Sentences with phrase «more than a quarter mile»

¬ ∂ Bedraggled spectatorsshuffled along, carrying racing programs from the 140th Belmont Stakes, inwhich history was supposed to be made but instead was simply reinforced.Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown had gone to the starting gate asthe shortest - priced favorite (1 — 4) since Spectacular Bid was 1 — 5 in 1979 andhad finished dead last in a field of nine, eased to an exhausted jog by jockeyKent Desormeaux with more than a quarter mile left in the 1 1/2 - mile race.

With little more than a quarter mile remaining in the $ 82,575 Remsen stakes last Saturday, a 2 - year - old named Royal Ski was in about as much trouble as a horse can get himself into without actually falling down.

(I saw no evidence that the trucks had run more than a quarter mile under their own power.)

In the afternoon, we'll take to the treetops along one of South America's longest canopy walkways, an extraordinary network of hanging bridges, towers, and platforms stretching more than a quarter mile above the jungle.

If you're travellIng light, then it's little more than a quarter mile walk to the Lligwy Beach carparks for sweets and ice - cream and sundry beach items.

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The conflict fueled Southwest's biggest drop in seven years on July 21, when the carrier said revenue for each seat flown a mile would fall more than expected in the current quarter.

I travelled more than a quarter - million miles, from West Africa to the Indonesian islands.

The famous seaport isn't much more than a quarter - mile strip whose 15 bars are open from 8 a.m. to 5 a.m., and during Iditarod week it's transformed into Sin City North.

«While only one other site has any public housing units in the area (33), there are more than 1,100 public housing units within a quarter mile of the East 91st St. MTS.»

A black hole with a mass 100 million times that of our sun, like the one in MCG -6-30-15, would have a circumference of more than 100 million miles, yet it could be rotating once every hour and three - quarters.

These youngsters also suffered from asthma at significantly higher rates — those living within a quarter of a mile from a freeway had an 89 percent higher risk of asthma than kids more than a mile away.

A black holewith a mass 100 million times that of our sun, like the one inMCG -6-30-15, would have a circumference of more than 100 million miles, yet it could be rotating once every hour and three - quarters.

Indeed, Stars B and C are separated by only some 0.008 AU, around three quarters of a million miles (more than one million km) or about three times the distance between the Earth and its Moon.

In addition, highly rated teachers who agree to switch to a struggling school located more than a quarter of a mile from a Metro stop will be eligible for free transportation via chauffeur - driven limousine, although Klotz cautioned that budget constraints might mean several teachers would need to share one limo.

After nearly 550 miles, the fuel gauge still showed more than a quarter of a tank of diesel remaining.

With the complete setup affixed the car is capable of more than 600 - horsepower and a quarter - mile time of 10.97 seconds in initial testing, according to Ford.

But it just keeps on pulling and pulling and pulling, feeling more like a jet doing a takeoff roll than a dragster doing a quarter mile.

The GT - R was more than a full second slower hitting 60 mph (4.5 seconds) and a second slower hitting the quarter - mile (12.3 seconds at 120.3 mph) without the race - start feature.

About 50,000 years ago, a 150 - foot meteor slammed into the Arizona desert at more than 26,000 mph, leaving a three - quarter - mile - wide crater deep enough to contain the Washington Monument.

Other stand - out figures include an 11.6 sec quarter - mile (at 128mph) and a set of third - gear times which show every 20mph increment from 40 - 60mph to 80 - 100mph takes no more than 2.0 sec.

OUR LONG - TERM PACIFICA EARNED its stripes this quarter, racking up more than 7000 miles and spoiling a lot of kids along the way.

Carmakers go all out for auto shows, and this has never been more evident than this year at the Frankfurt motor show, with Audi creating a multimillion - dollar stand - alone building with a quarter - mile...

Created to rival the 626kW Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, whose quarter - mile times could be beaten by more than a second, the 2018 Mustang Cobra Jet lifts its name from the original 1968 Ford - built Mustang - based drag racers that once dominated the sport.

Ford has announced it is readying its most powerful Mustang ever, insisting it will be capable of running the quarter - mile in the mid-eight-second bracket with a terminal speed of more than 241km / h.

Despite weighing in at 5,363 pounds, 788 pounds more than the 4,575 - pound Charger and 915 pounds more than the 4,448 - pound Challenger, plus the parasitic loss caused by the AWD, the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is every bit as quick as the Dodges, managing to run the quarter mile in 11.6 seconds at 116 mph, and doing the 0 - to - 60 mph sprint in 3.5 seconds.

Steering is precise, handling is crisp and while not ready for the quarter - mile track, acceleration is more than adequate to keep you in the flow of traffic, including highway travel.

At least some of this suggests Source Interlink is probably more concerned about appealing to advertisers and other commercial interests that can improve their revenue line than acknowledging the realities of «insignificant metrics» like lap times at Leguna Seca, quarter - mile times, braking distances, etc. when evaluating high performance automobiles.

«Shuttle» is the operative word: We logged more than 6,000 miles in the first quarter, many of those coming from an editor delivering the car from the West Coast to Detroit.

All of these changes add up to the fastest production quarter - mile drag car ever — more rapid than any Ferrari or Lamborghini or anything else.

That results in faster acceleration at launch, faster 60 - foot times and an improvement of more than a tenth of a second in quarter - mile times, which can be an entire car length.

More power than any high - performance German brand has to offer, blistering - quick acceleration and quarter - mile times, and a relatively affordable price tag.

The 6.1 liter shaves more than half a second off of that time, and runs the quarter mile in the 13 - second range — very impressive for such a heavy car.

Understandably, 273 horsepower in a vehicle this size does not make the CX - 9 a quarter mile star, but there's more than enough torque for freeway merges.

But this was not just any 718, this was the new 718 GTS, with more power, more torque, quicker 0 - 60 and quarter - mile times and more appearance and trim items than the walk - in closet of your last trophy spouse.

The vehicle's power and capable chassis topped our track testing, posting an impressive 0 -60-mph time of just 4.9 seconds and an elapsed quarter - mile time of 13.3 seconds at an incredible 108.8 mph, besting the closest competitor by more than 3 seconds and 23 mph.

The basic vehicle policy from the AA * costs # 39 a year and covers breakdowns which are more than a quarter of a mile from your home.

It covers breakdowns when you're more than a quarter of a mile from your home, towing your vehicle back to the garage and includes 24 - hour assistance.

Once in the marine park, dolphins — who in their natural habitat swim about 40 miles a day and can dive to depths of more than a quarter of a mile — spend the rest of their lives in a concrete pool.

We did a short hike on a place a local told us about called Judd Trail, which was no more than a quarter of a mile to a waterfall.

Yet measurements from more than 3600 automated buoys throughout the ocean that dive down a mile and a quarter and take detailed temperature and salinity profiles every ten days show that the deeper strata are warming faster than the near - surface strata.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has reported that more than three - quarters of African - Americans live within 30 miles of a coal - fired power plant.

If you're a speed demon whose motor vehicle report is a quarter mile long, you'll pay a lot more than someone who obeys all traffic rules.