And that's exactly what it did winning the Nürburgring 1000
km race in 1960 and 1961.
Not exact matches
The 7 -
km race — which bills itself as the only nude - running event
in North America to be held on public land — will take place along the beachfront of Pacific Spirit Regional Park during the lowest tide of the year.
The bike course consisted of 40
km of rolling hills and two out and backs, which made it possible to see the progress of other athletes
in the
race; it was during this section that Andrew Dyson started to move up towards the front of the
race and I started to move through the field.
That would set the grid for the sprint
race, which would be around 100
km in length (so one - third of the full
race distance), and the result of that would set the grid for Sunday's grand prix.
The 192 -
km course has 2,300 vertical meters of climbing and is known as the toughest
race in the Southern Hemisphere.
She finished the 25 -
km race, swimming
in water temperatures as low as 58 °,
in 6:42:00.
Last February he got the silver medal
in the 20 -
km race at the world championships, the highest finish for an American
in international biathlon competition.
Fellow sport scholar, Jacob Ragan, was competing at the Revolution Series too and earned bronze
in the Points
Race (30
km).
This year's
race will be the last
in the prestigious Suzuka 1000
km's history, with it departing the Super GT championship to become a 10 - hour GT3 and JAF - GT endurance
race.
Following on from his one - off Formula 1 return
in Monaco, which didn't quite go to plan, Jenson Button's next
racing outing is at the Suzuka 1000
km race.
The Suzuka 1000
km is already a pretty special event but this year Jenson Button is
racing for Honda
in the GT500 class which is sure to get a lot of F1 fans interested.
The
race was three hours again the following year, before being upped to 2000
km in 1964 and 1965; only
in 1966 did it finally become a 24 - hour event.
The combination of pool swim, marginally undulating 25
km cycle course and fast and flat 5
km,
in addition to uncommonly warm British sunshine provided for a fantastic first
race.
Add
in his sportscar successes - he won Le Mans, the Nurburgring 1000
km, the Sebring 12 Hours, Daytona and a few Can - Am
races - and you've got one seriously versatile driver.
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?
The first ever Olympic road
race in 1896 completed two circuits of the marathon route, measuring 87
km in total, while at London 2012 Mark Cavendish and co
raced 250
km around London and Surrey.
The 29 - year - old confirmed to RTÉ Sport that he intends to run
in the 3
km at the first Diamond League
race in Doha next month.
In the senior women's
race, as with the European Cross Country Championships, Yasemin Can dominated from start to finish over the 6
km route.
In the women's race, a large lead group was together through the dockyard and those at the front — including Steel, Partridge, Purdue, Sophie Cowper, Rebecca Murray and Katrina Wootton — continued on through 5 km in 17:5
In the women's
race, a large lead group was together through the dockyard and those at the front — including Steel, Partridge, Purdue, Sophie Cowper, Rebecca Murray and Katrina Wootton — continued on through 5
km in 17:5
in 17:52.
Payne only returned to the sport 12 months ago but she was part of the leading pack throughout the opening three 2.5
km laps of the
race in Russia.
That is wrong, the fifa does not mark the maximum speed reached
in a
race, they mark average speeds,
in addition the statistic of 34.7
km / h of gareth bale was dictated by the own site of fifa.com
in 2013, therefore it is impossible Having managed to reach 34.7
km / h
in the Copa del Rey since it only happened
in 2014.
World and Olympic marathon champion to
race Bupa Great North 10
km in July and Bupa Great North Run
in September
Speaking after the
race he accused Perez of «risking our life for nothing... he risked my life
in there at 300
km / h down by Eau Rouge, that's the first thing.
Athletics: Neeraj Rathi and Karamjit Kaur failed to finish among the medals
in the Asian 20
km Race Walking Championships at Nomi, Japan, on Sunday, though the nation won the women's gold and two bronze medals.
Earlier on and the junior
races had seen a British double as triathlete Alex Yee won the 6
km event
in 19:23 and European junior 1500m champion Bobby Clay the 4
km.
He said his government had engaged
in several endurance treks running to 101
km since inception, a feat which he described as unprecedented
in the socio - political history of the black
race.
Rich has also been a repeated top finisher
in the Ultraman World Championships
in Hawaii, which is a three - day, 515
km (320 mile) annual endurance
race held on the Big Island of Hawaii.
For shorter 5K, 10K
races and
races for up to 1/2 marathon (13miles / 21
km), it is normal to be able to run first thing
in the morning without eating anything prior to your run on the fuel / food you consumed the day before.
For 3 years now I've been competing
in The North Face Canadian Death
Race, a 125
km cross-country adventure relay through the bear - filled, rugged terrain, and steep mountains of Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada (8 hours north of Calgary) over a 24 hour period.
