Sentences with phrase «handful of laps»

But after a handful of laps, Means was out of the race, an amazing opportunity gone.

When you're in the lead of a race and in complete control, the last thing you want to do is throw the car off track with a handful of laps to go.

While the unpredictable nature of the racing and the inability for anyone to hold the top spot for any more than a handful of laps, the 2013 500 felt like a NASCAR restrictor plate race.

He didn't exactly drive decent cars in his career, but even when there was a race of attrition or something, poor Badoer seemed to be flat out of luck, like at the 1999 European Grand Prix, when he was running fourth for Minardi with a handful of laps to go when his car broke.

With only a handful of laps remaining, the car gave up the previous year.

But on the track, it certainly sifts the men from the boys after only a handful of laps.»

There, I swapped Rufus for a chance to take a handful of laps in a more track - focused version of the turbo car — a soft - top MX - 5 known affectionately as Andy.

Traction is limited, stability compromised and tyres worked to a frazzle in a handful of laps.

While a handful of laps around a modified road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway are hardly enough for a thorough evaluation, I felt more confident turning its wheel than I have in any other Challenger variant.

Turner completes a handful of laps, each one slightly faster than the last but well within the Vulcan's comfort zone.

For a car as multi-faceted and complex in character as a luxury GT, it would be foolhardy to draw any sweeping conclusions from a handful of laps around Anglesey Circuit.

FARO, Portugal — A handful of laps of the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve racetrack near Faro in Portugal are all it takes to convince you that the new Audi R8 V10 Plus is a...

A handful of laps around the big course at Willow Springs International Raceway reinforces the notion.

In GTLM, Tommy Milner was second in Corvette Racing's No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R after leading a handful of laps early in his stint.

We were only given a very brief ride in the Trackhawk, totalling a handful of laps of the Spring Mountain race circuit in Nevada.

Strong pace was shown by the Alex Job Racing # 23 911 GT3R, which led the race for a number of laps, but eventually suffered issues caused by contact and dropped out of the race altogether with just a handful of laps remaining.

He used a draft and strong braking from the No. 4 Corvette to gain a position as the three cars ran within a second for a handful of laps.

A handful of laps of the 5.4 km Ciudad del Motor de Aragón gave us a keen appreciation of SVR's outright performance.