Sentences with phrase «year road and track»

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An account of the day Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile: «There was ham salad for lunch, a shower of rain at 5.15 pm, a gusting wind, a false start, and then history... It is 60 years today since that iconic moment on the crunchy, uneven, gravel track at Iffley Road, Oxford... Bannister was 25, a medical student, and he was running in the annual Amateur Athletic Association v Oxford University Athletic Club match.»

That race was the start of Major Taylor's riding career, and after five years of highly successful amateur road and track racing in various parts of the country, he turned professional and made his debut in the old Madison Square Garden.

The track, a 2.52 - mile road course wrapped around a quarter - mile drag strip that can pack in 100,000 fans on its busiest days, opened in 1968 and for many years was known as Sears Point for the spit of land it lies on.

Yale has coached her athletes in adverse and often difficult conditions including running in the halls, in the gym, on roads, and on a dirt track up until last year.

The author has followed some of urban America's poorest young people through their secondary school careers over some years, tracking their rocky road towards higher education and revealing how their teachers are compensating for the missing investment in their early years by fostering what Tough sums up as «character».

The grand opening of the 43 - acre park will mark the end of 1/2 years of construction on the facility, which is between Algonquin Road and Thacker Street east of the Chicago & North Western railroad tracks.

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After 70 years of stagnation, all 100 transformative LIRR capital projects are moving forward, including the Main Line Third Track, Double Track, Jamaica Station Reconstruction, 39 renovated Long Island Rail Road stations and grade crossing eliminations — modernizing transportation across the region to provide a state - of - the - art system for Long Island.

Each course lasted for 10 sessions, and then the participants were tracked for six years to see how many times they had road crashes for which they were personally responsible.

In the next few years, Honda, Toyota, and other companies plan to introduce automated lane - tracking systems that sound an alarm or take over the steering if a car starts to veer off the road.

The guidelines of SCD have been healing people for over 50 years and it's the only road map we've found that gets you on the fast track to indentifying and NATURALLY stopping the symptoms of digestive disease.

An indie film that was lavishly praised and won the Filmmakers Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, rolls along in the well - rutted, dusty tire tracks of other mother - and - daughter road trip

Roadside noted Sunday that the title is «so far tracking closely to open Road's 2014 hit, Chef, which opened and expanded similarly» last May, adding: «Whit Stillman's sparkling comedy starring Kate Beckinsale still sports a rare 99 % score on RT with over 100 reviews and is right now the bests reviewed film of the year.»

The film follows high - schooler Eugene Bell (Cregger) as he falls into a four - year coma just as he's about to consummate his relationship with longtime girlfriend Cindi (Raquel Alessi), with the remainder of the proceedings detailing the wacky road trip that ensues as Eugene and best friend Tucker (Moore) attempt to track down Cindi (who has, in the years since, become something of a celebrity after posing for Playboy Magazine).

They have the Y track, so at a certain point, say 10 or 12 years old, there's a fork in the road; the boys and girls who are succeeding are going to go to the right, let's say, and move on to higher secondary education and then college.

With the racing car division founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963, and the road car division founded by Ron Dennis in 1985, very few companies have enjoyed such a successful renaissance period - in the space of just six years, the brand has gone from a one - hit wonder to one of the world's premier supercar manufacturers, with a brilliant lineup encompassing everything from daily drivers to insane track - only monsters.

Founder Aaron Fessler's background in experiential motoring began with his acquisition of World Class Driving, which offered track and road drives of high - end cars in 45 cities per year.

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sproad trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford SpRoad, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

A race version of the Ford GT has already been competing in endurance events for a year now and this track development has benefitted the road car, too.

Both tracks will operate year - round, entailing snow and ice that can blur road edges and lines that help cars steer autonomously — something Mountain View, California - based Google has not yet tested with its autonomous cars.

After less than a year on the road, Nissan's 370Z has already enjoyed a spa treatment by the NISMO (Nissan Motorsports International) therapists who specialize in hard - core street and track tuning.

There's Rod, holder of the record at Pikes Peak for so many years that they started calling the place Millen's Mountain; there's Steve Millen, rally driver, road racer and performance parts maker at Stillen; there's Rhys, son of Rod, himself a rally driver, successful Pikes Peak racer and driver of who - knows - how - many stunts in all those «Fast and / or Furious» movies; and now there is Ryan, a lad so polite you almost want to hire him on the spot to do public relations work at Disneyland, maybe for a souped - up version of Autopia where the cars leave the track and drift wildly through the Magic Kingdom.

