Sentences with phrase «challenge race last»

For some perspective: The fastest lap a GS - class Camaro GS.R race car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.02.

Some perspective: The fastest lap a GS - class Camaro GS.R race car did around Barber in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race last year was 1:36.02.

Not exact matches

«Last year I chose to help out with Tough Mudder because I personally enjoy participating in obstacle races that challenge both your body and mind.

I ran the Wasatch Back Ragnar last year, and it is by far one of the most challenging and rewarding races I have ever done.

But Busch, who also advanced to the final four last season, finishing second, and his No. 18 team consistently challenged Truex and Furniture Row Racing during the regular season more than any other team, and in nine playoff races Busch has led more laps (631) than Truex (529).

Vettel's recent 18 - race streak was a huge factor in his championship challenge last year, before the Singapore start crash signalled the beginning of the end of his title hopes.

Amputee racing driver Billy Monger's return to competition last month highlighted the challenges faced by racing drivers with disabilities.

Many Gunners, rightly or wrongly, feel that an injury - free squad would have fared much better last season and would have gone much further in challenging in the title race.

La Liga leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid will take the title race to the last game of the season after both recording wins at the weekend, however Atletico Madrid's challenge is over after a shock 2 - 1 defeat at Levante.

Last year also a big improvement in how cars looked, Ferrari threw a serious title challenge that saw Vettel leading as late as September and despite starting the season 1s off the pace, Red Bull made big inroads into the leaders and also won three races, Mexico certainly on merit.

This played out in Ocon's favour in two of the last three races where Perez, despite being on his rear wing, wasn't given the go - ahead to challenge his team - mate for a position.

Gibson fended off a well - funded challenge from first - time Democratic candidate Sean Eldridge in 2014 in one of the costliest House races last year.

Democrats on Thursday afternoon said the legal challenge to the count in the last outstanding Senate race gave John Brooks a 257 - vote lead in the race over Venditto.

Maybe this is his strategy — stay out of the last leadership race — it's likely to produce a dud, get the position of party chairman, make challenging powerful speeches and articles (he has identified the English democratic defecit, Toque, in his New Statesman article, which is about the best on the issue from any MP see: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/08/labour-party-english-england), make more of a public name for himself, then stand when the prospects of victory are real.

ICYMI: There was a little friendly competition on display last night on CapTon during two separate interviews regarding the upcoming Adirondack Challenge in Indian Lake this weekend, which will pit six - member rafts manned by Team Cuomo, Team Bloomberg, the Assembly Democrats and the Senate leadership coalition against one another in a white - water rafting race.

Republican US Senate designee Gary Berntsen just endorsed Chris Cox in the NY - 1 congressional race — a contest in which Berntsen himself was competing until his last - minute pre-convention decision to switch tracks and challenge Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer instead.

The July filing with the state Campaign Finance Board revealed that state Assemblywoman Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village) and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) will be facing competition during this fall's primary from upstart Democrats Clyde Vanel and Lynn Nunes, respectively, who challenged other longtime incumbents in last year's City Council races.

That said, Walrond's presence in the race could end up hurting Rangel and helping State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who came close to beating Rangel last year and is expected to challenge the 22 - term congressman next year.

Don Gregorius, the Woodstock incumbent who survived a committee challenge from current Olive legislator Roy Hochberg last Spring, defined the current race «a constant campaign» that is «not something I change just because it's election time.»

Long presented her with the award and praised her for «challenging the status quo of New York City politics by adhering to her conservative values throughout last year's mayor race.»

But Hunter dropped out of the race last week to assist Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, who is mounting a primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R - Barneveld, in the 22nd Congressional District.

If he receives the Democratic nomination to move forward in the race for county executive, Latimer would face a tough challenge in Astorino, who has been elected twice, after first running unsuccessfully in 2005, and has held the line on property taxes, keeping them flat for the last six years.

De Blasio said he's not worried about a primary challenge from Hillary Clinton because he believes the 2016 White House race was her last.

Grand Island Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray, one of five prospective Democratic candidates to challenge Rep. Chris Collins in November, began exploring such a race last fall by sending emails to an eclectic group of five political figures — written during business hours from his town email account.

Manlius lawyer Irene Aurora Flores knows she waited too long — only six months before election day — to seriously challenge William Fitzpatrick in last year's district attorney's race.

The calls, which will go into the districts of Reps. Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Steve Kagen (Wisc.) as well as open seat House races in New Jersey's 3rd and 7th district and statewide in Maine where Rep. Tom Allen is challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins, take direct aim at planned calls by Freedom's Watch, announced last week, targeting a handful of Democratic incumbents and challengers over the rising cost of gas.

