Sentences with phrase «among race winners»

Not exact matches

In the race to improve productivity and household incomes, winners and losers emerge among the Canadian provinces, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.

James Hinchcliffe has the pole position for Sunday's race, and among the 33 - car field is Helio Castroneves, trying to become the fourth four - time winner of the Indy 500.

There wasn't much movement in the point standings overall — no driver gained or lost more than two spots — but race winner Jeff Gordon was among those who moved up multiple positions.

Though 13 horses went to the post, it was expected to be a three - way race among Slavic, an impressive Gulfstream allowance - race winner; Rhythm, last year's juvenile champion, whose 3 - year - old debut was a dismal seventh - place finish in the Feb. 10 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream; and a son of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew named Yonder, who made a strong stretch run in the Hutcheson to finish second.

Among the 11 entries as of Monday were Skip Away (right), vying to become the Classic's first repeat winner, racing's alltime cash cow (a victory would give him $ 10 million in earnings) and Horse of the Year; 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Silver Charm; the last two Belmont Stakes victors, Victory Gallop and Touch Gold; Travers Stakes champ Coronado's Quest; and Swain, Europe's top horse.

The money arms race among The Players and the majors should have a winner making $ 2 million pretty soon — Day's check this year is just about there.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

Among the likely medal winners besides Eric is his mite of a sister, Beth, 20, who has been almost as triumphant as Eric in her racing career.

O'Hare and his fellow Scot Jake Wightman form part of a strong field in Birmingham and among their rivals are two previous winners in 2014 champion Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti and 2012 gold medallist Abdalaati Iguider of Morocco, who go into the race ranked fastest with their respective season's bests of 3:35.39 and 3:35.79.

State and federal officials say New York will be among the winners named for Race to the Top funding later today.

Also in November, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will face Tuesday's winner of the three - way race among George Maragos, Wendy Long and Congressman Robert Turner.

What You Need To Know: On the slim off - chance that you've heard none of the deafening buzz surrounding Steve McQueen «s «Hunger» and «Shame» follow - up (which also stars Michael Fassbender), let's get to it: by all accounts (our own included), lead Chiwetel Ejiofor is anything from a good bet to a surefire winner for this year's Best Actor Oscar, with the film itself a likely player in the Best Picture race and any number of the other actors (Fassbender foremost among them) potentially primed for Supporting Actor nod.

Because the last three Oscar best picture winners — «Argo,» «The Artist» and «The King's Speech» — played both Toronto and Telluride, it's easy to understand the impulse to call the race even before the leaves have started to turn and several other high - pedigree contenders (Martin Scorsese's «Wolf of Wall Street,» David O. Russell's «American Hustle» and the biographical drama «Saving Mr. Banks» among them) have screened.

In all, seven drivers for Corvette Racing are past winners at the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's only Canadian stop; among them, Jan Magnussen was an overall winner in 1999 driving a prototype in the American Le Mans Series.

Consistently the fastest driver on the team among two - time race winner Jean - Francois Dumoulin, open wheel notable Daniel Herrington, BRDC Rising Star Glynn Geddie, and NASA standout Mike Davidson.

In addition to the 1957 Ferrari, among the other display cars are a 1963 Shelby King Cobra raced by Dave MacDonald, the 1963 Monterey Pacific Grand Prix overall winner that went from 13th place to first in a 100 - lap race at an average speed of 83.2 miles per hour.

Among special guests will be Richard Attwood, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Monte Carlo Formula Junior race winner, who will put a Holman Ford GT40 brought by Lee Holman, Holman & Moody of Charlotte, North Carolina, through its paces in demo laps over the weekend.

Other animal - loving luminaries who have raised awareness of the renowned animal welfare organization's mission to Save Them All include Allison Janney of the hit CBS series Mom, Shameless star Emmy Rossum, movie star Amanda Seyfried, Academy Award winner Christopher Walken, race car driver Josef Newgarden, Designated Survivor cast member Maggie Q, Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba, Better Call Saul «s Bob Odenkirk and Robertson's former Under the Dome co-star Rachelle Lefevre, among others.

Among the pro's heading to Gaia are two former World Champions, Lindsay Steinriede (USA) and Rachel Tilly (USA), the current leader in the Women's European title race, Alice Lemoigne (FRA), and the winner of the Longboard Pro Caparica, Rodrigo Sphaier (BRA).