Sentences with phrase «by race engineering»

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Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour titles and banned for life from bicycle racing in 2012 by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency after it accused him in a report of engineering one of the most sophisticated doping schemes in sports.

Having found myself surrounded by engineers throughout most of my days, whether through friends, co - workers or marriage, I can assure you that they would be more likely to possess those skills than the majoity of the human race.

On the way there were plenty of amusing team radio messages, calling the lack of power «embarrassing, just embarrassing,» telling his engineer the race was «just a test», and saying that being passed by other cars «doesn't change my life».

Martin is a truck mechanic by trade, but rose to fame through his road racing (such as the fearsome Isle of Man TT) and TV shows focused on engineering and his adventures.

Unsurprisingly the move is under investigation, not helped by the fact that Scheider's race engineer can be heard saying «Push him out» just before the incident.

We doubt that oblong - shaped vehicles get any more staggering or worthy of attention than this specially - built Iveco Domino transporter, a nod to an era dominated by Ferrari and Michael Schumacher, a place where he no doubt had countless meetings with engineers and also enjoyed moments of peace away from the flurry of the paddock after winning races.

It had the body of the 1991 Jaguar XJR - 14 with the (albeit with the roof chopped off), the Porsche engine was first developed in the early 1980s, it was engineered by Tom Walkinshaw Racing and it was entered by the Joest Racing team.

According to a journalist based in Tamale Alhaji Tanko, Seidu allegedly lost his job as an engineer at the Ghana Feeder Roads after the NDC race and the aggrieved supporters feel he is being witch hunted by the Roads and Highways Minister.

«My best guess is that they have managed to put the ECU into an unencrypted test state, possibly by playing around with power - up sequences,» says Peter Highton, a senior engineer with Freescale Semiconductor in Aylesbury, UK, which makes ECU microchips for racing cars as well as ordinary vehicles.

He was captivated as a child by the race to the moon, prompted in part by his father's career as an aeronautical engineer.

The CMS detector created by a vast collaboration of 2,000 scientists and engineers, will race ATLAS to find the Higgs boson.

Men dominate S&E professorships, regardless of field and race.10 Among the top 50 universities in chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, and engineering, at least 69 % (most times this number is much higher) of the professors are men, according to a report recently released by University of Oklahoma chemistry professor Dr. Donna Nelson.9 The lack of female professors was far greater among minority women.9 Although the number of master's degrees and doctorates increased for every racial and gender category, except for white males, 1 white — and, to a lesser extent, Asian — men constituted the clear majority of S&E graduate and faculty positions between 1990 and 1999.9

The switch to mechanical engineering was inspired by her involvement with the university's solar race - car team — her team's car won the U.S. Sunrayce championship in 1993.

In addition, the brand new graphics engine in «Forza Motorsport 5,» powered by the Xbox One, will let «Forza» players get closer than ever to these amazing cars and to really build an appreciation for these masterpieces of race engineering.»

Suffice to say that this is the home world of the Engineers, the towering race that seeded Earth with human beings millions of years earlier, and toward which the survivors of Prometheus — Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and the android David (who like Walter, the subsequent model, is also played by Fassbender)-- had charted their course at the end of the previous film.

The film's design is a marvel of diverse locales, images of space that look authentic, and worn ships that give a sense of their construction (most notably in a dynamic sequence that has Kirk and his trusty engineer Scotty, played by Simon Pegg, racing through their ship as its center of gravity changes).

This short film is actually a Honda ad, but it makes its point beautifully, describing how innovation only comes from willingness to try new things and take risks — illustrated by interviews with engineers, designers, and race car drivers.

Yorkshire race car manufacturer, Ginetta, is supporting young engineers of the future by sponsoring a team in the annual Formula 1 in Schools competition.

NASA was created, the Space Race was officially on, and sweeping reforms in science and engineering education were enacted by Congress the very next year.

Built and raced by driver Jim Downing, a racer who found tremendous success with Mazda rotary - powered race cars, this car features a English - engineered Argo chassis mated to a 350 - hp, two - rotor engine.

The car is remarkably light too; just over 1500 kg at the kerb (a 599 weighs 1688 kg), and this despite what must be a fairly sizeable contribution from the massively strong steel box - section chassis with honeycomb flooring and a couple of heavy duty roll - hoops designed by race - car engineer Max Boxstrom whose credits include the Aston Martin AMR - 1 sports racer that raced at Le Mans in» 89.

War Horse Vauxhall — David Burgess-Wise examines the rôle played by the Vauxhall D - Type in the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappeared

Peugeot Racing Engineers 3: Ernest Henry Sébastien Faurès — Fustel de Coulanges continues this series of articles by focussing on Ernest Henry / Villa d'Este — Simon Moore reports from this prestigious concorso d'eleganza / Rippon Bros: Coachbuilders of Renown — Jonathan Wood outlines the story of this Huddersfield coachbuilder / Amilcar CGS: an ultra-rare Duval coupé / America, Top to Toe — Photographer Dirk Dahmer recounts an epic journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego at the wheel of a 1952 split window Volkswagen Beetle / Back on the Road — In the latest instalment of his series, Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1935 two - seater Wolseley Hornet Special

With photographs by Steve Welsh / Peugeot Racing Engineers, 4: Marcel Gremillon Sébastien Faurès — Fustel de Coulanges concludes his Peugeot series by analysing the career of Marcel Gremillon / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the total restoration of one of the last Lagonda Two Litres — a 1932 Continental, of which 23 were made

It's a very impressive package that's clearly built by a group of highly skilled racing engineers who understand how to build a top - spec GT car.

