Sentences with phrase «of championship races»

When I think about racing and car shows on TV, yes, they have the main event of the championship races or timed laps to show which car is definitively faster and which driver is better, but they often kick loose and have fun as well.

In addition, having led from start to finish in the 100 - milers at Milwaukee and Langhorne, and for all 300 miles at Atlanta, Andretti has now run in front for 500 consecutive miles of championship races.

However, reaching the top seed won't be so easy, as other racers stand in the way of the championship race.

Not exact matches

He's won the Pan American Games, the U.S. mountain bike championships, is a twelve - time member of the national team... Jeremiah is to mountain bike racing what an NBA All - Star is to basketball.

For Vonn, who has four World Cup championships and raced in more World Cup events than any other American in addition to her Olympic medals, monetary success came in the form of lucrative endorsements.

So with the final race of the season coming up this weekend at Homestead — and the championship on the line for Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch — this seemed like the perfect time to talk to Brian.

Unfortunately for young driver Todd Hazelwood, that's exactly what happened when he tangled with Jonathon Webb during the first qualifying race for the Sandown 500, the first of three endurance events in the Supercars championship.

Here are all of the incidents from the 12 Hour race and its support championships.

It becomes even more outstanding when you think of the technology and development involved in creating an autonomous race car, that'll be in an actual championship some point in the future.

David is currently racing in his final season in karting, and is second in the German championship after three of the five rounds.

The Mucke Motorsport team has raced with pink cars in the DTM for the last couple of years thanks to their association with the same sponsor, and this year will see the pink BWT - liveries expand into the German Formula 4 and GT championships as well.

Since the start of the U.S. Grand Prix, has any driver won that race and gone on to win the world championship?

Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentina's daring world champion, began bid for fourth title, gunning his borrowed Ferrari at record - breaking 79.4 mph to win Argentina Grand Prix at Buenos Aires, first championship race of 1956.

BOATING — TED TURNER of Atlanta won the World 5.5 - meter sailing championships with four victories in seven races off Oyster Bay, N.Y. Turner finished with the low score of 16.7, David Forbes of Sydney, Australia was second with 32.7 and King Olav of Norway third with 37.7.

From that came the implementation of a three - stage format that incentivizes drivers with bonus points that apply toward the championship so that they push hard from green flag to checkered flag in every regular season race.

Since his few races for Manor in 2015 Rossi ended up making a name for himself in IndyCar, winning the 2016 Indy 500 as a rookie and establishing himself as one of the championship's most talented young drivers.

On this day in 1992 three drivers battled for the championship in one of the most iconic races in British motorsport history

Schemes like the Red Bull programme and its Mercedes / Ferrari counterparts pretty much cover all the costs of a race season, meaning that in the championships that followed such as Formula Renault 3.5 and GP2 Gasly didn't need to find money or a good seat, because Red Bull was helping to sort it all out for him.

Marcus Ericsson retired early on with a hydraulics issue, but Charles Leclerc finished the race in 13th place, 75 - seconds adrift of winner Vettel and just 30 - seconds adrift of 10th place and a championship point.

Despite only competing in seven of the 14 races, Hesketh's efforts were enough to give March fifth in the constructors» championship - ahead of even Ferrari!

The team, called FA Racing G2 Logitech G, will race in various different championships on a range of different games.

The championship leader at the end of the normal 26 - race section will be awarded «regular season champion» and get 15 additional playoff points, with the rest of the top 10 also getting them on a 10 (for second) to one (for 10th) playoff point basis.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

With Nelson Piquet out of the race (and already champion) and Nigel Mansell having to miss the last two rounds through injury, second was enough to give Senna the runner - up spot in the championship.

It wasn't enough to win the title, but he set up his championship - winning season in 2016 by taking victory at the first four races, giving him a seven - race run of P1 finishes.

He was still leading the championship heading in the the final round in Fuji, but the race was so wet that he couldn't see properly as a result of his burns and withdrew from the race, allowing Hunt to finish third and win the title.

Clark's second and final F1 championship was won in style back in 1965 with a five - race run of victories, from the sport's trip to Spa in Belgium to the German GP at the Nurburgring.

Heading into the final race of 2012 Alonso was challenging Sebastian Vettel for the championship whilst Massa had scored just one podium all season and was way down in seventh in the points standings.

Up until the mid-2000s, Alberto Ascari had been the man to beat with his seven - race victory streak across the 1952 and 1953 seasons — both of which saw him take championship wins.

As well as going off and winning championships in both Formula E and WEC, he's still a reserve driver for Red Bull Racing, and Helmut Marko once said that of all the drivers that slipped off of Red Bull's ladder, Buemi was the best.

Firstly, he looks like a driver ready to fight for a championship and secondly, the future of the Red Bull Racing team is very much built around keeping Verstappen happy.

But in the race Barrichello dropped back and eventually got a puncture, whilst Button fought his way up to fifth in a fine display of overtaking and took a remarkable championship victory for the Brawn team.

It was the penultimate race of the season and a crucial round of the championship battle between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill.

There's no arguing the awesomeness of the RB6 though - the team won nine races and both championships, with Sebastian Vettel winning a thrilling four - way title decider to become the youngest ever champion and kicking off four straight years of Red Bull dominance.

«Doing this race is some kind of first step in endurance championship [driving], how these races are and how much I enjoy these races.

Eight highly talented contenders are racing for the championship... even as the league claims that three quarters of its franchises are swimming in red ink.

With three races for the 1957 world championship for manufacturers now run, Ferrari has gone ahead of its keenest rival, Maserati, two victories to one.

Martin Truex Jr. rallied to win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.

Most touring car championships have packed grids, masses of fans and close, exciting racing, yet somehow the FIA WTCC has managed to achieve none of those things.

In addition to his four CCWS championships, Bourdais is also the winner of 31 races in his Indy car career, tied with Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy for eighth on the all - time wins list.

MARK MARTIN, 6 AAAFord, Roush Racing In his final Cup season the 47 - year - old has beenimpressively consistent; more of the same could bring the four - time pointsrunner - up his first Cup championship.

The famed skipper of America's Cup contender «Vim» switched to ocean racing and sailed off with the Southern Circuit championship

TRANSLATION Sirs: Ganbare is a much more appropriate name for the underdog yacht that Douglas Peterson built on a shoestring and raced with success against far more expensive boats in the 1973 World One Ton Cup championship than your translation of the name — «good luck» — would imply (Sardinia Sea Script: Viva Cinderella!

Since then, the duo has formed one of the best driver - crew chief combinations in NASCAR history, winning six championships and 69 races.

Barbara Britch, 15, a Nordic skier from Anchorage, Alaska, compiled the nation's fastest times for her class as she won all but one of her races this season and became the state's first U.S. titlist by taking the junior ladies» championship in Duluth.

Except, of course, this was the widespread belief last year, then all Johnson did was win a playoff - best three races en route to win a seventh Cup championship, tying the all - time mark shared by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.

We are down to just eight drivers still alive for the championship with four races remaining, though most eyes are on Joey Logano, winner of each of the last three weeks.

By not winning, Kenseth was effectively knocked out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoff and afterward he hinted at seeking possible retribution toward Logano, who's won the past three races and emerged as the championship favorite.

«We can focus on looking forward and having the opportunity to race for the championship with this group of guys and have fast pit stops like they've been doing all year long.»

That is how the NASCAR world turns heading into the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway (2:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN), the second of three semifinal races that will determine the four drivers who will vie for the championship in two weeks at Homestead - Miami Speedway.