It began as a simple request for good luck and ended up becoming a symbol for something even more magical: track records and
race victories for Alfa Romeo and its team of drivers.
He had fought for good health on and off for a number of years with the same indomitable spirit that led him to many a victory on the river both as oarsman and the architect, as Head Coach, of a record series of Boat
Race victories for Oxford over rivals, Cambridge in the 70s and 80s.
It was the second straight
race victory for the Corvette DP and third of the season.
Not exact matches
Trump was then declared the victor in Pennsylvania, and the Associated Press called the
race for him at 2:30 a.m. E.T. Financial markets were already tumbling at the prospect of a Trump
victory hours earlier, with Dow futures down more than 700 points at one point.
During an interview with CNN, Merrill, who voted
for Moore, outlined some of the voter fraud claims his office has had to deal with in the weeks that followed Jones's surprise
victory and Moore's refusal to concede the
race.
The smashing
victories of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump will have an impact
for the 2016 presidential
race.
It's the third - consecutive
victory for Trump as the GOP presidential
race rolls into Super Tuesday.
In my home state of Pennsylvania,
for instance, despite a strong Democratic
victory in the governor's
race, every Planned Parenthood - endorsed legislative candidate in a reasonably contested
race was defeated.
The first two
races saw wheel - to - wheel
racing for victory, Le Mans was epic and the season finale in Bahrain went down to the wire in an absolute nail - biter.
It proved to be the decisive move
for the
race lead, as Newgarden went on to claim
victory and take the lead in the drivers» standings.
It also snapped a 112 -
race dry spell
for Richard Childress
Racing, whose last
victory occurred November 2013 — also at Phoenix with former RCR driver Kevin Harvick, who's since moved to Stewart - Haas
Racing.
Propelled by a late -
race gamble not to pit
for fresh tires, Ryan Newman snapped a 127 -
race winless streak and scored an upset
victory Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway.
Rahal is clearly hooked up and enjoying the Detroit double - header, as he took pole position and
victory for the opening
race of the weekend.
After a disrupted
race two, which featured a red flag
for a huge shunt between Gary Paffett and Mike Rockenfeller, it was Maxime Martin who took the
race victory.
But in Canada, we were treated to a multi-stop
race which saw Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and eventual winner Lewis Hamilton all challenge
for victory.
The final round of the 1987 season in Adelaide saw Gerhard Berger romp to
victory for the second
race in a row.
Lewis Hamilton has spoken out about it because during the Australian Grand Prix he had to focus more on saving the car
for future
races than challenging Sebastian Vettel
for the
victory.
Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor leg in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge athlete in the final metres of the last
race of the day, bringing the match
victory back to Oxford
for the first time in four years.
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.
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.
stayed well on pace until called upon by Bill Hartack,
raced to half - length
victory over Nadir in track record 1:22 [1/5]
for seven furlongs at Keeneland, brought back hopeful memories of stablemate Iron Liege's triumph in same
race year ago.
At Palm Springs,
racing for the first time in his life, Jim drove a white Porsche to
victory in an under -1,500-cc.
The four - man U.S. team won eight medals, and Peterson won six — a bronze, two silvers and three golds,
for his
victories in the 5,000 -, 10,000 - and 20,000 - meter track
races.
Arsenal have had a difficult start to the Premier League campaign, despite successive 1 - 0
victories over West Bromwich Albion and Southampton, leaving them a long way adrift of rivals Chelsea and Manchester City in the battle
for top spot in the English top flight, which already looks like very much being a two horse
race.
With a 21 - 16
victory at Detroit on Sunday, Minnesota is 7 - 5, a bona fide NFC wild - card contender and still only two games behind Chicago in the
race for the NFC North title.
Harvick is going
for his third consecutive
victory on a 1.5 - mile track with Sunday's
race at Fort Worth:
Victory for Louis van Gaal's side would lift them to within one point of the Citizens, who have only won one of their last five league games, in the
race for the fourth and final Champions League place.
The revival of an old
racing classic was a gas, especially
for the aeronauts of Double Eagle III, who rode a thermal roller coaster 617 miles to a bumpy
victory
2014 and 2015 champion Petter Solberg finished 2nd, but 5th place
for Mattias Ekstrom was enough to secure him the title with a round to spare, adding Rallycross honours to his two DTM championships and three
Race of Champions
victories.
But all eyes are on Harvick, crew chief Rodney Childers and Stewart - Haas
Racing for reasons beyond overpowering
victories that saw Harvick lead 67 percent of the combined laps run at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Another Brazilian starlet, Oscar has been key
for Chelsea this season in their run to what looks like
victory in the Premier League title
race.
Pedro Rodriguez didn't get a regular drive in F1 until 1967, where he promptly took the last ever
victory for the Cooper team in the opening
race of the season in South Africa.
The 1984 Monaco Grand Prix is perhaps best remembered
for being the
race where Ayrton Senna «arrived», as he chased down Alain Prost
for victory in torrential conditions.
That said one of the
races that year was won by a Lotus, which technically makes it the first F1
victory for the team.
Not
for the first time this year, Sebastian Vettel was denied a
victory due to a strategy error but rather than sulk, the Ferrari driver instead joked with
race - winner Lewis Hamilton that it was two seagulls that caused him to lock - up and make a mistake.
Manchester City travel to the Britannia stadium to play Stoke City on Wednesday night hoping
for a
victory to make sure that don't completely lose Chelsea in the Premier League title
race.
HARNESS
RACING — In Paris, TOSCAN, owned by Count Pierre de Montesson, trotted to
victory in the $ 126,000 Prix d'Amérique in 3:23.6
for the 1 «Öù - mile course, while Henri Levesque's hopes
for a fifth straight win were ended when his entry, Upsalin, was involved in a collision.
HORSE
RACING — On a day of major prep
races for the May 2 Kentucky Derby, upset
victories were the rule.
For Liverpool, this was a crucial win as the Reds had failed to win any of their three previous games in all competitions, with Jurgen Klopp's side now firmly back in the title
race following this
victory.
The reason
for losing the
race victory was bizarre too, and proves even
racing drivers can have lapses of concentration even while driving at high speeds.
Carolina's
victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card
race and pull even with the Saints
for the NFC South lead.
Busch has finished no worse than third in the past six Cup Series
races and will go
for his third consecutive
victory Saturday night at Richmond Raceway.
While it may take a few
races for Montoya to get re-acclimated to open - wheel
racing, Penske has stacked the deck in his efforts to both return to
Victory Lane at Indianapolis and pick up the team's first championship since 2006 (Sam Hornish Jr..)
In fact Rebellion had been looking very strong in the class earlier in the
race but a series of minor problems ultimately dropped them out of contention
for the class
victory.
Aston Martin took a dramatic class
victory in the dying moments of this year's Le Mans 24 hours, but that was just a warm up
for the biggest event of the summer: the Red Bull Soapbox
Race at Alexandra Palace in London.
He qualified third
for the Hungarian GP and hit the front during the
race, leading
for most of it and looking set
for a stunning
victory..
So today's 6 Hours of Fuji was particularly nuts as the
race for overall
victory went down to the final lap.
Raikkonen is the only driver from the current top three teams that didn't win a
race in 2017, where he usually found himself in battles with the Red Bull drivers more often than fighting Hamilton and Vettel
for victories.
It was particularly sweet
for Sato who came desperately close to winning the
race in 2012 but crashed on the final lap when making a move
for the
race victory.
This has to be one of the strangest excuses
for losing a
race victory we've heard in quite some time