Sentences with phrase «in stock car racing»

Designed for competition in stock car racing's most high - profile series, the Fusion Stock Car sports Ford's eye - catching brand characteristics, wrapping a no - frills competition package that is true to stock car racing's root principle of making driving skills the deciding factor in competition.

The 1950s witnessed a boom in stock car racing, and the first Daytona 500 was held in 1959.

In stock car racing, nothing ever stands still.

A producer on public radio did research and told me someone once bought the governor of South Carolina a ride in a stock car race, but he crashed early on.

Heck, you can even explore wildlife, fly your own blimp and partake in stock car races without ever raising a fist or firing a bullet.

Not exact matches

For example, you can run a race; you can run a car; you can get a run in a stocking; the «runs» can refer to bowel distress; and so on... it is a mistake to limit the reading of «water» to one meaning, liquid H2O.

Patience and caution are equally important when trying to recover from a spin during a race, but both of those were ignored in this huge Stock Car Brasil shunt.

This track taxes the stock cars — last year nine drivers, or 20.9 % of the field, suffered mechanical failures in this race — and produces more fender - banging than any other track in the Chase.

But, his main focus has been on Brazilian Stock Cars, he's been racing in the ultra-competitive national tin - top series since 2007 and has won a few races — and caused a few incidents too (video above).

Every seat in the house was sold for the 500, with an estimated total attendance of 115,000, which would be a record for a stock car race.

After a year of forced idleness Driver Richard Petty came rolling back in a blue brute of a Plymouth to win Daytona's stock car 500, delighting his racing father — but not Dearborn

He finished 13th in Bobby Allison's Dodge and said that racing a stock car «tickles my spine from my neck to my belt.»

When Bill Elliott — the only driver before Gordon to win the bonus — bagged the Winston Million in 1985, it marked stock car racing's biggest payday, quadrupling the prize for the Winston Cup season championship.

In short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barIn short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barin racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barin a barn.

Gordon has suffered in the eyes of stock car racing's die - hard fans because of his combination of wholesomeness and instant success.

This is only one race for now and although Massa has previously said he'd like to race in Formula E, it wouldn't be surprising to see him return to Brazilian Stock Car for a few more races in the future.

He'll be racing in the Brazilian Stock Car championship season opener at Interlagos in 2018.

Fernando Alonso has said that he'd like to test a stock car one day to see if he'd ever fancy competing in a Nascar race

It wasonly a race in the NASCAR equivalent of Double A ball, but it was one of themost anticipated stock car runs in recent memory — and no one was more anxiousthan 62 - year - old Pablo Montoya, who stood just a few feet away from hisson.

Speeds were way up — to 190 mph — but joy way down in the Daytona 500 stock - car run as steady Cale Yarborough raced to a narrow win

Jimmie Johnson ran a nearly flawless race on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, deftly avoiding accidents during three hours of bumper - car - style racing at NASCAR's shortest track -LRB-.526 mile) and generally reminding everyone in the Cup garage that he's the best stock car driver of his generation.

The first races were held in the mid-1930s, and for decades thousands of people came to Soldier Field almost every weekend from May through August to see midget stock - car races, demolition derbies and stunt racing.

3M is holding a short press conference and lunch at its main UK facility in Bracknell to announce the launch of its WrapandWin campaign with NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing).

I like to fish go to stock car racing, NHRA drag race's drives in the country, sitting by a fire, good company with friends, I'm honest easygoing guy looking for a nice lady with a good personality.

iam also half owner in a mini stock race car and i also drive it..

Episode 6 of «Pure Stock» a reality series that follows the racing seasons of Pure Stock car racers in the heart of the Midwest at the Grundy County Motor Speedway in Morris, IL.

The cycle of early mornings in the fields, dinners in the burger bar and evenings at the stock - car racing is enlivened by the arrival of seasonal migrant workers.

«The Last Race» (U.S. Documentary) ★ ★ ★ 1/2 • Photographer Michael Dweck captures a vanishing piece of Americana, a fading Long Island stock - car track in a sea of big - box stores.

Players can choose from stock cars to pure racing vehicles to never - released concept cars and, for the first time in the series» history, Porsche vehicles will be part of the action.

On the Track With NASCAR 10/23/2000 [Language Arts, Applied Math Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Submitted by VaReane Heese] Students will learn about stock car racing while developing skills in language and math.

On the Track With NASCAR Submitted by VaReane Heese Students will learn about stock car racing while developing skills in language and math.

Maloney reminds us that Volvo has always had a performance heritage, whether in rallying, the British Touring Car Championship, or even American street - stock road racing, where it fielded a blisteringly fast Volvo 850R station wagon.

DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Land speed record runs were made on the sand of Daytona Beach when the automobile was still in its infancy, and stock car races were held there well into the»50s.

The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is one of the most diverse car racing events in the country, if not the world, bringing everything from radically - modified, unlimited - class cars, to nearly - stock vehicles with nothing more than just the mandated safety equipment.

It might seem strange to see NASCAR drivers, crew chiefs, and mechanics playing around with sprint karts at a track with right turns as well as lefts, but stock - car racing has come a long way from the days when Junior Johnson was running whiskey in a Ford V - 8 sedan.

Alongside the COPO Camaro, Chevy will be showing a development car that aims to replicate what a DIYer might do to a stock Camaro to take it NHRA drag racing with a goal of achieving elapsed times in the 10s.

With his Nashville - style cowboy hat, wraparound sunglasses, rodeo - size belt buckle, and cowboy boots, Richard Petty is the most familiar face in NASCAR stock - car racing.

The Miata racer will run only in the SCCA's Showroom Stock B class and the MX - 5 Cup until 2008, but Mazda expects it will then start trickling into other club - racing classes, where it will no doubt prove equally as popular as the earlier cars.

COPO's second coming builds on a legacy established in 1969, when the first purpose - built Camaro drag - racing specialty car was designed to compete in the NHRA Stock Eliminator.

The Sports Car Club of America created a «showroom stock» class for amateur club racing in 1972.

The Bowtie Brand has more than 40 victories to its credit at Daytona in the top levels of sports car and stock car racing.

[10] Primarily raced on oval tracks, stock cars vaguely resemble production cars, but are in fact purpose - built racing machines that are built to tight specifications and also called Silhouette racing cars.

In North America, stock car racing is the most popular form of auto racing.

The cars were in near - stock trim, with larger gas tanks, quick - fill gas caps, magnesium wheels, oil coolers, driving lights, racing seats and heavy - duty suspension components among their limited modifications — an expression of Duntov's philosophy of using racing to develop high - performance components for future production vehicles.

After clinching the Isle of Man TT lap record in a Subaru WRX STI with a stock powertrain at the 2015 Isle of Man TT races, driver Mark Higgins, Subaru and rally - car shop ProDrive cooked up a plan to re-run the course with a heavily modified car.

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Proportionately, the race car carries a lot more front tire to rear (300 / 310 - mm widths, respectively, versus 235/305 stock) and those tires are precisely adjusted to the team's testing - proven geometries with ball - jointed, rigid - subframe suspension — MacPherson struts in front and multilink in back.

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The first «skiboxed exotic» Jon drove was a 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo back in 2007, a completely stock car that received a special wrap and a Tubi exhaust... now that could have created an avalanche already, but the next step for Jon was a stunning matte black Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 with straight race pipes... that one made even more music.

Parnelli Jones was a successful race driver who won the Indy 500, numerous stock car, sprint car, and Baja truck races, in addition to winning the 1970 SCCA Trans Am title in a Boss 302 Mustang.