Sentences with phrase «racing seat time»

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At times, it feels like an absurd arms race, with colleges and universities building bigger stadiums and more grandiose practice facilities, then feeling the pressure to fill those seats.

Even before The New York Times reported that the White House was considering running Sessions as a write - in candidate, it would've been pretty hard to avoid the elephant in the room: the accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around the race to fill Sessions's old seat.

By the time you've realized that truth, you're racing down the streets in a boosted sports car, bag of money and assault rifle laying on the back seat.

It's not the worst situation for Kubica, who can use the time to further develop and learn more about the Pirelli tyres - his inability to get on top of them in Abu Dhabi was apparently one of the main reasons why Williams passed him over for the race seat.

The decision opened up one of the most prized seats in motorsports and ultimately saw Tony Kanaan fill the void with Ryan Briscoe returning to full - time competition in the fourth Ganassi Racing entry.

After a year out testing for BAR Sato was promoted to a full time race - seat for the team for 2004, alongside Jenson Button.

2014 also saw the last time Ocon retired from a single - seater race, when he crashed out of the Macau Grand Prix in November.

Despite not having a race seat this year Pastor wasn't entirely out of Formula 1 as he spent a lot of time with Pirelli testing the new generation of tyres that come into 2017.

Felipe's race at Interlagos takes place on 10 March, which leaves him plenty of time to fly from Brazil to Australia to take up his Williams seat on 25 March.

She announced in September she was leaving Stewart - Haas Racing, co-owned by three - time Cup champion Tony Stewart, due to a lack of sponsorship and as other seats filled her options to remain in NASCAR became limited.

Before sampling a GP3 car at the Franciacorta Circuit in Italy, he hadn't driven a single - seater racing machine for six years — the last time being the pre-season F1 test at Valencia in 2011 for Lotus.

You'll learn passing techniques, cornering techniques, throttle & breaking techniques, advance seat position, kart operation, kart control, real racing, and improving your lap times.

But, the 1978 F1 champion spent a long period of time early in his single - seater career competing part - time in the sport, while he was competing in American open - wheel racing.

«this article will be updated» When they decide to hire another 4 or 5 drivers for the race seat by the time 2016 rolls around

Clyde Williams, a former DNC member and candidate for NY - 13 2012, said today he will run for Rep. Charles Rangel's seat once more, this time in an increasingly crowded open race.

Yeah, this is a strange race because she was appointed, and by New York State law, once you're appointed to fill out the seat, you don't actually fill out the entire time.

In 2010, the last time the governor's seat was open in Connecticut, there were far fewer candidates in the race.

In Brooklyn, long - time activist Jo Anne Simon dealt a rebuke to Mayor Bill de Blasio in a hard - fought race for Assemblywoman Joan Millman's seat in the 52nd Assembly District (Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope).

The Times Union editorial board writes this week that the three seats left open by retiring Assembly members will create new opportunities for more competitive races during the next election cycle.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he'll call special elections for several vacant Assembly seats on April 19, the day of New York's presidential primary, and the assumption is he will put the Long Island Senate race on the ballot at the same time.

And in the closest race of the night, Republican trustee candidate Charles Sanders of Greenport was elected to the seat left open when two - term incumbent Dave Bergen did not receive the Republican nomination this time around.

The four - way race for two seats on the Gardiner Town Board was incredibly close, with too narrow of an unofficial margin to call as of press time, particularly with the absentee and affidavits yet to be counted.

Vallone said he'd been considering a run for «a long time now,» and acknowledged the fact that he's entering an already crowded race for the seat.

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.

The former state representative filed to run for the seat in June, and at the time said he planned to put up several million dollars of his own money to seed his race.

He said the results of those races should not intimidate moderate Democrats, who he said should focus instead on the election in upstate New York, where a Democrat won the seat for the first time in over 100 years.

The race for the legislative seat was roiled last week when the Ulster Town Board voted to honor Freedom of Information Act requests filed over the summer by the Kingston Times and local talk - radio host Richard Cahill Jr. seeking access to dashcam video of a May 24 incident involving Berky and Town of Ulster Police Officer Gary Short.

And for the first time since 1992, the area has experienced a congressional race for an open seat, with the retirement of Maurice Hinchey.

The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.

I was worried that a NY race might not garner as much national media attention therefore Mr. Cuomo's time at HUD, which directly contributed to the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and sub-prime mortgage debacles, leading to the economic meltdown, might not be covered adequately however based on CNN's interest in Gov. Paterson and the NY Governor's seat I am sure CNN will spend ample time researching and explaining Cuomo's debacle.

In other House races, NY1 is calling the 14th Congressional District seat race for Democratic incumbent Carolyn Maloney, and the New York Times is calling the 15th Congressional District race for Charlie Rangel, who it looks like will continue his 40 - year tenure in office.

Democrats surprised many by sweeping the Amherst races for supervisor and two Town Board seats, resulting in what will be an all - Democratic board on Jan. 1 for the first time in at least a half century.

Mr. Bloomberg was not alone: From Jan. 1, 2007, through the election on Feb. 6, the campaign committee took in $ 1.4 million — a sum that, at the time, helped make the race the most expensive ever for a seat in the State Legislature.

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — For the first time in 12 years, the Monroe County executive seat had no incumbent in the race as current Executive Maggie Brooks is term - limited and could not run.

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.

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Parrish campaigned for the seat in 2014 before dropping out of the race to allow two - time Democratic nominee Manan Trivedi to run without a primary.

It's one of two Assembly districts in the state that has changed parties four times over the past decade: Stirpe succeeded a Republican after winning the 2006 race, lost the seat four years later, then won it again in 2012.

The super PAC's spending in the battleground 19th congressional district stands at $ 2 million as a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll last week showed the race was a dead heat for the seat being vacated by Republican Rep. Chris Gibson.

Jaffe has unsuccessfully ran for office five times, losing a race for Harrison Town Council in 2009 and a Democratic primary for a state Assembly seat the following year.

«I now want to take this opportunity to let you know that I will be formally entering the race for the 23rd Congressional District seat and this time we will defeat Bill Owens,» Hoffman said on his campaign Web site Monday night.

At times he may have seemed like the candidate who couldn't shoot straight but Rafael Espinal has emerged as the winner of a hotly contested three - way race for the Assembly seat from the 54th district in Bushwick.

Cornell is facing Larry Barmore (R - Gerry) in the race for the open seat, which is being vacated by long - time clerk Sandy Sopak, who announced earlier this year she was not going to seek another term in office.

Democrats swept the town supervisor's race and the two Town Board seats that were up for grabs, giving them all five seats on the board for the first time in recent memory.

George Demos, 37, of Ronkonkoma, who has run Republican primaries in the last two congressional races, losing both times to Randy Altschuler, has once again vowed to run a Republican primary for the seat.

After a 15 - year hiatus from the job, former two - term supervisor Susan Zimet easily moved into her old seat as her opponent, three - term incumbent Toni Hokanson, pulled out of the race to secure a full - time job in the private sector.

«She fought a good race and Queens County Democrats will move on and take back that seat next time.»

In a squeaker Town Board race that took weeks to resolve, Warren Wiegand lost his seat while Mike Reynolds kept his, despite losing the Gardiner Democratic Party endorsement this time around.