Sentences with phrase «defending race champion»

The defending race champion Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs put on a show in 2016 with Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe leading teammates Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller in a dominant 1 - 2 finish.

Ford: The defending race champion Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs put on a show in 2016 with Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe leading teammates Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller in a dominant 1 - 2 finish.

«We were on a roller coaster, one minute up, then suddenly down, and we had to push really hard to get through traffic,» said Graf, the defending race champion.

That left the final dash to defending race champion Wolf Henzler in the Team Falken Tire Porsche 911 RSR, the No. 912 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR with Michael Christensen and Marc Goossens in the 91 SRT Motorsports Dodge Viper GTS - R.

But in the end it was the No. 4 Corvette Racing C7.R, driven by defending race champions Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner that claimed the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class victory.

Not exact matches

In the men's 400 freestyle, Australia's Horton edged out defending champion Sun Yang of China and Italy's Gabriele Detti, pulling ahead in the final quarter after shadowing Britain's James Guy and Conor Dwyer of the U.S. for much of the race.

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The attention of most observers, however, was focused on a low - slung 39 - foot yawl, Hoot Mon, the defending champion for this year's race.

Cannon is a defending champion of this race, with partner Barrie Grant, also a veterinarian from Pullman, Wash, and their horse, Boomer, a half - Arabian.

Talismanic, at 14 - 1 odds, led a furious charge down the stretch to win the 1 1/2 - mile, $ 4 million Breeders» Cup Turf race, beating out Beach Patrol and defending Turf champion Highland Reel.

Dick's son Lance was only seven years old during the»78 race, but he can remember the commotion as his father, running beside his sled and nearly suffocating in his parka, barreled down Front Street neck and neck with Rick Swenson, the defending champion, who'd also jumped off his sled to run.

This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a car issue shortly after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his name - not great for the defending champion...

The Premier League champions have been cut adrift in the race to defend their title in recent weeks, with leaders Chelsea now commanding a six point lead with a game in hand.

The Cardinal were the two - time defending Pac - 12 champions and expected to give Oregon a serious run for its money in the West Coast wing of the title race.

The defending Cup champion won two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway, the final race before the Easter holiday break.

Defending race - winner and regular season points champion Martin Truex Jr. starts third, followed by Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski.

The 59 - year - old has earned plenty of praise this season, not only for the fact that Napoli continue to push defending Serie A champions Juventus in the title race, as they trail them by four points with seven games remaining, but more so because of the style of football that he has implemented at the San Paolo.

While you might think Fraser - Pryce had an experience advantage as the defending Olympic champion, she said she was nervous going into this race.

Martin went into Sunday's race only 73 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson, having taken a whopping 107 - point chunk out of Johnson's margin the week before at Texas, when the three - time defending champion crashed on the third lap and finished 38th.

«I love sliding around, especially when you are at the top of the (leader) board doing that,» said Jimmie Johnson, two - time defending race winner and seven - time Cup Series champion.

Ganassi will again expand to four cars with the signing of Kanaan and the defending Indianapolis 500 champion will be paired with Charlie Kimball at the team's Brownsburg, Ind. race shop.

Except the defending series champion is having a down season (by his lofty standards) where he's led all of 21 laps and has just a single top - five finish over the past 18 races.

The defending champion Broncos have an intriguing three - man race, and fans may be surprised to see that rookie Paxton Lynch (+110) was installing as the favorite to start the season opener against the Panthers.

The defending national champion in the outdoor two mile (8:53.59), he won the state Federation Championship 5K race last fall (15:30.40) and owns the country's best time in the indoor 3,200 meters this season (9:09.77).

MOTOR SPORTS — Defending world champion JACKIE STEWART, driving a Tyrrell - Ford, led all the way to take the Argentine Grand Prix in Buenos Aires, the first Formula I race of the season.

With three races left, Johnson, the five - time defending Sprint Cup champion, trails Carl Edwards by 43 points.

The defending champions underlined their dominance by winning the Medal Race to score a comprehensive second successive Men's 470 World Cup triumph at the Abu Dhabi Sailing and Yacht Club.

After a difficult penultimate race day, the British duo faced an uphill battle to try and wrest gold from the grip of the Austrian defending champions Lara Vadlau and Jolanta Ogar, who started the final 10 - boat medal race with a near insurmountable 18 point lead.

