Sentences with phrase «battling race leader»

Not exact matches

We'd rather see him battling tooth and nail for 12th than completing an impressive race sim at the back, a lap down on the leader.

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

Watch any race from the late 1980s and two things are certain: there'll be an epic title battle between teammates, and an uncooperative Ligier will be holding the leaders up.

In F1 terms it doesn't happen often and is usually the result of of the leader having late race reliability woes or, in the past, because of a high - speed track where slipstreaming battles meant that being in second place on the last lap was advantageous.

Insiders suspect all the subterfuge surrounding the campaigns of Panepinto and Stocker — not to mention the Democratic primary battle between Erie County Legislature Minority Leader Betty Jean Grant and Sen. Tim Kennedy — might actually have something to do with that race.

Despite the fact that there is an intra-party battle in this race, Richards is again running with the support of the Monroe County Democratic Party, which is run by Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle.

Former Texas Republican Rep. Tom DeLay was sentenced to a three - year jail term today for illegally funneling corporate money into Texas state House races, a ruling that ends a near - decade long legal and political battle for the former House majority leader.

In a spillover from his battles with party leaders in the mayor's race, Hunter said he has no plans to inform Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey that he is seeking the nomination.

Bookies suggest the race to be Labour party leader continues to be a familial battle between Ed and his older brother, David Miliband, the former foreign secretary.

Los Angeles Unified School Board Election Has Nation's Attention The race for three Los Angeles Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public education.

• Oliver Gavin and Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner enjoyed a seven - point advantage ahead of Saturday's (17 September, 2016) Lone Star Le Mans race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Texas • A fifth place finish proved to be a solid result for the title leaders as they extend the gap to 11 points ahead of the finale at Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta • Gavin took the first stint from sixth position on the grid before handing over to Milner who had to battle some cockpit issues and handling imbalances to get a fifth place finish.

As Google and Microsoft continue their battle to reign as the supreme leader of the email space — with Google focusing its efforts on consumer - focused Gmail and enterprise - ready Google Apps, and Microsoft pushing away from Exchange servers to cloud - based Office 365 — there are few alternatives to turn to in the email convergence race.

Weapons can be fired backwards as well as forwards resulting in weaponry being just as important for the leader to be able to extend their lead at the front as it is for the car in last place to attempt gradual progression through the field in battle races.