Sentences with phrase «racing success at»

«Targa» came from Porsche's racing success at the Targa Florio road race in Sicily; it means «shield,» a kind of description of the trophy that gentleman racer Vincenzo Florio gave to the winner of the event he established in 1906, and Porsche executives liked the connotation of safety.

To commemorate the company's racing successes at the Nürburgring, Aston Martin released the limited edition N400 at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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The success of Guardians, no matter how relative, has helped Disney settle into second - place, behind Fox, in the summer box - office race as the company's five summer films have made a total of $ 624.6 million, at an average of almost $ 125 million per film.

''... people who wish to be Christ's disciples are called to go against the tide... (of) arrogance and the achievement of success at all costs... (Today) there exists a race, sometimes a desperate race, toward appearance and possession at all costs, at the expense, unfortunately, of being.

The Roush Fenway Racing teammates, neither known for having much success at Martinsville Speedway, will start on the front row for Sunday's crucial NASCAR Chase race thanks to persistent rain which canceled qualifying.

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Now known around the world for his F1 commentary, Brundle enjoyed a lengthy career in F1 and success in endurance racing — including first place at Le Mans and a World Sportscar title.

Mainly thanks to the incredible success of Mercedes since the start of the hybrid F1 era in 2014, Rosberg secured front row starts at almost every race and the figure stood at 60 by the time he exited the sport for a quieter life.

A roll - out of other official esports racing events and series looked likely following the success and huge interest shown at last year's F1 esports series.

A reigning Tour champion has often been seen using the Giro for some race miles, but rarely has one set aside his desire to repeat success on the biggest stage for a shot at glory in the world's # 2 race.

Although modern endurance racing is basically just a sprint race that happens to last for a really long time, in years past speed wasn't always the most important element of success at Le Mans.

Following a stunning year of racing in 2016, which also included success in BRDC British F3 and a good run at Macau, Norris clinched the coveted McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

In terms of the race for the title, however, the most important victories came at the business end of the season, none more so than London derby successes at home to both Tottenham and West Ham United.

British Athletics Chief Executive Niels De Vos said: «We are delighted to be giving David the opportunity of a farewell track race at the Müller Anniversary Games in the London Stadium, where he had so much success at London 2012.

The governor's comments came at a press conference where elected officials were celebrating the state's success in landing federal «Race to the Top» funds.

The shocking result was attributed by political observers to President Barack Obama's unpopularity at the time and Turner's success in making the race a referendum on Obama's policies.

Still, because of their successes, stature and public images as well as the historic New Jersey - New York rivalry, political reporters salivate at the idea of a Cuomo - Christie presidential race in 2016.

New York Racing Association President and CEO Chris Kay spoke at last week's Reorganization Board meeting to highlight the continued financial success of the organization.

Records show board members at the growing Success Academy, which runs 22 charters in the city, have given $ 375,367 to Cuomo's re-election campaign — including $ 90,000 since de Blasio won the mayor's race last year.

In announcing Thursday she would not run for mayor in 2017 — a race few thought she could win — Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz can now turn her attention to education campaigns at home and across the country that are more easily attainable.

One reason engineers seek racing - team jobs is that success is so quantifiable, says Patrick Canupp, director of aerodynamics at Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, North Carolina, a city of not quite 50,000 people near Charracing - team jobs is that success is so quantifiable, says Patrick Canupp, director of aerodynamics at Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville, North Carolina, a city of not quite 50,000 people near CharRacing in Huntersville, North Carolina, a city of not quite 50,000 people near Charlotte.

Though Zero Dark Thirty did not win anything significant at what was the most enjoyable Oscar race in recent memory, it did enforce Bigelow and Boal as not just a one - time lightning in a bottle success, but a creative team to be reckoned with.

On this week's Little Gold Men podcast, Katey Rich, Richard Lawson, Mike Hogan, and Joanna Robinson take a look at the films that are working to stay in the race, from the aforementioned Get Out to smaller efforts like The Lost City of Z or even the summer indie success story The Big Sick.

, Team Mamo has a look at the major studios» race to construct their own Marvel - style megafranchises — with widely varying odds of success.

Here at the Awards Circuit, we strive for success to bring the readers up - to - date coverage and thoughtful speculation on the Oscar race, which we cover all year round.

Some Background: Director Marshall Curry is of course known for the success both of his previous documentary features have achieved — 2005's STREET FIGHT won awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, and Silverdocs before going on to be nominated for both an Oscar and an Emmy, while 2009's RACING DREAMS also won at Tribeca and is being remade as a narrative feature by DreamWorks.

