Sentences with phrase «for racing speed»

They just don't test them for racing speed.

Not exact matches

The platform would orbit 200 miles above Earth, offering six guests 384 sunrises and sunsets as they race around the planet for 12 days at incredibly high speeds.

Car demand is waning now but the need for speed isn't, so the automaker is rolling out a fresh hot rod that's a sign of the times: its first race - ready SUV.

The company has sponsored NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon too — his race car features a prominent Fix Auto logo — and it has even purchased digital billboards in the popular video game series Need for Speed.

The cable companies followed suit with a comparable technology, and the broadband speed race — for both DSL and cable — began in earnest.

«We learned that covering an entire race in virtual reality would be very difficult; however, there were some really compelling shots and experiences that were worthwhile that we thought we could rally around — the pits, the speed shots, and the kinds of views that a normal NASCAR fan would have seen before like this, and for the newly initiated NASCAR fans could show them just how exciting it is to be at a race in person,» Davies says.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

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Last week the Soviet unveiled a brand - new racing car, the Kharkov Six, in an arrestingly streamlined version designed for straightaway speed trials.

Motor Sports Rain helps Kasey Kahne win his fourth race of the season Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s back up to speed Historic finish for Bill Lester

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!

GS is likely the race discipline most akin to the average person's skiing style (unless, of course, you were heading for top spot on the Snoww speed leaderboard).

Darryl Greenamyer, of Las Vegas, set a world record for unlimited prop planes by flying his World War II P - 51 at a speed of 413.987 mph at the Reno National Championship air races.

Chill early - autumn winds were gusting down Long Island Sound at speeds up to 30 knots, and the fleet of 5.5 - meter yachts competing in the third race for the U.S. National Championship swept toward the finish line like maple leaves ahead of a gale.

On Wednesday and again Friday night, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver was penalized for speeding on pit road, necessitating he fall to the rear.

In recent Martinsville races, he's had a dominant car only for potential wins to slip away due to speeding penalties incurred on pit road.

Hill's challenge was ended when he had to serve a penalty for speeding in the pits, and Schumacher won the race.

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.

Most of the opposition fell apart trying to keep up with Fangio and Kling, who battled for the lead for much of the race around the high - speed Reims circuit.

It involves the deliberate loss of rear wheel control, enabling drivers with the right combination of speed, accuracy, fearlessness, and disdain for the longevity of their tires, paint jobs, and mortal souls to send their cars skidding sideways at high speeds, perpendicular to their tires, two or more cars traveling the same course at the same time, not racing, but earning style points.

The reason for losing the race victory was bizarre too, and proves even racing drivers can have lapses of concentration even while driving at high speeds.

Being bred for speed and not necessarily for intelligence, furthermore, the comprehension of the modern race horse of his role in society is sometimes rather limited.

The combination of his speed and Honda backing was enough to secure him a race seat at Jordan for 2002, but even so he wasn't done winning yet.

Fifty years ago, when 30 mph was fast for average cars, Fred Marriott raced a Stanley Steamer at a speed of two miles a minute.

In a race that featured a two - hour rain delay and six safety car periods, Button managed to collide with two drivers - teammate Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso - and also had to serve a penalty for speeding behind the safety car.

Mears qualified on speed for 12 of the 13 races and was retained for 2011.

Susie Wolff says she always «saves her speed for the race track» but — rather awkwardly — that doesn't seem to be the case.

«ñ † A con man has to be fast on his feet, and Matt Damon, who plays a debonair thief in Ocean's Twelve, flashed some decent speed last Thursday when he ran the Feaster Five road race in Andover, Mass., part of his training regimen for the Boston Marathon.

With no other electric series currently around (pun absolutely intended) it can be quite difficult for drivers entering Formula E to get up to speed with the different techniques required to race an electric car.

The race - deciding moment unquestionably transpired when Kevin Harvick exceeded the 45 mph speed limit (and the 5 mph tolerance) as he came down pit road for his final stop during Sunday's Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Kevin Harvick captured the pole position for Sunday's race thanks to a qualifying speed of 190.398 mph on Friday.

By requiring teams to install the horsepower - sapping restrictor - plates on its engines, NASCAR is hoping slower speeds will allow for drivers to better race side - by - side and increase passing.

This year A.J. is the fourth - fastest qualifier, with a speed of 194.563 mph, more than 51 mph faster than his qualifying average for his first race.

In Italy, a racecourse was named for a young Italian who had died there, and photos of him were given out at the start of races there, bearing the caption:... YOU MET YOUR INEXORABLE FATE, COLD AS THE SNOW UNDER YOUR SPEEDING SKIS.

Good point, for the truth is that Heiden has won every speed skating race over the past three years wearing just about any color he has decided to put on.

In the closing stages of the race Whincup looked in prime position - he was leading, whilst McLaughlin was hit with penalties for speeding in the pitlane and contact with another car, dropping him right down the order - surely a set - up for a classic finale if ever there was one!

This will allow their supporters to keep up to speed with their news and preparations for the annual BNY Mellon Boat Race.

Here's one of the million dollar questions in sports sciences today: How is it possible for a 10 km runner to SPEED UP in the final 400m of his race?

For the race, Speed City decided on a quartet with Billy Gaines running the lead, Clayton following, then Jerry Williams and finally Tommie Smith as the anchor.

In a trice Arazi was racing for the lead, and in a sudden burst of speed — the very hallmark of his style — he sprinted to daylight as he pleased, running straight and sound to the wire.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is basically Glastonbury for motorsport fans, with every type of racing car and bike you could ever imagine being driven by world famous drivers from across the globe.

With the midafternoon sun playing off his radiant chestnut coat and with jockey Steve Cauthen asking him only briefly for his highest turn of speed, the 3 - year - old colt Arazi did far more than merely return to the races at a little course outside Paris last week.

Mighty Appealing and Banner Bob, the speed in the race, battled each other for the lead until the far turn, where Mighty Appealing started to back up, with Stephan's Odyssey comfortably in third.

Although modern endurance racing is basically just a sprint race that happens to last for a really long time, in years past speed wasn't always the most important element of success at Le Mans.

WHAT YOU DID N'T KNOW: Carter has a passion for racing that started on speed kart tracks in Texas.

The veteran spent almost the entire match at full speed, racing to find space, racing to deny space, time and time again acting as an outlet for Henderson but also finding teammates in good positions.

Don't worry, when I say «racing» I mean that in a relative sense as the 2mph maximum speed makes this the best electric scooter for toddlers and children under about 6 years of age.

I run to challenge myself rather than for charity or for speed, so I tend to choose obscure off - road races rather than high - profile city marathons.

The race for high - speed systems has been encouraged by the fact that more and more countries have improved their active counter measures against cruise missiles.

High - speed rail advocates are racing the state's gubernatorial election cycle to line up support for an expanded track network to Green Bay and Minneapolis.