Sentences with phrase «of veteran drivers»

It's a widespread taxi industry practice that benefits a small number of veteran drivers, but it strands too many intoxicated people when Austin's bars and clubs close, and without rides, intoxicated people can make very bad choices — like driving while intoxicated.

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The Iraq War veteran doesn't expect to wash away the memories that have haunted him since 2003, when he served as a tank driver in the vanguard of the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

For the past few months Busch has participated in a mentoring program, meeting with veteran drivers who are trying to help him become a better citizen of NASCAR Nation.

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.

The final round of the Toyota Racing Series - known as the New Zealand Grand Prix - takes place this weekend and will have a veteran driver on the grid

He was also cast in Logan's Lucky, has been the focus of several previous NASCAR produced advertising campaigns, and is one of 17 Cup Series drivers — a combination of rising stars and established veterans — featured in NASCAR's new brand campaign for 2018.

Keeping Madden out of the fat lane will be the job of Jerry Knick, 38, a 15 - year - veteran Greyhound driver who beat out nine other finalists last week in a contest for the privilege of chauffeuring Madden from one CBS assignment to another for the next six months.

The last time it happened was late in the Packers» 33 — 27 win over the Vikings in the venerable Metrodome on Oct. 23, when Rodgers hit 13 - year veteran Donald Driver for a six - yard gain on second - and - 12, the 711th catch of Driver's career.

At 10:30 a.m., Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone tomorrow will announce the first of its kind Veterans Traffic Court to help veterans lift or avoid driver license suspensions altogether, H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, LongVeterans Traffic Court to help veterans lift or avoid driver license suspensions altogether, H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, Longveterans lift or avoid driver license suspensions altogether, H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, LongVeterans Memorial Hwy., Hauppauge, Long Island.

Yesterday was a day of highs and lows for people hoping to drive for a living in Western New York, as ride - hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft went live in upstate New York, while veteran cab drivers braced for a major shakeup.

Reminder of available discount programs for veterans Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Woodbury) announced that military veterans can now apply for a special designation on their New York State driver's license at no additional charge, rather than carrying separate documentation in order to prove military service.

Also spotted close to Dumelo was veteran actor and comedian, Papa Nii of «Taxi Driver» fame, who gleefully appeared in an NDC - T - shirt, whiles Dumelo cheered on the crowd with a miniature NDC flag in his hand.

«Targeting the drivers of aging and senescent cells may be a novel therapeutic strategy to reduce hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis in ALD patients,» commented co-author Gianfranco Alpini, PhD, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medical Physiology at Texas A&M College of Medicine, Senior Research Scientist at Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, and Director of the BSW DDRC.

Much like a car's navigation system providing calming directions to a lost driver, the Butterball's Turkey Talk - Line has been helping novice chefs and Turkey Day veterans turn out Instagram - worthy — or scrapbook - worthy, prior to the days of social media — Thanksgiving meals since 1981.

Paul Schrader's gritty screenplay depicts the ever - deepening alienation of Vietnam Veteran Travis Bickle, a psychotic cab driver who obsessively cruises the mean streets of Manhattan.

Jimmy is surrounded by other perfect archetypes: His brother Clyde (Adam Driver) is a veteran of the Iraq War who had his lower left arm blown off in combat, and now struggles to get by as a bartender at the local watering hole off the highway.

Cruise plays hotshot race driver Cole Trickle (I love that name, but not as much as that of real - life driver Dick Trickle), who accepts a gig driving NASCAR for a woefully under funded race team, led by the wily veteran coach, Harry Hogge (Duvall, Assassination Tango).

Still best known as the screenwriter of Taxi Driver (1976), veteran director Paul Schrader indulges his two big passions — Calvinism and bloodletting — with this audacious drama.

With earbuds connected to an iPod, Baby calmly waits for more menacing colleagues to do the dirty work and then he navigates the escape with the precision of a veteran stunt driver, evading cop cars, dodging spike strips, switching directions, and confusing helicopters in pursuit.

After returning from WW1 and finding the job market for veterans rather rough, Cagney becomes a cab driver and, eventually, a transporter of bootlegged alcohol.

Like Vietnam War veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) trying to make sense of America in the late 1970s in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) Freddie is similarly childlike, emerging into a world that is recognisable to him, but doesn't fully make sense.

An art - house crime thriller to be directed by Daniel Grove, it features Safai as Iran - Iraq War veteran caught between the Iranian and Russian mafia in Los Angeles, and is described as «Drive meets Taxi Driver set in the opium underworld of Tehrangeles.»

That brings us more or less to John Wick, as director Chad Stahelski and the army of drivers, stunt coordinators, military veterans, tactical firearms consultants, and Brazilian jiu - jitsu instructors who helped turn Keanu Reeves into a precision - tuned killing machine assert their legitimacy as heirs to a tradition that began in the days of hand - cranked cameras and nitrate stock.