Fundraising efforts are just beginning, but tea party activists have already inspired serious challenges to establishment GOP Senate candidates Carly Fiorina in California and Charlie Crist in Florida; a similar insurgency in last month's House race in New York splintered local Republicans, leading to a Democratic victory.

Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's City Council race last year.

A big difference, but one that will still present a challenge for the Democrats; even though they outnumber Republicans in the borough by five to three, Republicans have emerged victorious in a majority of Congressional races in the last 30 years.

Hinchey survived a tough challenge from George Phillips last fall, winning 52 - 48 despite considerable outside spending on the race by groups like Karl Rove's American Crossroads.

The Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner entered the governor's race last month to challenge two - term incumbent Andrew Cuomo in September's Democratic primary.

The look on the face of state Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Harlem, competing in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Adirondack Challenge whitewater rafting race last summer was priceless, said Assemblyman Dan Stec, R - Queensbury.

That happened the last time NYSUT decided to remain neutral in a governor's race back in 2002 when then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the official Democratic designee after Cuomo dropped his longshot primary challenge one week before the September election) squared off against GOP Gov. George Pataki.

In addition to Malliotakis, the other Republican in the race is Rocky de la Fuente, a wealthy businessman from California who ran for president last year and pumped more than $ 600,000 into his race for mayor, which has been hampered by residency challenges and other problems.

WASHINGTON — Grand Island Town Supervisor Nathan McMurray, one of five prospective Democratic candidates to challenge Rep. Chris Collins in November, began exploring such a race last fall by sending emails to an eclectic group of five political figures — written during business hours from his town email account.

There is a hum of activity as engineers ready their hyperadvanced robots for the final run in the world's most important robotics competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge, which ran over Friday and Saturday last week at this former horse - racing track in Pomona, California.

He's wearing his race shirt from the Chase Corporate Challenge last night.

The last few years of moto gp games have not been the best 2015 was ok but not great but this yrs has gotten a bit better but still has alot to do to be as strong as f1 2016 graphics are good the bikes sound great but the lack of commentary during races sort of makes the last corner over take less fun the main selling point of the game is reliveing rossi's career in the challenge mode its fun to see the video of him talking about it before you try recreate it but its easily cleared in less then an hr and theres some great races left off the list overall it has many different modes now the drift and rally are nice the dirt bike section is fun and the career is your character going through the vr46 riding team to moto gp its fun and id advise fans of motogp to buy it

And from Detroit to Paris, Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the last time a Ford raced competitively at Le Mans - and the challenge that turned into the 2016 motorsports story of the year.

We have seen some great looking racing titles over the last few years but what is so amazing about Rallisport Challenge 2 is that the graphics rate up there right with them.

At the midway point of the federal Race to the Top program, the list of accomplishments for the 11 winning states and the District of Columbia is getting longer, but the challenges are getting more formidable as the time frame gets shorter, according to a progress report issued by the U.S. Department of Education last week.

Just after a 5.8 earthquake rocked Washington, D.C., last week, the Obama administration unveiled the state application criteria for the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge and what it views as the most important components of effective state early learning and development programs.

Sources close to Moskowitz maintain that she is still interested in running for mayor at some point, even though she announced last year that she would not challenge Mayor Bill de Blasio in the 2017 race.

For the last 3 years, the Early Childhood Professional Development team has focused on implementing the Workforce area of Colorado's Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Fund.

The struggle to desegregate America's schools while ensuring equal educational opportunities for students of all races is one of the greatest social challenges the nation has faced over the last half century.

The first part, which was announced last month, is the Aston Martin British GT4 Challenge consists of six races on renowned British racetracks like Silverstone and Brands Hatch, and one outing to the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium.

This included the Ferrari 500 Testa Rossa that Pete Lovely drove to win the inaugural race in 1957 and the last car to win (the 2016 KPAX Racing McLaren 650S from the Pirelli World Challenge).

I'm confident saying that based on the last three days, this will be the toughest Rolex 24 we will face but everyone at Corvette Racing is looking forward to that challenge.»

Last Friday at Sebring International Raceway, the Cadillac CTS - V made its debut as a full - fledged race car, competing against Dodge Vipers, Chevy Corvettes, Porsche 911s, BMW M3s, Ford Mustangs and Audi A4s in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge event, a 50 - minute sprint.

Both the Grand Sport and Street Tuner class championships came down to the last race of the season for the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, the Road Atlanta 150, part of the Petit Le Mans...