Sentences with phrase «race to the finish before»

As we raced to finish before the weather deteriorated further, we encountered a bachelor herd of a dozen skittish elk at a distance of fifty yards.

Someone like Jin, with good technique, can do 200 to 300 shots at a time, racing to finish before the cells start to divide.

Not exact matches

Gilmour went on to create the packaging for some of the company's most successful brands — including Luna, Builder's, Mojo, and Shot, which shows an athlete poised in the running blocks before a race, instead of the traditional imagery that shows someone crossing the finish line.

«The Mark Webber team was telling him to try and take care of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the F1 race driver.

Right after I finished photographing these tarts — I raced out of the house to get to the car wash before the place closed.

This was before Mackey had won a single Iditarod, let alone four straight; before he used what he calls his marathon style — catnapping as his sled moves and covering 100 - mile chunks at a moderate pace without prolonged rest, instead of sprinting from rest stop to rest stop like most other racers — to win an unprecedented double (the Yukon Quest, the world's other 1,000 - mile dogsled race, and just weeks later the Iditarod) not once but twice; before he became so dominant that slower competitors complained they had no chance to finish within five days of him (the requirement for an official place and a commemorative belt buckle); and before a rival pushed for drug testing at the 2010 Iditarod, suspecting that Mackey's secret was his prescription for medical marijuana to alleviate the side effects of cancer treatment.

But whilst his determination was impressive he wasn't the driver he had been before the accident, and aside from a non-championship win at Silverstone in 1971 the best he could hope to achieve was the occasional points finish in attritional races.

SI's pick to hoist the Sprint Cup is standing in the infield hours before he will finish sixth in the penultimate race of the regular season.

Jimmie Johnson has just one top - 10 finish so far in 2018, but will try to get back on track at a race track where he has won seven times before.

That's certainly a disappointing ending for the «Chicken Man,» who RCR pledged to help develop as a driver but only waited through five races of wrecked cars and poor finishes before giving him the boot.

Before the Bristol race Jarrett had 20 top 10 finishes — the key to winning the season title — in 22 races and led Martin in the standings by 314 points.

Louis van Gaal lost both Anthony Martial and Matteo Darmian before kick off and in the first half respectively, as they bid to apply pressure on their rivals above them in the race for a top - four finish.

Disappointment in the pre-season transfer window, followed by rationalizations of why we should give the team and Wenger a chance and not write them off before a ball is kicked in anger, followed by analyzing each set back as «too early to panic» followed by excuses about injuries and referees, followed by anger and disappointment after the inevitable reality sets in and Arsenal are effectively eliminated from the PL race before the year is even finished and the PL has reached its half way point.

«I'll say this: Drew is definitely an honorary brother,» says Troy Henry, 50, a black businessman who finished a distant second to Mitch Landrieu in the mayor's race just before this year's Super Bowl.

I'd never been in a race like it before, and soon found myself up to 2nd, where I finished.

Juve travel to Florence to take on Fiorentina the night before, and so wins over Lazio and the Viola in their upcoming fixtures would certainly end all talk of a title race given their straight - forward finish to the campaign thereafter.

Though it's a bit off the pace, his Ligier is pretty efficient on fuel and tyres so just before he finished his opening stint two hours into the race, he found himself briefly in the lead before handing over to teammate Phil Hanson.

Jockey Kent Desormeaux, aboard a 3 - year - old gelding named Judge Hammer, was cruising to victory in a claiming race at Hollywood Park last Dec. 11 when the horse inexplicably ducked and threw him just before the finish.

But Keselowski did pass Truex to finish a somewhat improbable second in a race that appeared over before it ever really began.

Forty - eight hours before he won the race at Washington Park last week Nashua, the muscled - up bay challenger from the East, was led from Barn A around the infield's turf course to a position near the finish line which would — on the approaching Big Day — serve as a paddock in full view of all America.

Soutter, who grew up in Oxsted, Surrey, before moving to the Alps, had earlier narrowly edged out teammate Maisie Hill in the semi-final to clinch a spot to race for the medals before Hill went on to win the B final and finish fifth overall.

Nicolas Otamendi headed home Leroy Sane's corner to double City's lead with 20 minutes remaining, before De Bruyne's defence - splitting pass sent Sane racing clear and he finished expertly to make it three.

He added his second on 30 minutes as Aurélien Chedjou failed to connect with a header allowing Welbeck to race away from Felipe Melo before finishing with some ease.

Riders are scored according to finishing position in each event before the drama of the final event, the points race, in which riders can lose or gain points, the rider with the highest total crowned the winner.

And before I know it, that same fair - haired six year old is an elegant young lady, happily sprinting to the finish without hesitation in the latest running race, and suddenly in my heart I know that once I am gone, she will be okay.

