Sentences with phrase «of a race car driver»

And what we're trying to do is to pivot this to a media and entertainment brand with the heart and soul of a race car driver at the middle of it,» he told Cutmore.

That's just the nature of a race car driver.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP)-- The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR star.

-- Thirty years ago, a young man stood near Turn 5 and marveled at the skill of the race car drivers he watched at Mosport International Raceway.

From the monoposto arc that's reminiscent of a race car driver's cockpit to the multifunction steering wheel with shift paddles and satellite controls, the R8 Coupe showcases its motorsport heritage on every drive.

Frank Stella also made one unofficial art car at the behest of race car driver Peter Gregg.

The work of race car drivers can be emotionally and physically difficult and demands a substantial investment of money and time.

Main job duties of a Race Car Driver are maneuvering vehicles as fast as possible, overtaking competitors, monitoring the car's performance, making media appearances, getting publicity for their racing team, and interacting with fans.

Not exact matches

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

The strength, stamina, and conditioning, combined with the exceptional physical and cognitive skills needed to consistently take a race car to the extreme edge of performance and control — that's what makes a race car driver an athlete.

Formula 1 generates thousands of gigabytes of data; the car, the race, the driver are all constantly monitored.

«I want to help power companies prevent power outages, I want to help police identify patterns of crime that they didn't know about, I want to help race car drivers win races, and I want to help doctors predict medical outcomes.»

Starting in 2005, GoDaddy ran a series of racy Super Bowl commercials featuring women such as race car driver Danica Patrick and supermodel Bar Rafaeli — usually in some state of undress.

In 2011, he and several partners (including former race car driver Ron Fellows) established Canadian Motorsport Ventures, a company that bought Mosport International Raceway, Canada's largest automotive racetrack located east of Toronto.

Pictures of scuba divers and race car drivers.

NASCAR drivers can't push their cars to the extreme for the duration of the race without taking a break.

To understand the distortion this causes, imagine that you did a survey of retired race - car drivers and found that their average age was 86.

His legacy as one of the world's greatest race car drivers in history lives on in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.

Junior used the racing and car building knowledge he acquired while bootlegging to become one of the most successful drivers and owners in racing history, culminating with his induction into the 2010 inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

It really is a beautifully - filmed and edited video, with brilliant footage of the cars racing around the track, drivers diving into the pitlane and also interacting with fans.

To expand its market, Upper Deck is interested in manufacturing cards of famous race car drivers.

Race director Charlie Whiting said the start rules haven't changed for 20 years, and that there have been only two cases (the other being Daniel Ricciardo in Japan last year) of drivers positioning their cars outside the grid boxes.

Magnussen had to watch on as the Italian driver, who raced twice for Sauber earlier this year, lost control of his car at Turn 11 and hit the wall.

The American, born in New York, took victories in Formula One, Indy Car, NASCAR, Can - Am, Trans - Am Series, proving he was one of the most talented all - round racing drivers.

With Brawn's call to make F1 cars more video game - like, and Symonds singing the plaudits of virtual environments, we're sat here wondering how long it takes before F1 drivers have to submit their gamertag rather than a race number and what's the timescale on replacing Charlie Whiting with a hologram created by Codemasters?

The once in a lifetime experience of being driven at speed by a racing driver at iconic race circuits in dream cars is truly unique.

Drivers need to have razor - sharp concentration to get the best lap times out of the car, especially those at the wheel of prototypes as they weave their way through slower racing machines.

Because Daytona hosts plenty of racing at night the cars also went out in the dark, so driver Martin Lanting also got some great footage of him lapping the track under lights.

«I've been able to let go of the pressure of being a Formula 1 driver a bit and just enjoy racing, enjoy those cars and enjoy the races more.

Vettel was sure that he was brake tested by Hamilton as they were preparing for the restart, and in a fit of mild race pulled alongside the Mercedes driver and gave booped his car into Hamilton's.

A snapshot from Wimbledon last week: Kimiko Date Krumm — a 40 - year - old Japanese player who lives in Monaco and is married to a German race car driver — nearly upset Venus Williams on Centre Court, while on an outer court 6» 6» Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina defeated Olivier Rochus, a 5» 6» Belgian.

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.

This was a weekend dedicated to the proposition that the owner of a sports car should turn up in the driver's seat on race day.

That's certainly a disappointing ending for the «Chicken Man,» who RCR pledged to help develop as a driver but only waited through five races of wrecked cars and poor finishes before giving him the boot.

The son of Zaxby's co-founder Tony Townley is attempting to revive his career with RAB Racing, which formerly fielded Nationwide cars for the driver.

This slick video from the DS Virgin Racing crew and their driver Jose Maria Lopez shows a snapshot of a mid-race car change.

A vintage - car race served up many of the sport's best surviving drivers as happy participants.

That meant he had some advantages other drivers didn't necessarily have, like at the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, when he spent most of the warm - up trying both his race car and the spare car to see which one he liked the most.

A sign of the times: A.J. Foyt, arguably the biggest name in the history of Indy car racing, will field a NASCAR Winston Cup team next season and is looking for a driver.

Today the Pau Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races a driver can win in junior formulae, but in the 50s and early 60s it was F1 cars that tackled the tricky street circuit.

Three years removed from a stellar short - track career running 30 - mile, dirt - oval sprints, Bowyer has exhibited a veteran's car - control skills and is one of only three drivers in the top 12 to have finished all 18 races this season.

From diving to touring car racing and golf, Max Verstappen manages to win «Driver of the Day» for pretty much everything in this funny parody.

A car that's stalled on the grid at the start of a race is a scary situation for everyone involved — especially the driver who didn't get away from the line, and the chasing pack.

Thankfully no - one hit it, but in the jam driver Matt Kenseth (who had been fighting for the win) made contact with the back of another car, ultimately putting him out of the race.

So from next season the cars will have two different power modes available, both of which the drivers have to use at some point during a race.

It got to a point where some teams would roll up to a grand prix weekend with one of their drivers amassing something like a 65 - place grid penalty and starting the race in car parking zone Z.

It'll be the first time Smith has raced a car with a paddle - shift gearbox and he's anticipating some issues getting to grips it, but how can anyone assume that this won't be resolved given that the 76 - year - old brings vast experience, and will definitely be hoping to teach a few of the younger drivers (including Ferrari juniors Marcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzman) some tricks.

The drivers start to arrive in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol cars.

Most weeks, as many as 200 drivers turn up in 200 gleaming cars, and they race 400 or 600 or 800 times till they've shaken themselves into hierarchies of velocity and control.

It involves the deliberate loss of rear wheel control, enabling drivers with the right combination of speed, accuracy, fearlessness, and disdain for the longevity of their tires, paint jobs, and mortal souls to send their cars skidding sideways at high speeds, perpendicular to their tires, two or more cars traveling the same course at the same time, not racing, but earning style points.