As one character is obsessed with Elvis, it strikes as ironic that Elvis's blue - eyed soul reflects a lot of the same marketing success as The Commitments outrageously popular soundtrack album — making one character's line about the Irish being Europe's black folks interesting for more than just the realization that Parker is taking another oblique shot across the bow at America's race record.

First announced by Ubisoft at E3 2013 and heading to Xbox One and XBLA at an unannounced future date, Trials Fusion is the next game in RedLynx's physics - based motorcycle racing series that found no small measure of success on Xbox Live Arcade.

Ezra Edelman's five - part documentary film O.J.: Made in America explores two parallel historical narratives: 1) The story of post-Watts race relations in Los Angeles, specifically the tensions between the LAPD and the black community; and 2) the story of a preternaturally talented black athlete who sought to shed his racial identity to achieve «white» success, only for him to reclaim it at a crucial moment.

Dreamworks» animated tentpole How To Train Your Dragon 2 was a very well - received new entry in the franchise and should go on to be a huge success at the box office, making it one of, if not the frontrunner in the Best Animated Film race.

Italy has all the means at its disposal to start racing in this area, and a great incentive comes from the fact that investments made in e-learning have a better profit margin and a high percentage of success.

Readers arrive at the final chapters with an appreciation not only for the complexity of our history as individuals around race, gender and class but with real hope in education as a way to create a place where all children get a fair chance at success.

«Every school, every school district, and every state should be very serious about routinely and systematically assessing school climate, because it really is one of many key determinants of student performance and success,» says Shaun Harper, executive director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Right - minded Americans agree: every child, regardless of race or circumstance, deserves a shot at success.

This success builds on our fall 2015 wins at the local level, when we endorsed and successfully helped elect three Denver Public Schools Board members, including playing a key role in the reelection of the former board president in her at - large race.

«The lesson that I draw from Ms. Reid's dropping out of the race at the Harlem Success school is that the teachers» unions have to be enlisted in the fight for reform.»

The race is on and the competition is fierce for New York City parents vying for a spot at one of the 18 Success Academy Charter Schools across the city — So fierce in fact, the organization is opening six new schools for the 2013 - 2014 school year in the city, one of which will be in Fort Greene...

«A lot of the reform success started at the federal level with Race to the Top, it moved to states and now it's very much in the implementation phase at the district level,» said Joe Williams, director of Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), an advocacy group that supports charter schools and teacher accountability.

As you know, Audi has had great success with its gasoline - and diesel - powered race cars at Le Mans over the past 13 years, and this year its R18 e-tron Quattro, its first hybrid race car, competed alongside the TDI R18 Ultra.

Acetylene lighting — The story of the development of acetylene for vehide lighting is recorded for us by Dr. C. Brooks / Mercedes at Indianapolis — Martin Flower writes about the successes of Mercedes racing cars at the speedway from 1911 to 1957 / Vauxhall 30/98 — A superb 1922 example of the delectable E-type is described by David Hawtin / The Don Garlits Collection — Zoe Harrison recently visited a fascinating old - car museum in Florida USA / La Buire — made in Lyon — The French La Buire company made their first petrol - engined car in 1904.

I'm proud to have raced at the Nürburgring and to have enjoyed success with a team as special as Aston Martin.

Photographs by Steve Welsh / The Figoni coupé — Simon Moore tells the story of a unique Alfa Romeo 6C 1750, bodied by Figoni for the Paris Salon and later raced with success at Le Mans / Back on the Road — Michael Ware describes the restoration of a 1948 Nuffield Oxford taxi cab, a rare survivor from the early post-war period

The new model has continued the success, taking its maiden win in its first ever race, at the Nurburgring 24 hr last year.

Though the GTR Long Tail never went on to achieve such great success — although a second and third place finish at the ’97 Le Mans event wasn't far off — the super-rare road - going race car is understandably effective at weakening the knees of motorsport fans.

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.

John's early racing successes, driving a modified Mitsubishi 3000GT at venues such as the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, the Silver State Classic and the Bonneville Salt Flats (where he set a world record in his class), stoked the competitive fires and convinced him that this passion for racing could be turned into a successful business venture.

At the core of this success is Porsche's proud racing heritage that boasts some 30,000 motorsport wins to date.

Second in the standings going into the series» eighth round, the drivers of Corvette Racing's No. 4 Corvette C6.R are focused on success at Laguna Seca.

Looking at the history and success of this partnership between Corvette Racing and Chevy for now 20 years, the consistency has been a large part of our success.

A key part of Corvette Racing's success — particularly at Sebring — is the wealth of experience and continuity within the program.