Sentences with phrase «race record time»

2018-04-08 10:35 Australian supermaxi Perpetual Loyal has won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in a blistering race record time.

Australian supermaxi Perpetual Loyal has won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in a blistering race record time.

Not exact matches

The hybrid toy - video game franchise raced past $ 2 billion in sales in a record 27 months at retail and is on the list of top 20 game franchises of all time.

«In a campaign cycle that has been nothing but a race to the bottom — at such a critical moment for our nation — and with so many who have tried to be respectful of a record primary vote, the time has come for Governor Pence to lead the ticket,» Huntsman told the Salt Lake Tribune.

121:8.14 — While I, with the collaboration of my eleven associate fellow midwayers and under the supervision of the Melchizedek of record, have portrayed this narrative in accordance with my concept of its effective arrangement and in response to my choice of immediate expression, nevertheless, the majority of the ideas and even some of the effective expressions which I have thus utilized had their origin in the minds of the men of many races who have lived on earth during the intervening generations, right on down to those who are still alive at the time of this undertaking.

A few years ago, demographers announced that for the first time in recorded history the majority of the human race lives in cities.

Not remembered as the greatest 200m final in Olympic memory (that accolade probably goes to Michael Johnson and his world record time of 19.32 at the Atlanta Games or Usain Bolt at 2016 Rio Olympics), this moment would be remembered for the events after the race: three athletes» protest against the violence, subjugation and oppression of racial injustice.

I'd love to know in what areas you see that, because while I certainly agree that in many ways the human race differs from the Bible's standards of right and wrong, I really don't see that there's been much change over the last couple thousand years — certainly not since the time of the Greeks, when we start having our first comprehensive records outside the Bible.

Gardner recorded one of the fastest times for an American woman ever, leading an NBC Sports» commentator to declare that it was «one of the greatest races you'll ever see.»

In the last five years, she's won 10 ultramarathons (any footrace longer than 26.2 miles) and set six course records, and she holds the second - fastest women's 100 - mile road race time in the nation.

Indeed, Montoya had the fastest car all weekend at New Hampshire, setting the pace in every practice session, winning the pole with a track - record time on Friday and leading a race - high 105 laps on Sunday.

He was reportedly clocked at running 40 metres in just 4.2 seconds beating Walcott's record by just 1 / 100th of a second, but these times are being challenged by Richard Kilty, who is the World and European champion at 60 metre sprint racing.

The tiny bay spitfire took the $ 115,281 classic in straight heats, smashed the stakes record and equaled Speedy Scot's world record race time of 1:56 [4/5].

The Max Verstappen hype is stronger than ever and he's smashing all kinds of F1 records, so surely it must be time for F1 to return to The Netherlands for a race?

For a long time he held the unwanted record of having the most podiums without winning a race, but the record was taken from him when Nick Heidfeld finished 3rd in the 2011 Malaysian GP.

«I do,» Woods said back in January about whether he believed he was still in the race for the all - time majors record.

Racing media is sure to ask trainer Todd Pletcher about his «sketchy» Derby record, but there is a reason why he's a 7 - time Eclipse Award winner.

On Oct. 1, a 4 - year - old gelding named Silver Icon won a 6 1/2 - furlong race in the world - record time of 1:13 [3/5]-- and it had rained that morning.

While he receives a minimum $ 50,000 appearance fee almost every time he races, plus bonuses for records (such as the kilo of gold), plus payments from his lucrative contract with Nike, plus expensive favors from Morocco's royal family (King Hassan II sent his private jet to fetch the runner for treatment of his hemorrhoids), El Guerrouj lives 11 months of the year with his teammates, half of that time in the dormitory in Rabat.

Though slowed by injuries and personal troubles this year, Wanjiru had already become the youngest runner to win four major marathons, held the fastest nonaided time ever recorded in an American race and was a favorite to repeat as Olympic champion in»12 following his Olympic record time of 2:06:32 in» 08.

In the two decades since, Foyt has been the fastest qualifier four times, has led the race a record 10 times and has won it three times (1961-64-67), a record he shares with Wilbur Shaw, Mauri Rose and Louis Meyer.

Porsche are one of the most legendary manufacturers in motorsport, particularly when it comes to Le Mans, having won the 24 hour race a record 19 times.

1:41.770 minutes - the 919 Hybrid Evo set an all - time record lap at one of the most challenging race circuits in the world: Spa - Francorchamps.

It's considered to be one of the most entertaining and action - packed IndyCar races of all time, with a record - breaking 80 lead changes and some seriously close pack racing.