The cycle
racing I train for involves covering long distances (80 - 120
km including hills) at an uncomfortably high aerobic rate (for me 150 - 165 bpm;
in comparison a comfortable all day 200
km + aerobic rate for me is below 150 bpm).
I would expect
in say a 5
km race to quickly have the HR up around 170 after the first
km and around 190 by the end of the 5th, rather than 138 throughout.
He was
racing in 72 - hour endurance, multi-discipline events, which were a far cry from my normal squash game or 10
km run!
Attracting all levels of fitness, participants have the opportunity to tackle the 50
km race from Kurrawa to Duranbah, one of the few 50
km AIMS - IAAF certified courses
in the country with world rankings up for grabs.
For those looking for a more recreational run, there are 15
km and 5
km races on offer with walkers welcomed
in all categories.
This year's
race will also give runners the opportunity to take part
in two - person relay with each runner covering 25
km.
Already considered to be one of the most dangerous tracks
in racing today, the Nurburgring's 20.8
km - length track can easily have one half be dry as a bone, while a storm front moves across the other end.
In the USA all high school
races are run over 5
km irrespective of age and gender; seven runners from each team take part with the first five counting -LSB-...]
Where it edges them out is
in the MPG and CO2 arms
race, with emissions as low as 120g /
km and combined economy from 54.3 mpg.
Stefan Bellof did indeed drive a Porsche 956 to the fastest ever lap of 6:11:13 for a motorised vehicle
in 1983... but it was for qualifying for the 1000
km Sports Car
race, so technically it was never a production car... Admittedly some of the cars near the top of this list blur the definition of production car... if you was to go by the list above, then it should be the Porsche 918 that takes the mantle for fastest production car as the others at the top are thinly veiled track - only specials for someone with deep pockets.
But perhaps most remarkably of all, AMG reckons Project One owners will be able to drive their cars for 50,000
km rather than after a brisk trip around the houses
in Monaco before the first «revision» is needed, which means removing the engine and transmission and taking them apart to see what's been going on, just like a
race car.
Jérôme Mondain, manager of Michelin Motorsport's FIA WEC programme, said this of Le Mans: «Our endurance
racing tyres successfully covered distances
in excess of 700
km.
Given the very same car
raced in (but sadly retired from) the 1968 Nürburgring 1000
km, this was truly a day to remember.
7000
km in racing mode is quiet a lot, normally
racing engine (developed and 100 %
racing use) should be maintained at least once
in 30 hours.
To stay abreast of Tesla and others
in the industry's technology
race, Cadillac will launch later this year its Super Cruise system that enables hands - free driving up to 85 miles (137
km) per hour.
In Race mode, with the correct series of pulls on the column - mounted shift paddles, Race Start will propel you from 0 - 100 km / h in a claimed 3.8 seconds (we achieved 4.23 seconds on an unprepared surface), while the 1/4 mile is devoured in 12.74 second
In Race mode, with the correct series of pulls on the column - mounted shift paddles,
Race Start will propel you from 0 - 100
km / h
in a claimed 3.8 seconds (we achieved 4.23 seconds on an unprepared surface), while the 1/4 mile is devoured in 12.74 second
in a claimed 3.8 seconds (we achieved 4.23 seconds on an unprepared surface), while the 1/4 mile is devoured
in 12.74 second
in 12.74 seconds.
Driven by Le Mans class - winner and Panasonic Jaguar
Racing reserve and test driver Ho - Pin Tung, the performance SUV conquered China's fearsome Tianmen Road
in 9 minutes 51 seconds, at an average speed of 68.8
km / h (42.8 mph).
Its sports car soul creates unique driving sensations, both on the road and when
racing, where velocity and transverse accelerations offer even the most expert driver unrivalled driving thrills: from 0 to 100
km / h
in just 4.5 seconds flat, 258
km / h of top speed, deceleration peaks
in the range of 1.2 g and lateral acceleration peaks over 1.1 g. All this is also achieved with a balanced weight distribution, with 40 % on the front axle and 60 % on the rear.
TVS claims that the
Race Edition will accelerate from 0 - 60
km / h
in 4.9 seconds and has a top speed of 114
km / h.
Two pre-production i30 Ns ran strongly at the Nürburgring 24 Hour
race in June, and Biermann said each car done at least 480 laps —
in the wet and dry — of the iconic 20.8
km German track to speed up its durability and development testing.
The boost effect is so strong that the drive unit would also perform well if used
in professional touring car
races: the Golf GTE Sport sprints to 50
km / h
in 1.8 seconds, reaches 100
km / h
in 4.3 seconds, and the maximum speed permitted
in Austria, i.e. 130
km / h,
in 6.5 seconds.