Sentences with phrase «during pit stops»

I'm told they use vortex tubes these days to cool the drivers in the race cars during the pit stops.

In addition, the strategy of tuning your car and adding in common race strategies during your pit stops helps make things seem more realistic and adds an additional sense of strategy to the game not seen before in past NASCAR titles.

Morning and afternoon teas — snacks and drinks available during pit stops at pubs, roadhouses and cafes (except afternoon tea at Copley on day nine)..

For other afternoon and evening snacking during pit stops between beaches, I hopped into the many bakeries aligning Rio's streets for fried codfish balls, ricotta and spinach balls, pastels of meat or cheese and cheesy bread.

But other than that, the mechanics concentrated on refuelling, tyre changes and cleaning the windows during the pit stops.

Both Binks and Gongla are hands - on crew chiefs, going over the wall during pit stops to change the inside tires on their respective cars.

Certainly physical size is a factor in minimizing the time required for driver changes during pit stops, but we also evaluated the drivers» individual styles and their preferences on chassis setups.

Crews raced against time to keep their low budget racers running as well as swapping out drivers and fueling cars during pit stops.

Binks was suffering from a kidney stone during the ALMS season finale, yet he stayed at his post throughout the four - hour race, spotting for drivers Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell and changing left - side tires during pit stops.

We've also adopted a new power control system that automatically performs many of the functions that used to be done manually, such as turning on the reserve fuel pump and switching the batteries during pit stops.»

During the pit stops we adjusted the roll bars a bit to get rid of the oversteer.

The GT2 rules do not allow telemetry, so this data must now be downloaded during pit stops.

(Acura is still working on the tuning of the auto clutch for use during pit stops in competition.)

For crew members, keep your hands safe and grippy during pit stops with the new Tech M glove ($ 150).

Brooke had the same mindset, so we shared notes and memorized everything during pit stops.

He even led for a few laps during the pit stops.

Aside from during the pit stops, Schumacher led the whole race and took the win - a record - equalling (at the time) 51st - and his fourth world championship with four race left to go in the season.

He was never seriously challenged and only lost the top position when the field cycled during pit stops.

Don't get me wrong, I do not want to go back to what we had in the refuelling era where overtaking was pretty much only possible during pit stops, but I think something between that and the type of passing we had during the height of the «Pirelli tyres made of cheese» era would strike a good balance.

The Swiss team was found to have illegally modified a piece of bodywork which helped them to get the engine restarted during pit stops

Poor reliability wasn't the only issue, though, as the team also suffered a couple of embarrassing fails during pit stops.

The Brit drove well all race, even running as high as second at one point during the pit stops - perhaps he should be dropped from the team more often!

Or Fernando Alonso comfortably leading, only for a mechanic to fall on the front wing during a pit stop and break it.

The second penalty occurred during a pit stop with 80 laps remaining.

Thankfully following the event the FIA banned X-wings on safety grounds as one got torn off one of the Saubers during a pit stop, and the nasty - looking devices disappeared for good.

Despite looking good for a win, Bird would later lose the lead after a problem during his pit stop.

During a pit stop, Christijan Albers decided that he wanted to get back in the race, so ignored his lollipop man and took off the moment his car had dropped off the jacks.

With 15 minutes to go in FP2, he had to stop out on track because yep, you guessed it, his wheel didn't go on properly during a pit stop.

Then to only go grocery shopping for me, myself and I for 3 days can be difficult, so I end up buying frozen and non-perishable foods to help sustain me during my pit stop at my apartment.

Some of the changes implemented to Project Cars with patch 4.0 is ability to force default setups in multiplayer portion of the game, enhanced brake assistance, additional best line visualisation, improved AI mechanics during pit stop and many other things.

Rusty's wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) isn't much of a role model either, between overimbibing in a «Chug Run» during a pit stop and «fessing up about having developed a bad reputation in college for showing her breasts to anybody who asked.

Rusty's wife Debbie (Christina Applegate) isn't much of a role model either, between over-imbibing in a «Chug Run» during a pit stop and «fessing up about having developed a bad reputation in college for showing her breasts to anybody who asked.

I'm startled as the GT drops off its air jacks and hovers just above the tarmac, just like the race version during a pit stop.

Since sunrise, the gap between the leading No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Magnussen, O'Connell, and Garcia and the pursuing No. 64 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Gavin, Beretta and Fassler scarcely exceeded two minutes except during pit stop exchanges.

The chances of getting slowed down in traffic during the pit stop window are extremely high this weekend.

During the pit stop he was passed by the eventual winning No. 4 Audi R8.

And there are plenty more little secrets to be discovered during this pit stop from the main adventure.

There are plenty of potential mechanical maladies that can befall you, too, such as a jammed wheel nut during a pit stop or aero damage from a misjudged rumble strip hit.

Not exact matches

What a great way to get some exercise during an otherwise routine pit stop.

Pleas know — I am not trying to put anything in your wound... I am one that made it through my pit (Psalm 40) I stopped blaming circumstances and spent many hours mad, crying, angry all the stuff at God... I don't know why or how but I ended up in helping situations during the hardest time... it was crazy... I spoke at churches that were driven — failing and those not driven thriving (but those thriving had vision and direction) but not driven to the point of believing they were the best or anything like that.

The cartoonists can count on it for fare; we still see drawings of the tots marching in and out of church buildings while Dad, still in pajama shirt, shivers over cigarette and newspaper outside in the car that he can no longer afford to heat during the children's weekly spiritual pit stop.

During our second pit stop of the day, at Ray's Happy Birthday Bar, a 75 - year - old corner tavern, Amiel's one - time barber breezed in («Hey, Anthony!»).

One of those, of course, came at Interlagos, where he qualified and finished a pretty comfortable third - despite getting a penalty in the race for speeding in the pitlane and stopping in the wrong pit box during a stop!

Seven - time series champion Jimmie Johnson labored through a difficult afternoon, starting 22nd and only getting as high as 10th during a cycle of green - flag pit stops.

Harvick and Keselowski had the two best cars a year ago at Atlanta; Harvick won the pole and led a race - high 292 laps, while Keselowski took the checkered flag after Harvick was penalized for speeding on pit road during his final stop.

During the Argentinian Grand Prix his in - lap before a pit stop was so ferociously fast that his team weren't even ready for him.

This was the first Formula E race which didn't have a minimum pit stop time, so to try and gain the upper hand the team modified the new seatbelt systems to try and gain an advantage during the stops.

During the subsequent unscheduled pit stop, Truex fell a lap behind and any chance of victory considerably reduced.

He started third and when the team decided not to pit it's cars during the safety car (which had been deployed for Ralf Schumacher's crash on the banking) it meant that Sato would emerge from his first stop way back in the midfield.

This was perfectly illustrated during the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, when Gerhard Berger's Ferrari F93 slammed into the wall following a pit stop.