Aside from during the pit stops, Schumacher led the whole race and took the win - a record - equalling (at the time) 51st - and his fourth world championship with four race left to go in the season.

It might seem strange for a highly - motivated sports person to not want to chase records - Sebastian Vettel loves breaking them, and Fernando Alonso has said he wants to win motor racing's triple crown so that he can be considered as one of the great drivers of all time.

ALBUQUERQUE Two - time Indy 500 winner and CART's alltime prize - money leader; set record for career starts in Indy car racing in July.

He'd need to win another 32 races to beat the record, which seems like a lot, but then again there was a time where Schumacher's pole record looked unbeatable and Hamilton managed to take that, so who knows.

«The time wasn't great but I am happy with the win,» Barrett said after the race, which was missing the likes of British record - holder Tiffany Porter and her sister, Olympic fourth - placer Cindy Ofili, through injury.

Jones, the 1982 London Marathon winner, won the Barbados Marathon six times between 1990 and 1996 and still holds the race record of 2:22:33 from 1991.

Farah made his move with 17 laps to go with Albert Rop an ever present on his heels, but the four - time Olympic Champion upped the ante during the closing stages and raced away from the pack to claim victory and break both the British and European records.

Ben Dijkstra first started racing at the age of four and, by the time he was 10, the Leicester - born triathlete was breaking national age records.

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Kenya's two - time Olympic 800m champion and world record - holder David Rudisha is the star name over the rarely - raced 500m on road and track and he will go up against a field including Britain's Martyn Rooney, Seb Rodger, Jacob Paul and Jack Green.

Lewis Hamilton finally equalled Michael Schumacher's all - time record for most pole positions in the Belgian Grand Prix, and he took 41 fewer races to do it.

On Nov. 2, 1987, the holder of a $ 1 Super Bet ticket hit an all - time Illinois record betting jackpot of $ 1,546,140 at Hawthorne Race Course.

At the same time, there has been a nationalized push on the race, with Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee and Emily's List becoming involved as well as former Vice President Joe Biden recording a robocall.

I don't know if it broke an all - time record but again a lot of this is attributed to the fact there wasn't a major race on top of the ticket,» said Erie County Elections Commissioner Len Lenihan.

Chris McKenna, of the Times Herald - Record, breaks down the contentious race for the 39th Senate District, which is a rematch between incumbent Bill Larkin and Chris Eachus.

It's about time we see a progressive activist with a real track record backing our guys taking this race on!

As the race enters a final phase that will include a series of candidate debates (Editor's note: This story went to press before Wednesday night's debate; we'll have a full report on it in next week's Kingston Times...) and a relentless schedule of public events and fundraisers across a sprawling 11 - county district, both campaigns would like to make the contest a referendum on Gibson's two - year record in Congress.

Hanna said the GOP should look back at the last time the party won a statewide race, when Pataki - who supported abortion rights and had a strong environmental record — was re-elected governor in 2002.

However, throughout the past several election cycles Republicans have unsuccessfully pumped significant financing into campaigns hoping to win control of the seat, including a race between Latimer and GOP candidate Bob Cohen during a 2012 election that broke a record for most money spent — $ 4.5 million in total — during a New York political race at the time.

Democrat Kevin Kim has raised more than three times the amount of money than Republican Dan Halloran in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), but Halloran's participation in the city's matching funds program has multiplied his fund - raising efforts by six times since September's Democratic primary, according to city campaign finance records.

So it is odd to hear someone as canny and careful as David Greenfield break the façade and reference the Speaker's race on the public record, 19 months ahead of time, with the two leading candidates for the job (Johnson and Ferreras - Copeland) sitting right there.

Political action committees have donated to Assemblyman David Weprin's (D - Little Neck) campaign at a rate nearly 50 times as high as his Republican rival, Bob Turner, in the race for the 9th Congressional District seat, Federal Election Commission records showed.

(For the record, Samuels called on Pilgrim - Hunter to drop out of the race, noting at the time the more narrow the field against Espada the better the chances are of ousting him).

As the New York Times's Thomas Kaplan noted in his front - page report on the race, Teachout «was on pace to record the strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970.»

The governor has faced pressure to step aside from the race for months as record - low poll numbers rolled in, and that pressure reached the breaking point this week when the New York Times reported his office had intervened in a domestic violence case involving one of his top aides.

Two Democratic officials familiar with the Alabama race tell CNN that Obama recorded the phone message in recent days, at the very time Trump stepped up his own involvement in the campaign with a recorded message.