Sentences with phrase «race wins since»

Not exact matches

I could argue against that, since in your first race in months you won the recent XFINITY race at Charlotte, which was your first race in months.

But polls in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — states Republicans hadn't won at the presidential level since the 1980s — belied the state of the race.

While Froome only finished fourth in the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné (he won it 2016 and» 15) and came away with bronze at Rio, he dominates the biggest race in cycling in a way we haven't seen since Lance Armstrong.

If winning the race means keeping your salvation then that would mean only one person could be saved since only one person can win a race.

The most amazing thing about this year's amazing American League race is the fact that the Chicago White Sox, who haven't finished first since 1919, are going to win the pennant.

Which was small wonder, considering that Personal Ensign won this race last year and hasn't lost since.

Since the start of the U.S. Grand Prix, has any driver won that race and gone on to win the world championship?

Since his few races for Manor in 2015 Rossi ended up making a name for himself in IndyCar, winning the 2016 Indy 500 as a rookie and establishing himself as one of the championship's most talented young drivers.

It's the first time the team has won two races in a row since 2010, and the first time Ferrari has won the first two races of the season since way back in 2004.

As a result, 1998 ended up being the first season where Williams failed to win a race since 1988 and only the third time since 1977.

Since then, in 21 days of riding, the apprentice jockey has won 29 races and $ 375,000 in purses and has been called the next Shoemaker

Crew chief Chad Knaus, who's been with Johnson since 2002, is not signed past this season, while the No. 48 team is mired in an uncharacteristic prolonged slump that has seen Johnson not win in the past 27 races.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

Since the debut of the spoiler, Johnson has had only two wins in 21 races.

Consider that Johnson (page 72) finished the regular season fifth in the standings, a career low since the Chase format was adopted in 2004; that he hasn't won a race since June; and that he has only three top 10 finishes in his last nine starts.

Since then, the duo has formed one of the best driver - crew chief combinations in NASCAR history, winning six championships and 69 races.

With her downhill victory last Saturday at Lake Louise, Canada, 21 - year - old Lindsey Kildow (right) became the first U.S. woman to win World Cup races in back - to - back years since Picabo Street a decade ago.

Five different drivers have won a race at this early stage of the season, including Jimmie Johnson, who has taken the checkered flag in this race twice since 2007.

In the 30 years since Hendrick Motorsports won its first NASCAR race, which came at Martinsville Speedway, the team and the track have shared a complex relationship.

Kimi Raikkonen won the first race — the first time Lotus had done so since 2006 and 1978 and at this point in the season the entire field were separated by just 25 points in the championship — the closest title battle since Australia 2012.

In the five years since his retirement from racing, Diane says, he has won more than 100 blue ribbons in shows.

Martin responded by winning five races, his highest season total since 1998.

Not since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix has McLaren won a race but that all changed at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Arsene Wenger has had since Tuesday night to pick up his Arsenal players after they went a fourth Premier League match without a win and three in a row without scoring a goal, so I can understand why the manager would want to instill some confidence in his squad and try to regain some belief that the Gunners are still right in the title race.

«Given the spotlight that's on horse racing with Seabiscuit and the rivalry of Funny Cide and Empire Maker, we believe this has the potential to be the most - talked - about race since Cigar's record 16th straight win [in 1996],» says Mark Shapiro, an ESPN executive vice president.

Bruni went to GP2 in 2005 and 2006, winning a few races, but his main focus since leaving F1 has been in endurance events.

But, his main focus has been on Brazilian Stock Cars, he's been racing in the ultra-competitive national tin - top series since 2007 and has won a few races — and caused a few incidents too (video above).

However, it's been five years since it won a race.

«I said to myself, Hicham, for people to look at you as a legend, you have to win this race,» El Guerrouj would say later, and he easily floated past Bekele in the final 50 meters to become the first 1,500 — 5,000 double gold medalist since Pavvo Nurmi in 1924.

He had not competed in the race since 1986, when he won with the support of five - time champion Bernard Hinault and the magnificent French La Vie Claire team.

To make matters worse, Arsenal, who have not won the Premier League since 2004, find themselves trailing Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City in this season's title race, while all the usual big - hitters have underperformed.

The handsome, dark bay son of Seattle Slew hadn't raced since Nov. 1, when he had wired the Breeders» Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, a convincing win that established him as the Kentucky Derby winter - book favorite.

Now Holy Bull is in position to become the first horse since Slew O» Gold, in 1983, to win the 3 - year - old championship without winning a Triple Crown race or the Breeders» Cup Classic.

The test — at Sebring International Raceway in South Florida — was his first time in an Indy car since 2000, the same year that he won the Indianapolis 500 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing.

The inspection troubles overshadowed Blaney winning his first career pole, and the first for storied Wood Brothers Racing since 2004.

When Ricky Stenhouse Jr. pulled into Talladega Superspeedway's victory lane last Sunday it marked the first time either he or girlfriend Danica Patrick had won a NASCAR race since the couple began dating four years ago.

Barbaro's 6 1/2 - length margin of victoryover 30 - 1 shot Bluegrass Cat was the widest in the Derby since Triple Crownwinner Assault's eight - length win 60 years ago, and Barbaro became just thesecond undefeated winner of the race since Seattle Slew in 1977.

He didn't return until 1966 when he managed to win the race in his Lola, making him the first rookie winner since 1927 and the last until a certain Mr. Montoya won the race in the year 2000.

The DPi machine returns Acura to top - level prototype racing for the first time since 2009, when it won the American Le Mans Series LMP1 title.

Since then the Kiwi has had success in endurance racing with Porsche, winning the World Endurance Championship in 2015 and this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Winning Pick - Six payoff at Del Mar for former Vikings head coach Mike Tice (out of football since being fired as the Bears» offensive coordinator last January), the only bettor at the track to pick the winners of races 3 through 8.

He tells how he began in childhood winning a money prize in a sack race (which he fears made him technically a professional ever since), took up track in high school and in his junior year at Carleton College won the mile and the 880 in the Midwest Conference championships.

The latest in a family of prominent jockeys that includes his cousin, Russell Baze, a U.S. Racing Hall of Famer, Baze in 2007 became the youngest horseman since Bill Shoemaker in 1950 to win a title at Hollywood Park.

Such rapport is the backbone of why they've won one Cup championship and 21 races since teaming in 2011 — the latter statistic exceeded only by Johnson's 27 wins during that span.

When he won the April 15 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct by 4 1/4 lengths, running the fastest Kentucky Derby prep race of 2000, Fusaichi Pegasus gave evidence of what had long been suspected — that he's not only the most talented 3 - year - old in the U.S., but also potentially the best colt since Sunday Silence dueled with Easy Goer in 1989.

Even though Italy has produced a fair few race - winning drivers in the last half - century, such as Giancarlo Fisichella, Michele Alboreto, Riccardo Patrese and others, an Italian hasn't triumphed in the Italian Grand Prix since 1966, when Ludovico Scarfiotti won.

Bill Rodgers and Tony Sandoval would have been threats in the marathon, something the U.S. hasn't had since Greg LeMond had an excellent chance of winning cycling's road race.

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.

Bourdais snatched the win - his first since he won this race last year, and the first since he shattered his pelvis in a horrific crash in qualifying for the Indy 500.

Although he's acknowledged as one of the best drivers in F1, It's been over 11 years (yes, really) since Alonso won a championship, and getting on for five years since he's even won a race.