For us, Nismo is every bit as professional and skilled as AMG or BMW's M division, and a car engineered by a genuine race shop is deeply appealing.

The Vantage GT8 starts at # 165,000, or a chunky # 70,000 more than a standard V8 Vantage, but the extra cost is more than justified by the race - inspired engineering.

Designed by world - renowned racetrack engineer Hermann Tilke and built last year outside of Austin at a cost of $ 400 million, COTA hosted the Formula 1 extravaganza in November and has since been the site of races featuring Grand - Am, Australian V8 Supercars, and MotoGP.

Built by Extreme Tuners out of Athens, Greece, the shop specializes in high - tech high - performance parts for racing, marine, defense, and aviation industries with an in - house R&D group that is responsible for engineering, production and testing its products.

The most notable limitations now dictate how much fuel a race car can use per lap, pushing Audi Sport engineers to create a system that reduces the R18 e-tron quattro's fuel consumption by up to 30 percent.

The car's engineering was honed in Canada by Multimatic (the engineering buffs recently associated with Ford's GT racing campaign) and its handling polished by Corum Technology on several tracks and airfields in the U.K. «We sourced the highest - specification components regardless of where they were located,» Iker says.

Abarth (the surname of a famed Austrian engineer called Carlo who founded his eponymous company in 1949, specialised in tuning and racing Fiats to great acclaim and was bought out by the Turin giant in 1971) is now promoted as a separate brand through 19 dedicated dealerships, some of which are run by Alfa rather than Fiat, this being regarded as a more natural fit with the brand's up - tempo aspirations.

Started 30 years ago by a group of maverick Nissan engineers, the NISMO name is synonymous with passion, expertise, and the heights of Nissan performance — not to mention decades of racing dominance.

Corvette Racing and Chevrolet are coming off a second straight sweep of the GTLM Manufacturer, Driver and Team championships in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — titles won by combining driver skill with smart engineering strategy and team execution.

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a relevant, engineering - driven, lightly commercialized race endangered by uncorralled fans» lack of common sense, the commoditization of the car, waning manufacturer support, and the paving of the roadway.

Designed by Alfa Romeo engineers and made at the Maserati plant in Modena, this captivating coupé with two racing bucket seats uses materials and design solutions like carbon, aluminium, and rear - wheel drive derived from the 8C Competizione along with technologies from Alfa Romeo's latest models, all thoroughly revised to maximise the new car's sporting appeal.

The early fuel - stop strategy implemented by the No. 3 Corvette engineers yielded incredible results and the late - race driving by Tommy in the No. 4 Corvette brought everything together.

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: «I think what we saw tonight may have been the most intense mix of tremendous engineering and strategy from our engineering crew and flawless pit stops all day long by our Corvette RacingRACING PROGRAM MANAGER: «I think what we saw tonight may have been the most intense mix of tremendous engineering and strategy from our engineering crew and flawless pit stops all day long by our Corvette RacingRacing crew.

Dodge «Hot Rod» Magnum Developed by engineers from Chrysler Group's Street and Racing Technology (SRT) organization, who also happen to moonlight as SkunkWerks members, the Dodge «Hot Rod» Magnum gets an extra dose of performance.

Then Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus - Duntov leveraged the racing program to improve the production Corvette, as evidenced by the development of heavy - duty and high - performance components and the introduction of the race - bred Z06 option on the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.

Add to that the details we were being provided by the engineer about the high - tech, fragile - sounding stuff inside the engine — the «i - VTEC,» a system of «intelligent» valve timing that allows all 16 valves to open and close at precisely the correct time, for precisely the correct duration; a compression ratio of 11:1, more like a race - car engine than a passenger car; and a fuel injection system so sophisticated that rocket scientists would be scratching their heads.

Both drivers and engineers touted the 2017 R18 as being one of the best race cars ever designed by Audi.

The purpose - built Mustangs are developed and engineered for the track (with no VIN) by Ford Performance Parts, and the latest will utilize the 2018 Ford Mustang S550 platform and a host of great racing hardware.

[12] For Chevrolet Sonic models built in the United States, the Sonic features suspension tuning by Corvette Racing engineer John Buttermore.

Engineers have also decided to remove BMW's patented VALVETRONIC induction system, reverting to a conventional throttle due to the higher engine speeds demanded by a racing engine.

Another particularly interesting thing about the first race of the Aston Martin Rapide will be that it will be driven by a team of engineers from the company's Warwickshire headquarters and will feature leadership from Ulrich Bez, CEO of Aston Martin.

The final hours of the event required a passionate effort by Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Jordan Taylor — along with the efforts of the entire Corvette Racing crew, engineers and the GM Powertrain team.

Photos by Robert Story The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is a relevant, engineering - driven, lightly commercialized race...

In June 2011, Toyota announced a dealer - installed PLUS Performance Package engineered by Toyota Racing Development (TRD).

Started by a group of maverick Nissan engineers over 30 years ago, NISMO is synonymous with passion, expertise, and the heights of Nissan performance — not to mention decades of racing dominance.