Three other men are already seeking shelter inside: Gen. Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern), a Confederate veteran renowned for his cruelty to freed slaves; Oswaldo Mobrey (Tim Roth), an offputting British hangman proud of his dispassion in his job; and Joe Cage (Michael Madsen), a taciturn cattle driver whose very countenance is suspicious.

It sports a solid soundtrack, good location shots (set in Santa Cruz), nice cinematography from Michael Chapman (The Last Waltz, Taxi Driver), and an effective score by veteran Thomas Newman (Revenge of the Nerds, The Shawshank Redemption).

Medical researchers were fascinated with how veteran cab drivers could navigate the busy streets of London so effortlessly and remember all the shortcuts without consulting a map.

Veteran bus drivers immediately reported students were engaged and working on assignments during their commutes instead of getting into the kind of trouble, often arising from boredom.

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«In addition, the Department is proud to recognize the sacrifices of our nation's heroes by providing more veterans with the opportunity to contribute to the safety of our roadways through training grants for the next generation of commercial drivers,» Secretary Chao added.

Aston's other two racers will be a V12 Vantage GT3, with Le Mans racer Darren Turner its headline driver, and a near - production spec V12 Vantage, with evo's Richard Meaden (something of a Ring veteran now) among its pilots.

Nissan plans to announce later phases for the project via social media, culminating in a final phase that will put a veteran who has been injured in the line of duty into the driver's seat of the custom 2014 Nissan Titan.

Earlier this night, I'd been pleasantly surprised to find that just such a driver might have, as one veteran Formula 1 fan put it, «dropped out of the sky.»

The veteran driver works the low gears with ease and energy, whipping us through corners and cracking open the throttle of the twin - turbo 430 - hp inline six - cylinder.

A seasoned veteran, van Overbeek is one of a handful of drivers that made more than 100 ALMS career starts.

Driving the No. 99 BHA Hyundai i30 N TCR, Wilkins, the veteran Canadian driver, has scored a win at Circuit of the Americas (COTA and VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) in the opening four rounds.

The Silver - rated GT racing veteran joins full - season drivers John Potter and Andy Lally at the wheel of the No. 44 Audi R8 LMS, with reigning Intercontinental GT Challenge champion Markus Winkelhock completing the lineup for the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

The young racer is teaming up with veteran Bentley driver Maxime Soulet of Spain this weekend at VIR.

«We expect the veteran drivers to mentor the younger drivers, accelerating the process of learning and development.»

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Grand Prairie Ford is a valued member of the Grand Prairie community, and we work hard to provide great vehicles for first - time and veteran drivers.

Veteran GT racer Ryan Dalziel of Scotland has proven to be a strong GT SprintX racer with two wins last year and now teams with 17 - year - old driver Parker Chase of New Braunfels, Tex., in the No. 19 TruSpeed Audi R8 LMS.

Pumpelly, who captured the Saturday 60 - minute GT SprintX feature last year at Lime Rock Park, is teaming with veteran Porsche driver Michael Christensen of Denmark this weekend and the Georgia ace left little doubt he could be the one to beat again.

A couple of successful sports car veterans make their Pirelli World Challenge debuts at St. Pete this weekend when popular driver Bryan Sellers serves as Parente's K - PAX Racing teammate in the No. 6 K - PAX Racing McLaren 650S and Germany's Pierre Kaffer takes the wheel of the No. 4 Magnus Racing Audi R8 LMS in the double header race weekend.

Now, the veteran sports car entrepreneur has secured a three - driver lineup to match any GT entry in the world with the likes of Patrick Long of the United States, Jörg Bergmeister of Germany and Romain Dumas of France in the longest pro race ever held at MRLS.

LAKEVILLE, Conn. — Am drivers Nicolai Elghanayan and Drew Staveley stunned the veteran Pro / Am racers Monday in the GTS SprintX Round 5 and 6 60 - minute races at Lime Rock Park in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Lime Rock powered by M.

ALTON, Va. — Veteran racer Nick Wittmer of Montreal, Que., Canada was the quickest driver in the GTS SprintX practice rounds Friday at VIRginia International Raceway in preparation for this weekend's Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

In GTS, veteran Paul Brown's return to World Challenge competition coincided with the return of the Ford Mustang Boss 302, and the two paired together for five wins and four poles on the way to Brown's first Pirelli World Challenge drivers» title and the third Manufacturers» Championship for Ford.

Cumming and co-driver Kyle Marcelli will be rejoined by sports car racing veteran Stefan Johansson for Road Atlanta, making for one of the strongest driver lineups in the class.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Stinnett enjoyed a colorful and varied life as (among many other things) a deckhand, commercial fisherman, Dive Master, taxi driver, construction manager, and most recently, long - haul truck driver.