Sentences with phrase «championship victory by»

In the last season that # 101 raced, 2008, the car was run in four race in the European Le Mans Series achieving three firsts and a third but missed out on championship victory by a single point.

Not exact matches

Yes, Pittsburgh is known for its offense, a unit that, if it performs at a high level, starting in the divisional round, should be a force great enough to carry the entire team to three - straight victories and a championship all by itself.

Seeing Matt Kenseth stand on the roof of his No. 20 car, fist raised in the air celebrating victory followed by a tearful interview to a national viewing audience, gave the impression his win Sunday at Phoenix Raceway carried some kind of championship implication.

He finished fifth in the championship, was on the podium nine times, and took one victory - he might have had another had he not been distracted by his mirror falling off.

It wasn't enough to win the title, but he set up his championship - winning season in 2016 by taking victory at the first four races, giving him a seven - race run of P1 finishes.

Asashoryu, the current yokozuna who is going for a record seven straight tournament championships — a streak unaffected by his exhibition victory last weekend — is Mongolian, as are many of the rikishi, and attendance is down.

In the U.S. championship, Chula Vista (managed by Oscar Castro) scored nine runs in the first inning en route to a mercy - rule 12 - 2 victory against San Antonio (Texas).

The Brazilian made his debut with Sauber back in 2002 and had a long spell with Ferrari where he achieved 11 race victories, also coming desperately close to the world championship in the dramatic 2008 season finale, where Massa missed out on the title by a single point.

While the Vikings clinched the NFC Central by beating Cleveland 28 - 23 on a 46 - yard touchdown pass as time expired (page 22), Steve Bartkowski's three TD throws in a 35 - 10 victory over the 49ers gave the Falcons the NFC West championship.

DiSanto helped put the Bears back in the CIF Division I State final by posting 15 kills, 14 digs, three aces and going 15 of 16 on serve receives in a 3 - 1 victory over Oak Ridge - El Dorado Hills in the Northern Regional championship on Nov. 27.

BOBSLEDDING — Italy's Eugenio Monti confounded experts at world bobsled championships at Cortina, Italy, by steering Italy's four - man team to.2 - second victory over favored German and U.S. teams with aggregate time of 5:04.75 for four heats.

Ferguson was so elated by his championship he climbed the victory stand first, leaving a startled official on the ground with his medal.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Terry Stotts and the Portland Trail Blazers are flying in the face of «defense wins championships» this season, piling up victory after victory by riding the best offense in the NBA.

ROWING — The NEW ZEALAND heavyweight crew, winners in the North American championships two weeks ago, rowed to a fast 5:43.9 victory over the 2,000 - meter Olympic course in Philadelphia, defeating Harvard by three - quarters of a length for the U.S. championship.

She capped her high school hoops career by leading the Crusaders to a 64 - 55 victory over Santa Barbara that earned her team the Division III state championship.

In 2016, the Oxford University Blues went 3 -1-0 en route to a 2 - 1 shootout victory over St Andrew's University in the semifinals, followed by a 5 - 1 win in the championship final against Southampton.

The Three Lionesses qualified for the semi-final stage of the European championship after they clinched a 1 - 0 victory over France which was watched by more than 3.3 million people — the biggest TV audience ever for women's football.

Ireland earned their first victory of the 2016 Six Nation championship by beating Italy 58 - 15 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin.

Scotland earned back to back victories in the Six Nations championship by beating France 29 - 18 at Murrayfield on Sunday.

Senna finished second in the 1993 championship, bolstered by victories in Japan and Australia at the end of the season.

Early season disappointment at Silverstone, where the winning Audi was disqualified for a too - thin skid plate, has been replaced by tentative optimism following a hard - won victory at Spa - Francorchamps in the second round of the WEC championship in May.

Nigel Mansell would get his own back by going on to dominate the championship in 1992, with Senna only able to clinch 3 victories.

Audi celebrates victory in America, but the championship itself is still led by the number eight Toyota

Gavin and Beretta lost the war for the GT1 drivers championship to their Corvette Racing teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen by 23 points, but they scored a victory in the final battle of the season Gavin and Beretta completed 139 laps in the winning No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R, finishing 12 seconds ahead of the runner - up No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R of O'Connell and Magnussen.

A victory by Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows in the 1,000 - mile Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on October 4 clinched the GT1 drivers» titles for O'Connell and Magnussen, the seventh straight drivers championship for Chevrolet's factory sports car racing team.

A.132 - second victory by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R over their Corvette Racing teammates Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell mathematically clinched the GT1 manufacturers championship for Chevrolet and the team championship for Corvette Racing.

Since the team's inception in 1999, Corvette Racing has been guided by Fehan and let's just say that the pairing has been a successful one, with 92 victories in endurance racing including 7 wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, plus 10 manufacturers and team championships in the American Le Mans Series.

«It's great to win the championship by winning here today,» said Gavin, who tallied his 27th career ALMS victory.

ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. — Chevrolet captured a fourth - straight ALMS GTS Manufacturers» championship on Saturday with a class victory by the factory - backed Corvette C5 - R race cars at Road America.

Garcia and Magnussen are five points out of the championship lead, having opened the season with victories at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida.

«I didn't take any risks because my main focus was to finish the race, to score points and to win the championship,» said Beretta, who tallied his 24th career ALMS victory, tying the series record held by Fellows and O'Connell.

Barbosa, Fittipaldi give Corvette first Indy win; Corvette C7.Rs place fourth and fifth in GTLM Fuel strategy makes the different for No. 5 Action Express Corvette DP Podium streak continues for Westbrook, Valiante Garcia, Magnussen maintain GTLM championship lead INDIANAPOLIS — Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi made history Friday by taking the Corvette brand to Victory Lane at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time.

The two factory Panozes would finish out the season without another victory, but their achievements allowed Panoz to take the LMP teams championship by a mere two points over BMW.

Fresh from victory in the GT2 class at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the Multimatic squad is out to capitalize on the championship lead held by David Brabham and Scott Maxwell aboard the # 50 Esperante.

While Lola has had limited success in the top class of the sport versus factory cars like the BMW V12 LMR and Audi R8, Lola has enjoyed periods of dominance in the second class (formerly LMP675, now LMP2), including championship class victories in the American Le Mans Series, although this has been threatened in the ALMS LMP2 by works - supported entries from Acura and Porsche.

Corvette Racing delivers another Bowtie title with VIR victory ALTON, Va. — Chevrolet added to its record - setting tally in the American Le Mans Series on Saturday by wrapping up its 10th manufacturer championship.