Sentences with phrase «for race winners»

He's a long shot for one of those two wild - card spots, reserved for race winners who finish 11th through 20th in points, but the fact that he's in mathematical contention makes the 28 - year - old Floridian one of the surprises of 2012.

Not exact matches

For example, Whole Foods, Virgin Airlines, Krave, Destination Races, and Meb Meflezighi, winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, have partnered to promote a contest aimed to drive consumers into Whole Foods stores where they can register for a drawing to win a trip to a participate in a half marathon to be held in Sonoma, California, wine countFor example, Whole Foods, Virgin Airlines, Krave, Destination Races, and Meb Meflezighi, winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, have partnered to promote a contest aimed to drive consumers into Whole Foods stores where they can register for a drawing to win a trip to a participate in a half marathon to be held in Sonoma, California, wine countfor a drawing to win a trip to a participate in a half marathon to be held in Sonoma, California, wine country.

It's an odd choice for a site trying to pick non-Harper winners, since those are the very races where a Conservative could squeak up the middle.

Other wellness incentives could be paying the registration for 5K or 10K for races or creating Fitbit competitions for employees with a gift card or free lunch for winners.

Granatelli's new cars are being built in Lenggries, Germany by a racing newcomer, Francis McNamara, who has been in the game for just two years but who already has a reputation of building winners.

MILEPOSTS — DIED: JEAN BEHRA, 38, of France, one of the world's most brilliant race drivers (winner of Grand Prix de Pau, Nurburgring, Bari, co-winner with Juan Fangio in 1957 Sebring), who started career as motorcyclist, switched to racing autos in 1951, of a fractured skull when his Porsche skidded during preliminary for Grand Prix of Germany (see page 31).

The race was then restarted, but only for one lap behind the safety car, at which point the chequered flag was thrown and Shane van Gisbergen controversially declared the winner, despite only one lap being completed under full racing conditions.

With the race settled, Texas A&M recovered from a severe late - season case of the stumbles to beat TCU 64 - 56 and Baylor 77 - 63, tied SMU, a 93 - 82 winner over Arkansas, for second place.

But in Canada, we were treated to a multi-stop race which saw Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and eventual winner Lewis Hamilton all challenge for victory.

This Game will give the Winner a real leg up in the race for 6th place in the Standings..

Hamilton and Kubica were both in their second F1 seasons (second full one for Kubica, after he did a few races in 2006) when they finished P1 and P2 at the 2008 Monaco GP, a wet race where the eventual winner recovered from an early puncture after a glance with the wall.

In addition to his four CCWS championships, Bourdais is also the winner of 31 races in his Indy car career, tied with Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy for eighth on the all - time wins list.

James Hinchcliffe has the pole position for Sunday's race, and among the 33 - car field is Helio Castroneves, trying to become the fourth four - time winner of the Indy 500.

BOATING — «The roughest race I ever saw,» said JERRY LANGER of Miami Beach after being declared winner of the 172 - mile Sam Griffith Memorial ocean race for powerboats, run off Florida's east coast in 8 - to -10-foot seas and 23 - mph winds.

In any case, ElPais, a newspaper in Montevideo, asked the Associated Press for the winner «scircle picture from the Sept. 23 race, and on the basis of that declared thatLebón was actually Cinzano.

The Sarnses» 45 - foot Revelry is one of the busiest and winningest B class sailboats on the Great Lakes (class B winner, Port Huron - Mackinac race last year for the second time running).

We are down to just eight drivers still alive for the championship with four races remaining, though most eyes are on Joey Logano, winner of each of the last three weeks.

But after a rough four - week stretch, Patrick has reason to be happy as she was the highest - finishing driver for Stewart - Haas Racing with Stewart coming home 17th and Ryan Newman — last year's winner of this race — being scored in 31st.

HARNESS RACING — RALPH BALDWIN, driver and trainer for Castleton Farm (Speedy Scot), was the leading money winner on the 1963 Grand Circuit, with earnings of $ 299,899.

Killy's lead over Sabich for the title had been 30 points, quite an edge since only 25 points are awarded to the winner of each race, 20 to the runner - up, 15 for third, 10 for fourth and on down to five for the eight losers in the opening round.

Not only because Welbeck scored the winner and the fact we broke the Old Trafford vodoo, but it's a massive blow for United in the Top Four race.

H. L. Hunt, a likely winner in the race for world's richest man, was never much for fun and games, but two of his boys, Lamar (below) and Bunker, back their leisure - time interests with gushers of money

As the only professional horse race handicapper of her sex in the country, Jobie uses it to jot down likely winners for The Miami Herald and The Lexington (Ky.) Herald.

