen before include "Quito's country" , "Country of the Galapagos Islands" , "S. American nation" , "South American country, capital Quito" , "Quito's nation" .)