Sentences with phrase «early racing successes»

John's early racing successes, driving a modified Mitsubishi 3000GT at venues such as the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, the Silver State Classic and the Bonneville Salt Flats (where he set a world record in his class), stoked the competitive fires and convinced him that this passion for racing could be turned into a successful business venture.

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On how has racing has affected his political career: I attribute my early campaign success to the racetrack.

The French - Argentine driver picked up nine poles and seven victories en route to the 2017 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 title, and his early success has led to Carlin inviting him to step up and race in the European Formula 3 Championship.

With the landscape of endurance racing changing in the early 1990s (basically Bernie Ecclestone was worried it was getting more popular than F1, so he killed it off) 1991 would be the last chance for Mazda to achieve success, so entered two of its 787Bs for the race.

A version of this article appears in print on July 15, 2010, on Page A29 of the New York edition with the headline: Early Fund - Raising Success for One, but No Clear Leader in Attorney General's Race.

While seeking to describe the different ways families prepare children to navigate issues of race and racism, Anderson and her team of researchers have uncovered a connection between certain approaches to racial socialization in early childhood and parents» expectations for greater success in school.

The knowledge that carbs were vital for his racing and success were imparted to him early.

This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low - income children, and confirms its detrimental effects on school success by examining children from across various incomes and race / ethnicity groups in a nationally representative sample of children entering kindergarten.

Buy the Besst and get it — Dennis Harrison writes about a mid-twenties Australian assembled car that failed to become a great success / Early»30s Morris Minors — The story of two Minors — a coupe and a two - seater — is recounted by David Hawtin / Autocrat — Michael Worthington - Williams on the history of a little - known car made in the Midlands in the period around World War One / American Steam Tour — A report by Mick Tuxworth on the 1991 American Steam Car Tour / Pietro Bordino — racing driver — This gifted Italian has been called «the greatest driver of the twenties».

Then came mid-engine, street - legal racing cars like the Porsche 550 Spyder and 904 Carrera GTS; the former most famous for claiming the life of actor James Dean in 1955 and the latter as a car raced in the early 1960s with great success by drivers like Ben Pon, the builder of Bernardus Lodge.

Photographs by Steve Welsh / The Figoni coupé — Simon Moore tells the story of a unique Alfa Romeo 6C 1750, bodied by Figoni for the Paris Salon and later raced with success at Le Mans / Back on the Road — Michael Ware describes the restoration of a 1948 Nuffield Oxford taxi cab, a rare survivor from the early post-war period

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.

Greenwood and his brother Burt grew up in the home of a General Motors executive who had earlier been a fighter pilot during World War II, so it was no surprise that John first became widely known for his success racing in a Corvette, winning back - to - back SCCA A Production National Championships in the early 1970s.

Whether it was touring cars, rally cars, Formula 2 racers, a super sports car for the newly founded ProCar race series or the engine that powered the Brabham BMW team to the Formula One world title in 1983 — everything BMW Motorsport GmbH sent out onto the race track in its early years seemed hard - wired for success.

In the early days, it was the imported Siberian sled - dogs, sometimes referred to as Siberian rats because of their lighter body structure and smaller size than the Malamutes and mixed breeds traditionally used in Alaska, that soon won fame and success - not only as very fast competitors in the grand sled - dog races of the gold - rush era, but also as couriers of mail, and even of vaccines which saved human lives (one very famous instance of which, is remembered through the classic Iditarod race).

The Wipeout series has become one of the most iconic racing franchises since first appearing on the original PlayStation — and one of the early titles attributed to its success — seeing several sequels over the following years.