Sentences with phrase «oval racing»

Richmond, London About Blog Weekly newspaper covering a wide range of four - wheeled motorsport: circuit racing, rallying, karting, rallycross, drag racing, speed events, oval racing and truck racing.

They're key in oval racing of all kinds and its well represented in the game.

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Whether you want to go for high - speed oval racing on Northern Isle, hone your technical skills on Dragon Trail, or drift sideways through the corners in rally, race on your own terms as you choose from multiple driving aids including braking and or steering to hone your skills.

If you're only turning in one direction (i.e. oval racing), you can further optimize by applying both positive and negative camber to the inner and outer wheels respectively, countering the rolling on both wheels, giving you maximum grip when cornering.

Proving all doubters wrong, Nigel not only won the PPG Cup at his first attempt, but also made light of the black art of oval racing, to such effect that he was almost omnipotent, he was very unlucky to miss out on a maiden win at the Indianapolis 500 first time out.

Fernando Alonso said he wanted to prove himself racing in any machinery and he certainly did that on his IndyCar and oval racing debut at the Indianapolis 500.

Even slight contact in oval racing can cause a large pile - up, however these two NASCAR drivers double drifted their way out of trouble like a bunch of pros.

A close run to the chequered flag is clearly one of the most exciting ways for a race to be decided and oval racing lends itself to this perfectly.

Whoever says oval racing is boring is absolutely crazy.

One of the great things about oval racing is the unpredictability — if someone's close to the leader with a lap or two to go, they could still take victory.

Let's take a look at some brilliantly close battles to the line in oval racing.

And being born into it, Like peanut butter, root beer, oval racing, and other Americana.I am not among the lucky ones.

Sure, at times it was a bit much (there were 32 other drivers taking part, after all) but it was awesome to see so many new people taking an interest and — ultimately — falling in love with oval racing.

The length of the Indy 500 and characteristics of oval racing mean there's always a time where unexpected or lesser - known names find themselves at the front, and that was no different in 2017.

There's a lot more to the Indy 500 (and all oval racing) than just turning left.

IndyCar unfairly holds a reputation outside of America of being «just a load of oval racing», but you'll see how far that is from the truth as you watch probably the most brilliant playlist on all of YouTube: the entire 1993 season.

F1 race winner and FIA WEC champion Webber was asked over the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend by Alonso if he'd be interested in trying the Indy 500 alongside him but the Aussie said he is not interested in oval racing.

«I think I would do well in oval racing.

Qualifying for the Indy 500 is no easy task, but Fernando Alonso's only gone and secured a top five grid slot for his debut at the famous oval race.

Two - time F1 champion Fernando Alonso decided to ditch Monaco for a new IndyCar - shaped challenge at the iconic oval race.

IndyCar's first trip to an oval race didn't get off to the cleanest of starts after a multi-car shunt

Dale Coyne himself has said that he's had at least 30 drivers call about the vacant seat, and that he'd like to take on a driver who can do both the road and oval races.

As it stands, only Indianapolis, Texas, Milwaukee, Iowa and Auto Club Speedway host IndyCar oval races and Miles hasn't been successful in finding agreements that work for both sides on hosting additional oval events.

This Sunday we'll attempt our fourth oval race of the season, the Iowa Corn 300.

who was leading on his first ever oval race, with reigning champion Josef Newgarden chasing him down on fresher tyres.

Rookie of the Year honors went to GARTH BROW, who took the 20 - lap, half - mile - oval race in a track - record 7:32.8, 3.8 seconds under the mark Springsteen set last year.

Of course, a lot more attention was on the iconic oval race this year because of a certain Spaniard: Fernando Alonso.

One thing I did notice playing through this expansion is that I had to turn the AI difficulty up during the oval races, and down a notch during the standard road tracks.

Not exact matches

He would «die to race at Atlanta» back when it was a true oval, before its 1997 reconfiguration.

Because IRL races are run on oval tracks, with grandstands in close proximity, kiting could be disastrous.

Belmont's famed Widener chute, a six - and - three - quarter furlong straightaway, no longer will run through the middle of the racing oval, and its finish will be in front of the new stand instead of what now appears to be the next county.

To NASCAR's credit, it has made strides to satisfy this demand by restructuring the Cup Series» 10 - race playoff schedule with the addition of a second short track race and shifting from using the oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway to its 17 - turn road course.

Well, only once in the Chase era has a driver finished worse than sixth in the fall race at Loudon and gone on to win the championship (Johnson, in 2006, when he came in 39th at the 1.058 - mile oval).

Growing up in Las Vegas racing at The Bullring, a tight.375 - mile oval, Busch developed a reputation for muscling competitors out of the way.

He has won an ISM - best eight times on the 1 - mile oval — doubling up second - place Jimmie Johnson — including six of the past 11 races.

Race finishes in F1 don't tend to be as close as they often are in oval or motorbike racing, but there have been a few that went right down to the wire

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.

Pulling off an amazing, high - speed save at a normal race track is impressive enough, let alone when it's at a terrifyingly - quick oval and the driver is racing at over 190mph.

MOTOR SPORTS — GEOFF BODINE, driving a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, averaged 80.908 mph around Nashville International Raceway's.596 - mile banked oval to win a $ 206,000, 250 - mile Grand National stock car race.

If a deal can be reached then Maldonado will only do the road and street courses (which make up most of the calendar anyway) as he doesn't want to race on ovals.

The Frenchman had a fabulous career in CART Champ Cars, winning four championships and 31 races including two on ovals, and spent a season - and - a-half in Formula One.

«Ovals represent our roots and show off our racing in a spectacular way,» Miles also told Miller.

But, now, it's road / street course and short oval aerokit has broken cover during a test at the Mid-Ohio track — where IndyCar was racing last weekend, with Josef Newgarden winning.

So when the penultimate race of the season rolled around in Monza, the organisers decided to take advantage of that fact and use the combined road and oval layout of the circuit.

Of the 17 races on the 2018 calendar, six take place on ovals, six on road course, and five on street courses, making IndyCar perhaps the truest test of driver abilities of any championship in the world.

Yes, IndyCar does race in the wet, as long as it's not an oval.

He went on to win four more races that year (all on ovals) and win the title, becoming the first driver to hold the F1 and IndyCar championships at the same time.

Of course, these are just a small selection of many, many great moments of IndyCar racing on ovals, and there are plenty of other awesome races that we've missed.

If you can get past the slightly unusual looking cars you'll be treated to unpredictable racing around a good mixture of road courses, street tracks and ovals.