Sentences with phrase «as race car drivers»

It really made me appreciate those guys as race car drivers and athletes.

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

Starting in 2005, GoDaddy ran a series of racy Super Bowl commercials featuring women such as race car driver Danica Patrick and supermodel Bar Rafaeli — usually in some state of undress.

When he's imagining himself as a race car driver, he's actually learning — not to drive of course — but the actions of sitting in a car, buckling a seat belt and putting the key in the ignition.

He turned it down initially and headed off to Europe where he fulfilled one of his childhood dreams and began a relatively successful stint as a race car driver.

As Thor he nails it; as a race car driver or the first mate of a whaling ship he reaches just beyond funny - but - sad.

«As a race car driver you never stop learning, and when the opportunity comes up to drive for Chevrolet in NASCAR I jump at the chance.»

«If you look at RealTime's history, they've had tremendous success with front - wheel drive touring cars, so being able to race one for them is what I've dreamed about when I started out as a race car driver.

«As every race car driver knows, weight is the enemy of performance and rigidity is the foundation for handling — but they usually work at cross purposes from each other,» said Castignetti.

Meo also dabbled as a race car driver himself and won 2 Targo Florio competitions in the cockpit of a Type 35.

«As a race car driver you never stop learning, and when the opportunity came up to drive these cars I jumped at the chance.

In fact, he is busier than ever working on projects for Chrysler, suing Ford, and preparing to return the Shelby name to auto racing.Shelby first gained famed as a race car driver.

Occupation — If you have a risky occupation, such as a race car driver, police officer, fire fighter, airline pilot or a number of jobs that an insurance company considers dangerous, your rates will be adjusted accordingly, or you may even be denied by some companies.

Insurers look negatively on risky occupations such as race car driver and other professional sports.

Let's say you're applying for a position as a race car driver.

Not exact matches

His legacy as one of the world's greatest race car drivers in history lives on in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.

Magnussen had to watch on as the Italian driver, who raced twice for Sauber earlier this year, lost control of his car at Turn 11 and hit the wall.

The idea was that the fastest drivers and teams would have to do more overtaking and push harder throughout the race to beat the cars that didn't have to pit (remember that pit stops weren't as common at the time), making it more exciting to watch.

Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren drivers by a single point, and with Felipe Massa in the other car winning three races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.

Drivers need to have razor - sharp concentration to get the best lap times out of the car, especially those at the wheel of prototypes as they weave their way through slower racing machines.

Vettel was sure that he was brake tested by Hamilton as they were preparing for the restart, and in a fit of mild race pulled alongside the Mercedes driver and gave booped his car into Hamilton's.

That's certainly a disappointing ending for the «Chicken Man,» who RCR pledged to help develop as a driver but only waited through five races of wrecked cars and poor finishes before giving him the boot.

I'm a licensed race car driver and instructor, and I sure as hell wouldn't attempt that on a public road.

A vintage - car race served up many of the sport's best surviving drivers as happy participants.

Most weeks, as many as 200 drivers turn up in 200 gleaming cars, and they race 400 or 600 or 800 times till they've shaken themselves into hierarchies of velocity and control.

Ed Carpenter will lead the 33 - car field to the green flag at approximately 12:12 p.m. Feinberg hopes the 50th edition will be as good as the first 49 and plans to do it by telling the drivers» stories as well as explaining the strategy behind the race.

Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2 driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor racing can transfer to road cars.

It's not all young drivers though as B - Max have a car being raced by their 50 - year - old Japanese team principal Ryuji Kumita, who races under the name «Dragon».

Don't believe anyone who says that endurance racing is more about drivers managing their cars to the end and keeping them as unstressed as possible - that hasn't been true for years.

This year not only did Le Mans not clash with a Grand Prix, but ahead of this weekend's Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring fans will be treated to a whole host of legendary cars and drivers from the famous French race will take to the track as part of a demonstration.

He's a Hollywood action hero now, but as a kid in Australia, Eric Bana dreamed of being a race car driver.

He brought up Monaco, which F1 races around this weekend, as the prime example of a track that showcases the bravery of the drivers and incredible speeds of the cars.

As designer and builder — and occasional driver — of the marvelous winged Chaparral sports car, Jim Hall of Texas dares to defy Ford and Ferrari in the classic endurance races

«He's no different than any other race car driver, he's has had run - ins, but they haven't been as notable because they weren't as close to the front,» Keselowski said.

Strangely he doesn't seem to have gone down the rallycross route (his father was a rallycross driver and Jenson even tested a car last year), but as well as the Le Mans Classic he'll also be racing something at the Goodwood Revival.

Both car and driver were fine as both were back out for the final race of the weekend.

OK, so the vast majority of race cars don't have indicators, but they still have mirrors and drivers should be trying to be as safe as possible.

This was also the last time a team entered three cars for a race, as Hesnault raced alongside Renault's regular drivers Patrick Tambay and Derek Warwick.

Drivers had to start Q3 with the amount of fuel they were going to start the race with, which meant that much of the session was spent watching cars driving around trying to use as much fuel as possible in order to make their car as light as possible for their flying laps.

The publication said he completed «a number of laps» and also reports that if the Polish driver feels ready and comfortable in the car, he could actually race in Formula E as soon as this season.

If there's one thing a racing driver doesn't expect as they enter the braking zone at the end of a long straight, it's a huge bump that pitches their car into the air.

Because Patrick walked towards the racing surface while the track was considered hot to demonstrate her frustration with Kahne, she could face a penalty for not staying near her car as drivers are required.

Pretend play will get more elaborate as your child gets older; for example, your child pretends he is a doctor, fireman, or race car driver.

His past experiences have included stints as an engineer, a professional race car driver, and a revolutionist.

«If an app warned both drivers and traffic wardens when time is up, it could end up as a race to the car»

Then transitioned into utilitarian for Aviators, parachutists, skiers & race - car drivers; still used today for manual laborers as well.

Another describes himself as a «race car driver looking for his red Ferrari.»

Codemasters previously announced that both the Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car are featured in this year's game; they will be complimented by the addition of manual race starts, adding to the pressure on the driver as they sit on the grid.

Although written as some sort of protagonist, Trickle does reckless, borderline criminal acts, such as intentionally crash into another driver's car when in his victory lap, drive carelessly at dangerous speeds in a city street with his would - be girlfriend pleading for her life for him to stop, and another instance where he challenges a rival driver to a high - speed race in public streets for the juvenile pursuit of winning at all costs.

When we look back on Pro Race Driver (the first game), we see a game that really made some great strides in the vehicle damage, and some great car models as well.