An optional payroll tax as a way to workaround a $ 10,000 cap on the deduction of state and local taxes remains alive in the budget negotiations as lawmakers race to finish the spending plan before the holiday weekend.

So, depending on the length of the race, you want to aim for a heart rate that is going to help you use sugar but not deplete it before you finish.

The main objective in racing games is to reach the finish line before the other racers and attain first place.

With an impressive qualifying result the day before, driver Bartek Pagacz started on pole and finished the first race maintaining his position, adding 25 points to his championship standings.

While we at Silver Screen Riot are not racing to the finish line before we've seen the likes of Rogue One, Martin Scorsese's Silence or a number of other potential contenders for the title, there is a collection of films that we do feel comfortable ranking: that of the horror persuasion.

In race mode you must build a tower tall enough to reach the finish line before your opponents do.

That means the team and driver can outfit the Synaptiq with slicks for the first stretch of the race --- a grands prix - style sprint from LA to Las Vegas — before chunkier (but disturbingly low - profile) tyres take their place for an off - road desert stage with a Grand Canyon finish line.

Attractively finished Aston Racing Green with Saddle Tan hides and Alcantara inserts, before being registered to its first owner in the year 2000.

Corvette C6.Rs Run One - Two Before Early Finish to Rain - Soaked Race BRASELTON, Ga. — The torrential rain that has inundated Georgia returned today, forcing officials to red flag the scheduled 10 - hour Petit Le Mans after four hours and 50 minutes of racing.

With both turbocharged Kia Racing Optimas having scored hard - fought top - ten finishes at the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge season opener in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Kia Racing team had just three days in their Buford, Ga., shop to prepare the No. 36 DonorsChoose.org and No. 38 B.R.A.K.E.S. machines before making the long haul west to another ocean - side street circuit, this time the legendary 1.968 - mile, 11 - turn concrete canyon in Long Beach, Calif..

The final piece of the puzzle before putting the car back on the ground is to mount the Rocket Racing Booster wheels (with Hyper Shot finish) and Maxxis tires.

Oliver Gavin's 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours was brought to a cruel and premature finish today after an apparent engine problem forced the car from a commanding GT2 class lead into retirement just before the end of the 19th hour of the race.

«Realistically, it was going to be very difficult to finish in under three hours after I had a slight injury in the weeks before the race and had to curtail my training schedule,» Gavin said.

Although the dawn was clear and crisp, a looming weather front is predicted to bring rain to Le Mans before the finish of the 24 - hour race at 3 p.m.

• Oliver Gavin and Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner enjoyed a seven - point advantage ahead of Saturday's (17 September, 2016) Lone Star Le Mans race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Texas • A fifth place finish proved to be a solid result for the title leaders as they extend the gap to 11 points ahead of the finale at Petit Le Mans, Road Atlanta • Gavin took the first stint from sixth position on the grid before handing over to Milner who had to battle some cockpit issues and handling imbalances to get a fifth place finish.

Gavin is a previous winner at Mosport, having first scaled the top step of the podium in 2011 before achieving a landmark 40th American Le Mans Series (ALMS) victory alongside current co-driver Milner in 2013; the race was defined by a fraught fight that saw the Corvette squad edge a Dodge Viper rival to top honours by a mere two tenths of a second in a spectacular photo finish.

In the four races run by the new Corvette C6.Rs, the team finished first at Mosport, second at Mid-Ohio, third at Road America and ran much of the rain - soaked race at Petit Le Mans first and second before dropping to 4th when the race was called.

The e-reader's ease and comfort became apparent as I raced to finish the second «Hunger Games» book before the movie came out.

Despite efforts to pull her up, the «Queen of the fillies» was motivated to finish and simply refused to stop, doing irreversible damage to her leg before racing the finish line.

Those levels are a level in which you are controlling a submarine trying to find trading cards underwater in a certain amount of time, a racing level where Sonic is racing through an obstacle course against Dr. Robotnik (Eggman, whatever), an on - rails endless runner where you have to try and collect 200 coins and avoid hitting any obstacles before you reach the end of the level, and finally, a level where Tails is driving some hoverboat and you have to reach the finish line in time to collect a trading card.

Events here include Carnage, a game mode where the aim is to finish as close to the front as possible while scoring as many points as possible from destroying your opponents and the environment, Beat the Bomb is a check point style race where you have a bomb on board, and have to hit the next checkpoint before it goes of resetting the timer, Keep the Flag is pretty obvious and finally Stunts.

You'll really need your drifting skills in order to cross the finish lines before time runs out in this 3D racing game.

While it can be frustrating to lose connection after having to spectate an entire race, it's much better than being dropped right before you hit the finish line.

Although I found I played half of the game before I even got one, due to the fact that racing to the finish line is the fastest way to finish and win an event.

You've spent an entire race building up to first place, and just before you cross the finish line some guy shoots you with a missile and blazes past you at twice your speed to steal your hard - earned victory.