Sentences with phrase «of championship contention»

Not exact matches

«Hopefully we can end the day on a positive note and just continue to carry that momentum that we have here in Martinsville and really kind of put our stamp on our championship contention and chances for Homestead.»

The Rockets are going to make a run at free agent Chris Webber of the Kings this summer, knowing he could instantly return them to championship contention.

Here's Alex Kirshner on Rickie — and his return to contention after a couple years of major championship struggles.

Having dragged his Ferrari into championship contention he was leading the last race of the year when title rival Jacques Villeneuve launched his Williams down the inside.

Michigan was on the brink of losing for the fourth time in its last six home games and knocking itself out of national championship contention before Sept. 1.

Defensive deficiencies have been the most glaring point of contention the last few years when assessing Houston's» championship credentials.

This time the Milwaukee Bucks are going to win the championship of professional basketball: such is the contention of Lew Alcindor.

Benetton's Michael Schumacher went into the final weekend of the season leading the championship, with only one other driver in contention.

Hoey struggling to find the back of the cup on his day and falling out of contention coupled with Mendoza not wavering in his play nor climbing the leaderboard, the growing crowd of 100 + members and onlookers shared a nervous energy that the championship was going to go down to the wire.

Fernando Alonso admits he misses being part of Formula 1 championship fights now that it has been four years since he was last in title contention.

With both teams sitting in first place in their respective divisions and in contention for a first round bye, the thought of the NFL championship game featuring Blake Bortles and the Saints» -LSB-...]

He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.

«With the way the season began for our Daytona Prototype program it was great to see how our teams rebounded and were in serious contention for the DP manufacturers championship until the end of the season.

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida — After four of ten rounds in the Pirelli World Challenge Sprint - X season, Jeff Segal and rookie teammate Wei Lu find themselves in contention for the Sprint - X Pro / Am championship as the series races this weekend at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Chris Forsberg won his third Formula Drift championship when Fredrick Aasbo was knocked out of contention at The House of Drift in Irwindale, Calif..

Even with a small chance of winning the championship we will not give up until the end, especially as it took such hard work from everyone in the team to get into contention.

In Touring Car, a number of drivers remained in contention all season long for the championship.