Sentences with phrase «heading into the race»

Hill (who was his closest championship challenger heading into the race) took pole but his car wouldn't start on the parade lap and he had to start from the back, all - but guaranteeing Prost the championship as long as he got to the finish ahead of his teammate.

Democrats have enrollment advantages heading into both races.

Best Actor, or any acting category for that matter, can often be dominated by one name that wins everything before heading into the race.

That means a performer like Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs or Jessica Chastain in The Martian or Joan Allen in Room will have a better chance than names who are dangling randomly without a film that's headed into the race somehow, like Clouds of Sils Maria.

But this year, Fincher will head into the race as one of the strongest contenders to win because he directed what is quite possibly the best film of 2010.

In the original screenplay category, there are so many strong contenders heading into the race — American Hustle and Her are right at the top of the list.

We're heading into the race reasonably confident but, as always with 24 hour races, we know that while pace is important, success often comes down to how smart you are.»

Not exact matches

College was never in the cards for this Florida kid who got a head start on his friends and went into the work force at 18 years old, and started fixing and racing cars on the side.

The race has begun, and the riders have disappeared into the mountains, heading toward Emigrant Pass, altitude 7,930 feet, and the prospect of a breathtaking dawn breaking over Lake Tahoe far below.

As we head into 2 p.m. for the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 Truck series race the odds of racing start to drop below 20 percent as the precipitation moves over the track.

As the UK heads into its final year of having F1 on free - to - air TV, Channel 4 has revealed which races it'll be showing live in 2018

Heading into the final race of 2012 Alonso was challenging Sebastian Vettel for the championship whilst Massa had scored just one podium all season and was way down in seventh in the points standings.

Off the back of three consecutive wins, Piquet had all the momentum and Hamilton was on the back foot heading into the sprint race at Istanbul Park.

Berger had three podium finishes from the first four races and heading into the Monaco weekend was determined to add another one.

Working in his favor is how theTexas preview: Playoff drama builds heading into second race of Cup Series semifinals schedule sets up.

Unfortunately for Hamlin, he lost the race and slammed into the inside wall in a head - on, single - car crash.

That is how the NASCAR world turns heading into the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway (2:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN), the second of three semifinal races that will determine the four drivers who will vie for the championship in two weeks at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Heading into the final race in Brazil Caterham was looking to snatch 10th in the Constructors» Championship from Marussia; the extra cash for doing so would be critical to such a small team.

As we head into the latter stages of the Premier League season with a title race yet to be completely decided, and a relegation battle ready to go right down to the wire, managers will be calling upon the fittest players in their respective squads to help them achieve their particular goal.

Real will be fully aware that they need to win in order to stay in the title race, as they would remain just a point behind Barca heading into the final weekend of the season.

HORSE RACING — Hardly perturbed when he found himself boxed heading into the stretch, Clarence W. Smith's doughty Hillsdale got the message from Jockey Tommy Barrow, set out to Catch front - running Find and Terrang in $ 162,100 Hollywood Gold Cup.

Cardiff, though, head into Friday's blockbuster with a game in hand, and three points against Wolves could push the Championship title race right to the wire!

So the races for # 2 and # 8 are vital as we head into the League's final Sunday!

He was still favourite heading into the final race at Interlagos but dropped back after running wide on the first lap.

The race headed into «overtime» and on the last lap, Aric Almirola was in the lead and defending in to turn three.

Heading into the final race at Monza, Collins needed a bit of luck to win the championship - he'd have to win and hope that Fangio retired.

IndyCar had some pretty incredible moments in 2017, like a seven - way title fight heading into the final race and of course Fernando Alonso competing in this year's Indy 500.

The playoff races in the East and West are very much heating up as we head into the final month.

Here's how the points table looks heading into the last race:

And I guess that the defenders have been worried about the ball in behind so much they are giving themselves one or two yards head start on the foot race, suddenly the ball is going into Ollies body and he is bringing midfielders into the game with a platform.

And who can possibly forget just over a year ago in one of the early games at the London Stadium when we raced into a 2 - 0 lead (which should have been even more) with two headed goals from Antonio, one from an outrageous rabona cross by a Frenchman who was popular with our fans at the time?

Beijing bronze medallist Bryony Shaw struck silver in the RS: X women's windsurfing event after being guaranteed a podium finish heading into the final day of racing.

And obviously Napoli's result against Genoa on Sunday night depends on whether the Scudetto race is truly back on heading into the final two months of the season.

The race for this season's Golden Boot has reached a pivotal stage and is set up nicely as we head into the latter stages of the campaign.

Heading into the third race in his F1 career, Brendon Hartley is «starting to feel at home» while Pierre Gasly is hoping that «anything can happen» in Brazil.

Dortmund raced into a 4 - 0 lead after just 25 minutes and was hanging on for what would have been its first Bundesliga win since September when Naldo headed Yevhen Konoplyanka's corner beyond Roman Weidenfeller.

United head into this one eight points behind the table toppers, and while a win would start to see some tightening in the league title race, a loss would give the visitors an extremely comfortable margin over the second place side.

With just three points between these two sides heading into this clash, it could have a huge bearing on this season's top four race.

Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring with a fine header from an Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain cross, as he raced ahead of Kone to head the ball into the Sunderland net in the 19

But for Tottenham's heroics on Wednesday night, the title race would be a different picture heading into the weekend.

The Gunners had looked to be on course for a comfortable win after racing into a two goal lead courtesy of goals from Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez before an Andy Carroll hat - trick turned the game on its head.

Despite that, Nelson headed into the evening session in third place and again picked up a strong result in the elimination race.

You're hammering your talking points and message into voters» heads — whether or not they care enough about your race to actually click on an ad.

Amid widespread consensus that his campaign is rudderless (at best) and in complete chaos (at worst), Carl Paladino has added bulked up his staff in hopes of righting the ship heading into the final weeks of the governor's race, a source familiar with the new additions confirmed.

Benjamin has been eyeing a primary challenge to veteran Rep. Jose Serrano, and while he said that race is «where my head is at,» he stressed that he hasn't yet made a final decision about whether to throw his hat into the ring.

According to FEC records, Becker, a cardiologist, gave $ 800 to then - GOP Rep. Sue Kelly in November 2005 when she was headed into what turned out to be a disastrous (from her perspective) election cycle in which she was defeated in a narrow race by Democrat John Hall.

But now it appears as if that race has already gotten more crowded as former Democratic National Committee head Clyde Williams announced that he too has thrown his hat into the ring:

But at least one race this fall could dampen some of the Democratic enthusiasm heading into next year.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic.

While operatives say there is still plenty of time for candidates to jump into the race, the next Federal Election Commission reporting period runs from July 1 through Sept. 30, and Democratic candidates may want to declare soon to raise as much money as possible before the quarter ends as a measure of their viability and popularity heading into the election year.