Sentences with phrase «roads after the race»

The car finished 4th in class and 24th overall, before being driven home on public roads after the race.

Not exact matches

Bomb squad agents control the area near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race at the 2016 Rio Olympics after they made a controlled explosion, in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 6, 2016.

After five days, all participants took part in a 109 - minute, high - intensity cycling trial designed to replicate a road race.

Even after the Tour du Vietnam, a country - long road race, died out more than a decade ago, South Vietnamese cyclists continued to compete internationally, and this January the Saigon government revived the Tour.

That race was the start of Major Taylor's riding career, and after five years of highly successful amateur road and track racing in various parts of the country, he turned professional and made his debut in the old Madison Square Garden.

After that, a slew of other road races and time trial events are slated to take place.

Harvick and Keselowski had the two best cars a year ago at Atlanta; Harvick won the pole and led a race - high 292 laps, while Keselowski took the checkered flag after Harvick was penalized for speeding on pit road during his final stop.

«I used to race go - karts ata road course in Bogotà [Colombia, his native country], and after the racesfive - year - old Juan Pablo would be waiting for me.

The 33 - year - old intends to quit the track after this summer's World Championships in London to concentrate on road racing.

Wendy Sly MBE, MD of Great Run Publishing After leaving Loughborough University with a degree in English literature, Wendy lived life as an international athlete, racing on the roads in the States and track in Europe.

Around 5500 runners are expected to be involved in 30 one - mile races on the roads around St James's Park in central London at the Westminster event which comes just over two weeks after the 60th anniversary of Roger Bannister's first event sub-four-minute mile at Oxford's Iffley Road track.

After a hotly contested campaign, the Congressional race in the 13th District, which is comprised of Northern Manhattan and a portion of the Bronx, finally reached the end of its road as the Democratic Primary was held this past Tues., Jun. 24th.

According to a journalist based in Tamale Alhaji Tanko, Seidu allegedly lost his job as an engineer at the Ghana Feeder Roads after the NDC race and the aggrieved supporters feel he is being witch hunted by the Roads and Highways Minister.

«It is my firm belief that he [Fossella] is the strongest candidate we can field,» Friscia said after the executive committee interviewed candidates for Congress and other races at the Road House in Sunnyside.

Six months after my first road race ever, and before my child's first birthday, I ran a half - marathon.

After graduation I started running non-competitively in a variety of road races; 5K, 10K, and 1/2 marathons.

After running a rainy Peachtree Road Race, the largest 10K in the world, I enjoyed a lot of pool time, which was perfect.

I convinced my boyfriend to run a 5 mile road race with me three months after we started dating.

And of course we watched the Olympics - the women's gymnastics team killed it in the first round and the bike road race was tough to watch as USA came in 4th after having the lead for most of the way.

The first section of the film, in which Charley's life seems to be on an upswing, is filled with quiet moments of idyllic and even romantic seclusion — Charley working with the horses, cleaning up after them, taking scenic road trips with Del, watching the horses race, taking in the starry sky while lying the bed of Del's pickup truck.

Contrary to what you might learn from racing games, race coverage, lap time records, and manufacturer testing, the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which we most recently visited after the launch of the 2019 Volkswagen Arteon, is technically a public toll road.

Before long, I was reading Rob Walker's Grand Prix reports in Road & Track, Pete Lyons» Formula 1 coverage in AutoWeek and, after discovering a bookstore on East 56th Street in midtown Manhattan that carried British racing magazines, Denis Jenkinson's idiosyncratic columns in Motor Sport.

After Peugeot racers proved that Henry's invention was valid with several grand prix and Indy 500 wins, the French firm Ballot et Cie hired him to design engines for racing and road use.

This year the latter boasts the extra advantage of Michelin hosting a free tyre pressure check just before you board the tunnel to cross to France: it's a long way to Le Mans, but with Michelin's vast experience of the 24 - hour race, you can be sure they'll know how best to look after your road car's rubber.

It was the car to beat in the GT class during the late 1950s, earning the unofficial «Tour de France» moniker after its four consecutive race wins at the road race of the same name.

Quite possibly the most valuable car on display during the Carmel Concours on the Avenue, this quintessential 1950s Ferrari Grand Tourer was named after the great road race dominated by the Italian manufacturer during this period.

