Sentences with phrase «championship race course»

Not exact matches

Except, of course, this was the widespread belief last year, then all Johnson did was win a playoff - best three races en route to win a seventh Cup championship, tying the all - time mark shared by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.

He was on course for a podium but a tyre failure eight laps from the end put him out of the race, whilst Michael went on to finish second, securing world championship number seven in the process.

We've got a chance to course - correct with 2021, looks like, but we need to do that now because I think Formula 1 will be much more entertaining and therefore more valuable to all of us if we have four, five, six teams winning races, that have a chance at a championship.»

Of course, it does have its boring races - every championship does - but in IndyCar, they seem to be just that little bit less common.

Of the 17 races on the 2018 calendar, six take place on ovals, six on road course, and five on street courses, making IndyCar perhaps the truest test of driver abilities of any championship in the world.

The whole championship accumulated with the potentially most exciting race down the whole course!

But Fernando - who this season alone has already targeted Q3 in every race and thinks the team can challenge the top three in the championship over the course of the next few races - is confused as to why people have such high expectations of the team.

Having spent half a decade solidifying their reputation as big - race skiers — with Tommy Moe's Olympic downhill win in Lillehammer, Picabo Street's 1996 world downhill championship and 1998 Olympic Super G title, Hilary Lindh's downhill gold in Sestriere — the Americans squandered a home course advantage in Vail with a grim performance.

Of course, a one - make championship filled with literally dozens of the series» top drivers is going to lead to a closely - fought race, especially somewhere with as many long straights as Le Mans, and so it proved to be the case this year.

Next weekend, I'll be watching the Sydney triathlon — the first stop on this year's world championships series, and the first race on this course since Simon Whitfield's immortal gold - medal performance in 2000.

It does however provide that much needed extra incentive to continue on these races and try to win the grand prize, which is of course a championship.

Instead of working your way through different racing tiers over the course of several calendar years, all the championship series in Career are unlocked from the start as long as you can afford the cars necessary to race in them.

A first for the franchise, you can now participate in the formation lap before the start of each race, and further to the official championship courses, gamers have access to four shorter track variants — Silverstone, Suzuka, Circuit of the Americas and Bahrain.

Now after racing on high - speed courses in Sebring, Fla., and Atlanta, Chevy's factory road racing team is aiming to extend its lead in the drivers and manufacturers championships on the tight 13 - turn Mid-Ohio circuit.

The second race of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America championship was a battle down to the final turn for Madison Snow, who piloted the No. 29 Change Racing Lamborghini Carolinas entry to a weekend sweep at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

TRD supported off - road legend Ivan «Ironman» Stewart for 30 years on his path to multiple championships and race victories in Baja, U.S. off - road desert and short - course off - road races.

With upcoming races at Mid-Ohio, Road America, Mosport, Detroit's Belle Isle street course, Road Atlanta, and Laguna Seca, Corvette Racing still has a long and winding road to travel until the GT1 championships are decided.

They'll race one lap around the punishing 4.048 - mile, 14 - turn Road America course in the Tour de Road America Bike Ride to Fight Cancer to establish bragging rights in Chevrolet's championship - winning road racing team.

• Oliver Gavin and Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner retain the championship lead by eight points after finishing fourth at Watkins Glen • Milner qualified the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the sixth position Saturday after a lap of 1:42.794 (119.0 mph) at the 3.4 - mile, 11 - turn road course • Milner took the first stint in what was a very tight battle between the GTLM cars, running between sixth to eighth.

The goal is, of course, nice and simple: score as many points in each race as you can so that you can finish the championship in the top position and proceed to rub McGrath's face in your victory.

While the lobbies are sometimes empty you can host your own game for up to six players or jump into someone else's, and races can be individual or championships at up to ten courses a time.

These can be raced in career mode via certain revival matches, Grand Prix mode where you can of course race on any track, championship and time trial.

You'll sit down to play through a single five - race championship and blow through another 20 courses without even thinking.

Unlocking new vehicles just took longer than I would like, though there is a custom race mode to assuage your longings and you can race in any vehicle to your hearts content and practice those courses to crush your next attempt at a championship.