Sentences with phrase «too tough a race»

Jeremy Zellner, the Erie County Democratic chairman who would become McMurray's most powerful evangelist, at first told him it was too tough a race for any young Democrat to expect to win.

Not exact matches

SKIING — It was a case of peaking too late: American BARBARA COCHRAN won it all at the World Cup races in Heavenly Valley, Calif. — first the slalom, then the giant slalom — to shut out the tough touring European stars.

Obstacle course racing is already a booming sport with an estimated $ 250 million of revenues per year, with events like Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash helping to raise its profile as well as the millions for charity too.

The NRSC can count this as a safe seat, run against the candidate as too liberal and focus on the real tough races.

It's a wide open race and tough year to predict, and still too early to tell.

At this early stage it's tough to suss out exactly what the chances of a film like Sicario making a big splash in the Oscar race are, but Supporting Actor (for Del Toro), Cinematography, and Sound seem like its safest bets, with nods for Actress, Director, Picture, and Score potentially in the cards — assuming the Academy doesn't brush this off as «too challenging», that is.

This year's race poses a couple of potential «too tough for the Academy» contenders, but one — if given the shot — has a chance to do very well.

They remember all too well last year's 23 - car pileup on the second lap of the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, when it was estimated cars endured $ 1 million in damages.Fresher in officials» minds is the 20 - car melee two months ago at Daytona's sister track, Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, which likely ended Kyle Petty's season.But with new rear spoiler rails, a higher rear spoiler and smaller carburetor restrictor plates for today's race - the green flag drops at 11 a.m. - it's going to be tougher for drivers to lose control.

All the assists and race customisation options are available to you before you race or enter a tournament meaning if things are too easy or tough you can change them on the fly.

The two handling modes do exactly what Codemasters intended them to do, allowing you to play for fun or more technically, and this means that the game won't be too intimidating for casual racing fans and won't be overly simplistic for those who prefer a tougher drive.

This means scrolling isn't always buttery smooth, some of the transitions are a beat too slow, and in some games when the going gets really tough — driving the fastest cars in Reckless Racing 3, for example — there's evidence of frame rate drops.