As a result, day three sees a bumper schedule with eight British boats set to race, including defending champions Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.

The double Olympic, world and European champion says his training is going well and that racing that distance at the Diamond League meeting on July 24 will be «the best possible preparation» ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing where he will hope to successfully defend his 5000m and 10,000 m titles.

While Armitstead savoured the win behind her the race for silver and bronze came down to the final corners as Alice Barnes showed her huge potential in holding off the challenge of defending champion Laura Trott.

With the first races of the new British Touring Cars season now just three days away, evo asked reigning champion Gordon Shedden about the year ahead as he bids to defend his title:

CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: Two Corvettes Confirmed for June Race Team enters as defending GTE Pro champion, reigning Rolex 24 winner

Corvette Racing, the defending series Manufacturer and Team champions, has seven class victories at Sebring since 2002.

«Full - Season Four» Return to Corvette Racing for 2017 Team relying on consistency in driver lineup for IMSA, Le Mans programs Gavin, Milner defending IMSA GT Le Mans Driver's Champions Garcia, Magnussen eager to challenge for GTLM title All four drivers are past IMSA Driver's Champions Chevrolet's flagship GT team won five times in 2016 DETROIT (Dec. 7, 2016)-- After sweeping all six GT Le Mans titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2016 and winning five times, Corvette...

Baltimore - based Team Lexus is the defending Sport Touring I class champion and is also leading the 2003 team owner points race.

Antonio Garcia will join defending ALMS GT1 champions Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R for the Sebring 12 - hour, Le Mans 24 - hour, and 1000 - mile Petit Le Mans endurance races.

LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing comes into the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the defending champion in the GTE Pro category.

Chevrolet Team Aims for Eighth Victory in 24 Hours of Le Mans LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing comes into the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the defending champion in the GTE Pro category.

LE MANS, France, June 11, 2012 — Corvette Racing comes into the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the defending champion in the GTE Pro category.

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: GTLM Pole Position for Magnussen, No. 3 Corvette Defending series champions off to strong start; Gavin encouraged with potential in No. 4 Corvette DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2018)-- Twenty years after its competition debut at Daytona International Speedway, Corvette Racing will start Saturday's Rolex 24 At Daytona from pole position in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) RACING AT DAYTONA: GTLM Pole Position for Magnussen, No. 3 Corvette Defending series champions off to strong start; Gavin encouraged with potential in No. 4 Corvette DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 25, 2018)-- Twenty years after its competition debut at Daytona International Speedway, Corvette Racing will start Saturday's Rolex 24 At Daytona from pole position in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) Racing will start Saturday's Rolex 24 At Daytona from pole position in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class.

Defending ALMS GT champions Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, in the No. 4 Corvette C6.R, were runners - up for the second consecutive season on the streets of Baltimore after one of the wildest and most unpredictable races in the series» history.

Defending GTLM champions will go for seventh class victory at venue LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 13, 2018)-- Corvette Racing will go for its...

The defending champions hold a five - race winning streak and have a commanding lead in the ALMS manufacturers» championship while Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell cling to a 33 - point lead in the drivers» title

The defending champions hold a five - race winning streak and have a commanding lead in the ALMS manufacturers» championship while Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell cling to a 33 - point lead in the drivers» title Return to Portland After an absence of two years, the...

Defending GTS series champion Aschenbach jumped to the lead from his pole position on the first lap of the 32 - lap feature race at the famed 2.459 - mile, 10 - turn road circuit northeast of Toronto.

VIR was also the last race for defending champion Jeff Altenburg, who parted ways with the Tri-Point team to pursue a SPEED GT drive.

Defending GTS Sprint champion George Kurtz and endurance racing star Colin Braun will co-drive the No. 04 CrowdStrike / GMG Audi R8 LMS.

In Touring Car A, the 2014 defending champion Jason Wolfe secured his second consecutive TCA championship scoring eight wins on the season piloting the No. 36 Wolfe Trucking Kinetic Motorsports Kia Forte Koup after holding off heated challenges all season from Tony Rivera, in the No. 86 Brass Monkey Racing Scion FR - S and Patrick Seguin, in the No. 39 helpkevinproject.com Team Ost Racing Honda Civic SI.

Defending 2014 champion Cadillac Racing's Johnny O'Connell experienced a hard - luck first half of the season behind the wheel of the new ATS - V - R.