Ironman France moved its race for the first time to Nice, where Sunday's winners, Herve Faure of France and Mariska Kramer of Holland, enjoyed a 2.4 - mile dip in the Mediterranean Sea along the French Riviera.

The Sun meanwhile report that French giants PSG are also in the race for the former Champions League winner.

The winner and their guest will also get trackside seats for the race.

Not for the first time this year, Sebastian Vettel was denied a victory due to a strategy error but rather than sulk, the Ferrari driver instead joked with race - winner Lewis Hamilton that it was two seagulls that caused him to lock - up and make a mistake.

It's not the first time the WEC has done something like this — nine - time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen was given a similar honour for his last race at Interlagos in 2013.

He was four laps down on the winner at the end, but in a race where only five cars finished that was enough for third place.

The kids linger to race one another head on — no cops here, now — and elect a high school winner for the night.

For most of the eligible trotters the Review is the first event of the year offering two important conditions that will be met later at Du Quoin: racing in daylight and racing at least two heats before the winner is determined.

The Fa cup is supposed to be a «portal trophy» one that you win in order to get the taste for sucess, but when we constantly crash out of the title race by February / March and turn to the Fa cup as a measure of how sucessful you are as a team... it becomes the physical representation of an Oxymoron... in the sense that were winners and losers at the same time.

The object of their scrutiny was a strapping, gray 3 - year - old named Holy Bull, who would lace Preakness and Belmont winner Tabasco Cat and about whom there was as much uncertainty as fascination, a deliciously fast horse, perhaps the horse all of racing has been waiting for.

On May 4th — the day of the 94th Derby — the stewards at Churchill Downs, for reasons known only to themselves, ordered tests on only 10 horses: the winner of each of the nine races on the card, plus one additional horse from the Derby field drawn by lot.

For all he knew, the specimen with tag 3956 U on it came from an also - ran in the fourth race or the winner of the eighth (which had a post time of 5:42 p.m.).

But Helio Castroneves, a three - time race winner, paced final practice on Friday and most in the garage fully expect Penske to have something for the Hondas during the race.

Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan is also still seeking for a place to race next year and may depart for NASCAR, sports cars or Brazilian Stock Cars.

Kanaan is the defending winner of the Indianapolis 500 but is still looking for a ride next season as his IndyCar contract with KV Racing ends at the conclusion of the season.

Bayern Munich have apparently knocked Manchester United back in the race to sign Thomas Muller after Louis Van Gaal's men made a # 45m offer for the World Cup winner, according to the Daily Express.

Although marriage and the years have somewhat mellowed Se √ ± or, his racing public still looks to him for the miracles he provided in such fabulous seasons as the 1947 Saratoga meeting, when he had 17 winners in 30 races, including nine stakes.

2008 race - winner Scott Dixon is the pole - sitter for the race and has been the betting favorite in the lead - up.

This evening — meant for winners to gloat and losers to drown their sorrows in cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon — has instead turned into a bizarre precursor to the main event, races the locals have been waiting for all year.

Last lap lead changes are rare as it is in F1 - it's only happened 27 times in almost 1000 races - and just 12 of them have seen the winner lead for only one lap.

This weekend marks the most lucrative sim race in eSports history, with a total prize fund of $ 1 million for the Las Vegas eRace — including a sum of $ 200,000 for the winner.

When racing resumed he had to fend off pressure from Tom Gamble for the rest of the race, the gap rarely more than a second, but after 10 laps crossed the line to take third, just a few seconds behind winner Linus Lundqvist.

Winning Pick - Six payoff at Del Mar for former Vikings head coach Mike Tice (out of football since being fired as the Bears» offensive coordinator last January), the only bettor at the track to pick the winners of races 3 through 8.

In addition to points awarded based on the finish each week — 40 points for the winner, 35 for second place, 34 for third, down to one point for those 36th to 40th — this year brought a new system, with points for the first two stages of each race.

Racing for three hours in the searing conditions was a brutal test for the drivers and come the end only two had managed to complete the entire distance without sharing their drive (as was allowed at the time)- fifth - place finisher Roberto Mieres and winner, Juan Manual Fangio.

Third place was a great result for Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull - not just because it's his fifth consecutive podium, but because he was only six seconds away from race winner Bottas.

For all those who missed the alpine world championship last winter, there was Garmisch» 78, winner of the racing and competition category.