Sentences with phrase «first championship race»

Giuseppe Farina won the first championship race in F1 at Silverstone on 13 May in 1950 and went on to claim the drivers» title too.

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentina's daring world champion, began bid for fourth title, gunning his borrowed Ferrari at record - breaking 79.4 mph to win Argentina Grand Prix at Buenos Aires, first championship race of 1956.

Not exact matches

The partnership makes sense: Both Eneos and Larson are emerging brands in the U.S. and in Nascar: Eneos has enjoyed steady growth, and Kyle won his first Sprint Cup race earlier this year, and also qualified for Nascar's Chase (championship playoff).

Unfortunately for young driver Todd Hazelwood, that's exactly what happened when he tangled with Jonathon Webb during the first qualifying race for the Sandown 500, the first of three endurance events in the Supercars championship.

Freydis Leaf, 32 - year - old brunette six - footer from Kensington, England, is the first woman ever to win the British air - racing championship.

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.

«Doing this race is some kind of first step in endurance championship [driving], how these races are and how much I enjoy these races.

Martin Truex Jr. rallied to win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.

MARK MARTIN, 6 AAAFord, Roush Racing In his final Cup season the 47 - year - old has beenimpressively consistent; more of the same could bring the four - time pointsrunner - up his first Cup championship.

Barbara Britch, 15, a Nordic skier from Anchorage, Alaska, compiled the nation's fastest times for her class as she won all but one of her races this season and became the state's first U.S. titlist by taking the junior ladies» championship in Duluth.

If this year's title race unfolds similarly to how the previous two finales did, to claim a career - first championship Edwards will need to win Homestead outright — not just be the highest finisher among the four title eligibles.

The Ferrari F2002 was totally dominant, Schumacher had won four of the first five races and he had a sizeable lead in the championship.

Kimi Raikkonen won the first race — the first time Lotus had done so since 2006 and 1978 and at this point in the season the entire field were separated by just 25 points in the championship — the closest title battle since Australia 2012.

Stewart became the first African - American to win a major motor racing championship in 2007 and followed up with another Supercross title in 2009.

Twice he came through in must - win situations; the first in the penultimate race at Phoenix to qualify for the championship round, then in the finale when he charged from 12th to the lead over the final 15 laps.

Starting the Chase in 11th, Keselowski has recorded two top - fives in the first two races and has once again shown he is a contender for the championship.

The Silverstone circuit looked very different when it first hosted a F1 season opener, more specifically the maiden race in the F1 world championship.

Two races later, on May 9, he earned his first championship points with a fifth at Spain.

Now Holy Bull is in position to become the first horse since Slew O» Gold, in 1983, to win the 3 - year - old championship without winning a Triple Crown race or the Breeders» Cup Classic.

While it may take a few races for Montoya to get re-acclimated to open - wheel racing, Penske has stacked the deck in his efforts to both return to Victory Lane at Indianapolis and pick up the team's first championship since 2006 (Sam Hornish Jr..)

He was D4D's Driver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West championship.

GT Sport will be the series» first entry onto the current generation of consoles, and unlike previous titles will feature a cut back, more focused roster of cars with an emphasis on racing simulation and online features — including the first ever FIA - sanctioned online racing championship.

Soper was keen to help teammate Harvey out in the championship, but it looked like that was all over when he was spun out at the first corner of the race.

Carlin driver Devlin DeFrancesco went a little bit too hot into the first corner during the second race of the Hungaroring round of the Euroformula Open championship

Trailing Houston's Bob Mosbacher going into the final race, Skipper BUDDY FRIEDRICHS JR., a 27 - year - old stockbroker from New Orleans, retained his North American Dragon Class championship when he finished the four - race series in Toronto with three firsts and a sixth.

P4 was enough to take the championship battle onto the third and final race and Randle finished third, to become the first Aussie to win the series.

It was a dramatic race too, as Jack Brabham ended up pushing his car across the line to win his first world championship.

Elliott ended up crashing and losing a shot at his first - career - win, a victory that would've locked into the championship race.

The TF105 was a pretty handy machine and Jarno Trulli took a brace of podiums in the first few races, proving to unexpectedly appear to be Fernando Alonso's closest challenger in the championship until McLaren and Kimi Raikkonen came good.

Despite eventually finishing seventh Blaney actually leads the championship after the first race of the season, because Nascar.

Stoffel Vandoorne raised plenty of eyebrows when he won the opening round of the 2013 FR3.5 season from pole - his first race in the championship.

He went on to win four more races that year (all on ovals) and win the title, becoming the first driver to hold the F1 and IndyCar championships at the same time.

SKIING — JIM PAGE, a Dartmouth junior, finished first in the cross-country race and made a strong enough showing in the three other events to win the NCAA championship's skimeister title in Squaw Valley, Calif..

It's the first bit of good luck the team has had for ages, following two race weekends which saw the team miss out on a couple of potential wins and Lewis Hamilton extend his lead in the championship.

Alfa Romeo has a long history in F1, with Giuseppe Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio winning the first two world championships driving Alfas before the company withdrew from grand prix racing at the end of 1951.

Whilst Alonso won seven times on the way to his (and the teams) first championships, Fisichella's challenge came to nothing - he didn't even make the podium again until the 15th race of the season in Monza.

Those that win the first race but not the championship are usually at least in contention for it - think Sebastian Vettel in 2017, Fernando Alonso in 2010, or Eddie Irvine in 1999.

Earnhardt, who was first and fifth in the two earlier IROC races, averaged 153.316 mph for 50 laps on the two - mile high - banked oval track to collect the $ 175,000 IROC championship purse.

Last year, Busch was in a similar position and claimed his first series title by outdueling Kevin Harvick for both the race win and championship.

British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton said: «This European championships marks the first opportunity for us to score Olympic qualification points for Rio and as such the squad as a whole is prepared and looking forward to this season's racing.

The German started on pole position and had hoped to win in America to keep the championship race alive, but Hamilton overtook him on the first corner on his way to a title - clinching victory.

He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.

It's still unclear whether Bill de Blasio will be able to stave off a runoff tonight, but in the race for public advocate — an almost entirely powerless position that is nevertheless first in the line of succession for the mayoralty, for some reason — state Senator Daniel Squadron and city Councilwoman Letitia James are locked in at around 33 percent to 35 percent each, and will face each other for the championship on October 1, according to the AP.

So says the man who is building a fleet of cars for the EV Cup, the world's first racing championship for electric vehicles.

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.

For its first update in just over two years, Mini Motor Racing adds 64 - bit compatibility, a new championship, some new tracks and cars, an overhauled multiplayer mode, and some seriously prettied - up graphics.

There lies the first problem with the game: championship races get boring fast.

The hum of 16 open - wheeled Formula Rookie vehicles start to fill the air as drivers take to the starting grid for the second and final race of the championship; the first race weekend of 2015.

With an impressive qualifying result the day before, driver Bartek Pagacz started on pole and finished the first race maintaining his position, adding 25 points to his championship standings.

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.