Sentences with phrase «named after race»

It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron.

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Oberlin College, named after minister Jean - Frederic Oberlin, was the first college in the United States to admit students of all races and in 1844 graduated the first black student, George B. Vashon.

The retired MP missed being crowned the winner of the reality show after the RuPaul's Drag Race star Courtney - real name Shane Janek, was announced as the winner on Friday.

This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a car issue shortly after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his name - not great for the defending champion...

After his performance on Sunday put him ahead of the aforementioned Donald in the sack race with 12 with one regular season game left to play, I have to admit it's past time I put some respeck on Heyward's name.

A pair of invitational mile races for some of the UKâ $ ™ s most talented under - 17 athletes, named after famous British coaches Peter Coe and Frank Horwill, was won by George Elliott of Chelmsford and Sophie Tooley of West Suffolk respectively.

1950 Famous Race Caller Clem McCarthy, after confusing the winner of the Preakness three years previously, called «Middleburg» the winner when winner's name was Middleground.

After winning a grudge race against Jimmy Hines at 200 meters, Tommie Smith led the Santa Clara Youth Village to victory over USC's famed 440 - yard relay team to be named top athlete at Coliseum - Compton meet

Crawford, who once raced a giraffe and a zebra on television (beat the giraffe, lost to the zebra), had won the 200 - meter gold on a surreal Thursday night, when the start of his race was delayed four minutes by Greek fans chanting the name of Konstantinos Kenteris, the 2000 Olympic champion and national hero who withdrew from the Games after missing a drug test, and Hel - las!

Shortly after Arkansas fell short in the SEC Championship and a few days before Darren McFadden would come in second in the Heisman race, a woman named Teresa Prewett sent two emails.

Several big names have joined racing's upper echelon after paying their dues in Indy Lights.

At the end of April, after the Bahrain Grand Prix, FIA race director Charlie Whiting revealed a number of new changes to F1 driver name and numbers.

Mexico's premier race venue is named after two brothers who were both brilliant, and who both died far too young.

Funnily enough though there's also another Brazilian circuit named after Nelson Piquet, in Brasilia, meaning that for a time he had two race tracks named after him.

If a racing driver is really good and really popular, chances are they might end up with a corner named after them.

There's no shortage of great Brazilian drivers to name the country's most famous race track after, so you might wonder why Interlagos is called named after a bloke with only one Grand Prix victory to his name.

But he doesn't have a race track named after him (yet).

After a couple of races for Coloni in 1987 he joined Osella for 1988, where he got the pleasure of racing the aptly named FA1L.

During a recent NASCAR race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the aptly named QuickTrip 500 to be precise, an eight - car pileup caused a caution and this unlucky official was caught stumbling over his own feet after probably what he hoped would be a quick and smooth collection of a piece of debris.

It's named after Louis Chiron, a racing driver who competed for Bugatti in the 1930s and who also holds the record for being the oldest Formula 1 driver to start a race.

Mahrez was named on the bench after returning to training on Friday and he could only watch as City raced out of the blocks with Sterling making immediate amends for a glaring miss in the draw at Burnley last week.

After finding out the name of the club with which Barca will play in the semi-finals of the Champions league, Bayern Munich, Enrique most likely will send the best to the pitch this Saturday to avoid complicating the race for the league title, before the Champions league encounter with the Bavarian giant.

The Madison is named after Madison Square Garden in New York, one of the birthplaces of track racing.

Recently after Harry Redknapp now of Spurs, seemed an unopposed racing certainty for the now vacant job of England team manager, the name of Roy Hodgson has been mentioned.

It was named after Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African - American who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.

Virtually every horse in every race had the telltale «(L)» listed after their name, indicating they were on Lasix.

The exchange came after Latimer told reporters last month Stewart - Cousins had acknowledged to him in private she was considering the race and that there was poll with her name in the mix, despite the Yonkers Democrat insisting she was «not running» for the post.

While Harrison had some name recognition, having run for the seat two years ago, he did little campaigning after McMahon got into the race when Fossella opted out.

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As an interesting footnote to the story, Gov. Andrew Cuomo named Bonamo chair of the New York Racing Association (which oversees off - track - betting) just days after Bonamo donated to Cuomo's campaign.

Less than one week after saying his name was confirmed on the ballot, one of the Republicans in a New York congressional race is bowing out.

After his loss, Meyer bowed out of the race, getting his name off the ballot by agreeing to run for a judgeship after Grafton Town Justice Pierce Hoyt, a county employee, resigned from hisAfter his loss, Meyer bowed out of the race, getting his name off the ballot by agreeing to run for a judgeship after Grafton Town Justice Pierce Hoyt, a county employee, resigned from hisafter Grafton Town Justice Pierce Hoyt, a county employee, resigned from his job.

The Bryan Gould Cup for the women's eights race is named after him.

Another name mentioned is Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, but after his long — and ultimately unsatisfying — flirtation with the 2006 governor's race, we aren't waiting with bated breath.

Asked whether she may use her increased name recognition after the race to make a bid for Congress, Malliotakis dismissed the idea.

The exchange came after Latimer told reporters last month Stewart - Cousins had acknowledged to him in private she was considering the race and that there was a poll with her name in the mix, despite the Yonkers Democrat insisting she was «not running» for the post.

The races were held for 33 years, they were named after Christopher Thater, who was a 23 year - old cycling enthusiast and Binghamton University graduate who was killed by a drunk driver in Broome County in 1983.

Miller did not formally endorse Crowley after she announced her run last month, but his father was named on a committee picked by Crowley to fill her spot should she suddenly have to drop out of the race.

Collins had previously endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who dropped out of the race after a poor showing in the South Carolina primary, following months of Trump badgering and name - calling the former Florida governor.

(CNN)- Some big Hollywood names are turning out to support Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer as he tries to regain lost ground after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer jumped into the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller.

New York will get $ 700 million in federal education grants after being named as a winner in the Race to the Top program.

After her name was first floated as a possible candidate in August, she talked about the race on NBC's «Today» show.

After a largely lackluster mayoral race matched by low turnout, and the power of incumbency on his side, de Blasio easily bested his opponents, who struggled to garner name recognition throughout the campaign and overcome the mayor's significant fundraising advantage.

And in the name of warding off injuries, and enhancing your performance (not to mention the fun factor), don't forget to do a gentle warm - up before the race and warm down properly after the race.

Nothing sets a girl's heart racing more than having her dreamboat name a new world after her.

But Hart's hopes were quickly derailed after Miami Herald reporters broke the story of him having an extramarital affair with a young woman named Donna Rice, forcing him to drop out of the race.

So he was surprised when, during the opening set piece, the race flashes past a theater showing «Jack Slater III,» a film named after the main character in Last Action Hero.

The plot revolves around the friendship between the race car McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) and a battered, buck - toothed tow - truck named Mater (voiced by Larry the Cable Guy) who travel to Tokyo, Paris and London to compete in the inaugural World Grand Prix after a taunting challenge from Italian Formula One Speedster Francesco Bernoulli (voiced by John Turturro).

In the comics, Carol Danvers gets her powers after meeting a guy named Mar - Vell, who happens to be a Kree, which is the same race as Ronan The Accuser from Guardians Of The Galaxy.

It was the car to beat in the GT class during the late 1950s, earning the unofficial «Tour de France» moniker after its four consecutive race wins at the road race of the same name.