It's been almost 50 years since Carroll Shelby and Ford began their successful partnership, and anyone who has read Road & Track over the years knows that we relish seat time in any Shelby American machine.

«We tested at Road America this year in preparation for Le Mans, and I'm looking forward to going back to a track where we raced the GT2 - spec Corvettes last year,» Magnussen noted.

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Last year's Petit Le Mans was red - flagged after only four hours and 50 minutes of racing when a deluge descended on Road Atlanta which flooded the track.

During those years, the Corvettes competing on the track and those available at Chevrolet dealerships became more closely related, with racing elements adapted to make better road cars.

Carfection got to try out the GT430 both on the track and through some B - roads, and finds out just how great Lotus can make its eight - year old flagship.

Friday and Saturday on - track sessions were run in warm and dry conditions, but the weather is known to change quickly this time of year in the Northwest Connecticut region that is home to the 1.5 - mile Lime Rock Park road course.

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The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R, once described as a real - life Batmobile, was just named Road and Track Performance Car of the Year.

Jan Magnussen and his teammate Johnny O'Connell won the GT1 trophy last year at Road America, but the Danish ace has realistic expectations for the team's first foray to the track in the GT2 category.

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Other vehicles on display will include the 2017 NSX supercar, Road and Track magazine's 2017 Performance Car of the Year, its racing counterpart, the NSX GT3 (shown in exposed carbon for the first time in the U.S.), along with the 2017 MDX Sport Hybrid SUV, and the redesigned 2018 TLX A-Spec sport sedan.

With the help of track customers, race fans, corporate involvement and the Friends and Family of Lime Rock, we will continue down this road, to better all of Lime Rock... for its next 60 years.

Corvette Performance Reaches Higher in 2012 Interior enhancements, new performance packages highlight upgrades DETROIT — Chevrolet announced today that it will once again elevate Corvette's performance capabilities with a series of improvements for the 2012 model year that improve on - track performance and on - road comfort.

Road & Track reports that the Porsche 911 facelift, which has been spied testing and is set to debut later this year, will drop the naturally - aspirated flat - six in the Carrera / Carrera S for a turbocharged engine.

The scenic Road America track at Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin is a favourite of Olly's — and one he is very familiar with thanks to his ten years of competition with the GM Corvette Racing team but he will have very different memories of the circuit after today.

Testing will again comprise acceleration performance data, on - track dynamic evaluation and timing, and, crucially, a week - long drive that will again take in some of the greatest driving roads in the Victorian High Country — a new location for this year's event.

«This agreement with Corvette Racing, along with the 17 straight years of Mobil 1 being the Corvette factory fill motor oil, underscores the engine performance and protection that Mobil 1 technology delivers on the track and on the road.

Each spring, car manufacturers and auto writers flock to Elkhart Lake, Wis. to partake in the annual, highly - anticipated Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) Spring Rally — two days of jam - packed events including hot laps on the famous Road America track, street driving to test out MAMA Family Vehicle of the Year contenders, hot - hatch autocrossing, go - karting fun and a challenging off - road couRoad America track, street driving to test out MAMA Family Vehicle of the Year contenders, hot - hatch autocrossing, go - karting fun and a challenging off - road couroad course.

The 2013 Mini John Cooper Works GP is nearly as ferocious as the track - ready Mini Challenge race car and — unlike the latter vehicle — you'll be able to drive the John Cooper Works GP on public roads as early as March of next year.

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«Renault has powered the Formula 1 World Drivers» Championship and World Constructors» Championship winners for the past two years in a row, and so the Red Bull Race Off is a great way to show how Renault Sport F1's DNA is translated into road cars that are fun to drive on the road and greased lightning on an F1 race track.

Designed for the optimum balance of traction, comfort, and adjustability for American roads and tracks, these groundbreaking systems incorporate years of Japanese tuning knowledge with highest - quality German innovation and construction standards.

Finally there are the «experiences» — Jaguar offers classic track days, allowing you to drive a C Type at MIRA; and Land Rover is going to launch a classic off road experience at Eastnor Castle later this year.

«Road America is the longest track we race on throughout the year in the ALMS, and it's the most similar to Le Mans.

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