Sentences with phrase «racing in a major championship»

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The result was a major championship schedule that looked something more like horse racing's triple crown, a nearly untenable travel schedule for players, and a fourth major championship that many fans might just look over due to the temporary, crammed - in date.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

Martin Truex Jr. is the favorite to win the Cup Series championship, a status earned by winning a NASCAR Cup Series - best seven races and leading in every major statistical category.

Stewart became the first African - American to win a major motor racing championship in 2007 and followed up with another Supercross title in 2009.

The swirl of a major league pennant race or a Marciano - Moore heavyweight championship fight — yes, even the World Series — will be only of passing interest in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami and many more citadels of football.

There are the common exemptions reserved for the top 50 in the world rankings, recent major winners in the other three championships, and the PGA Tour and Euro Tour's playoff points races.

He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.

Magnussen, with experience in nearly every major championship around the world including Formula One, has not been to Indy before... much less raced there.

Today, a year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40 cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.

With major plans to compete at several high profile series in not only North America, but around the World, M1 GT Racing will utilize the sleek and powerful Audi R8 LMS in the quest for race wins, podium results and championships.