«I'm looking forward to seeing a full grid of I - Pace race cars in late 2018, soon after the first I - Pace road car hits the streets in Europe,» said Mäuser, adding, «Ultimately, this innovative series will serve to enhance the technology used in our future electric vehicles and benefit our customers.

Michael Worthington - Williams explains / The life and times of Dorcas I — In the first of a three - part series on the Glegg brothers» Dorcas specials, Graham Skillen summarises their first efforts / French racing engine designers: 1914 and after — Sandy Skinner looks at the wartime careers of Verdet, Gremillon, Birkigt and Bugatti / Back on the Road — Michael Ware visits the sole - surviving Carrow and learns about its recent restoration

Driven in the twisting mountain roads above the seaside resort town of Quinta do Lago — where the late Ayrton Senna owned a home he planned to return to after that fateful 1994 F1 race at Imola — the C450 feels like no kind of compromise at all.

Through it all, cars remained a critical part of their lives; after earning competition licenses at the Skip Barber Racing School, they began vintage racing at road courses with a Lotus Eleven and a Ferrari 512 Racing School, they began vintage racing at road courses with a Lotus Eleven and a Ferrari 512 racing at road courses with a Lotus Eleven and a Ferrari 512 BB LM.

And Race mode is stunning on the road — you can feel yourself right on the edge but it always looks after you.

From the Le Mans - inspired key placement to the night - friendly lighting to the steering's sensitivity that keeps the entire driving process lucid after a dozen hours behind the wheel, the Porsche proves that what makes a car great on the race course can also give road drivers an almost heroic sense of control.

After the smaller, lighter, more powerful 2016 Chevrolet Camaro debuted in the summer, we hurriedly took the car out testing on public roads and on the race track to see whether the sixth - gen Camaro is the best one yet.

1981, June 14 After shunning motorsports for a decade, Ford returns to road racing in style.

After being badly damaged in a WWII bombing raid Oulton Hall and the parkland became government property and in the early fifties a local motor club, the Mid-Cheshire Car Club, began using what was left of the original park roads as a circuit, with the first race taking place in 1953.

Two General Motors engineers will once again race a Buick Regal GS in a 90 - mile Nevada road rally this month, after coming first in class last year.

After five minutes behind the wheel of the uncompromised, raucous WRX STI, we're already coming up with excuses to take it ice racing or to find a snow - packed country road and slide it all winter long.

Whether you're after something to take for a quick blast on your favourite roads on a Sunday morning, or looking for the first rung on a racing career, there's still no real substitute for a lightweight British sports car.

Now, after more than a half - century of building road cars, the crew from Sant» Agata Bolognese is finally getting serious about motorsports, and the brand's entry - level offering, the $ 237,250 Huracán — the first model in company history engineered from the ground up for race duty — is at the center of its efforts.

In fact Ely was a personal friend of Hawthorn in that faraway time, and when Hawthorn was killed in a road accident just three short months after he had won his F1 championship and then retired from racing, Ely bought this Riley from the Hawthorn family.

After consulting with Legacy, his plans for the car grew as he ended up going with a tubular chassis with a front and rear suspension set up for road racing.

Magnussen and O'Connell finished third last year at Road America after the GT2 field was split by a safety car that gave the class leaders a one - lap advantage in the opening minutes of the race.

The No. 3 Corvette driven by O'Connell and Fellows retired from the Road Atlanta race after completing 357 laps.

This is definitely a true race car after being described as the fastest road going Astra ever.

Corvette Racing's «Master of Mosport» Has Momentum After Road America Victory BOWMANVILLE, Ont.

Last year's Petit Le Mans was red - flagged after only four hours and 50 minutes of racing when a deluge descended on Road Atlanta which flooded the track.

The Canadian road racing expert started dead last - 43rd position - after rain spoiled qualifying, but moved through the pack to nearly capture the victory.

The No. 4 Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook finished 10th in the last ever ALMS race, Petit Le Mans, at Road Atlanta last weekend, after having endured two lengthy stops to replace a pair of alternator belts.

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When Olly lined up for the start of his first American Le Mans Series race at Road Atlanta, the day after his 28th birthday in September 2000, he had no idea that some 12 years later he would be celebrating a very special Centenary.