Sentences with phrase «track setting records»

Not sure what the similarities are between Vauxhalls easytronic and the auto box fitted to my Saab which has paddle shifters but I find it very convenient in town just left in drive and great fun on the open road when manual is selected too, I would probably select a similar system in a sports car too, lets face it most of us drive in the real world alongside others and not on the race track setting records.

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She's on TIME magazine's list of Most Influential people... chances are you've seen her on the track, or in one of her record - setting 13 GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials

Starting his own Twitter campaign, #nuggsforcarter, Wilkerson has gained a substantial following and he's on track to set a new record for most retweeted post of all time, with 2.7 million retweets (as of this article's publication).

Sales of the Apple Watch to consumers set a record during the first week of holiday shopping, and the current quarter is on track to be the best ever for the product, Apple Inc..

I've blown past a million dollars of year - to - date generated commissions and I am on track to produce at double the volume I did in a record - setting 2015.

BrettYoung just finished its sixth record - setting year in a row, and is presently on track for a seventh — and even Sonntag is astonished by the success.

When paired together with a smartphone (the devices works with Android and iOS), you'll be able to track your health, set goals and get encouragement on how to reach them using UA Record, an app developed by Under Armour.

Jumping through a few hoops to get set up is probably the best form of self - selection, and subsequent track records will bring the Darwin to the process.

A great company generates enough cash flow (through highly profitable operations) to be self - sustaining; it also has a solid track record of meeting other objectives set by its leaders and owners.

«Hal Lawton has deep expertise at the intersection of retail and technology, a diverse set of business experiences that give him a unique perspective, and a track record of successfully driving a change agenda at scale.

We push the limits on technology, set new standards, and have a long track record of fulfilling on promise.

Given the Government's track record in meeting its fiscal targets to date, one has to wonder why Mr. Harper decided to set another one.

Auto sales, in particular, are on track to set another record.

EV sales set a record in 2016, increasing by over a third from the year before, and 2017 is already on track to blow past that record.

While we have strengthened our balance sheet, prioritized efficient capital allocation and taken a disciplined approach to costs, we have continued to invest in a broad set of institutionally focused businesses that have a track record of providing higher returns than many other businesses within financial services.

What's more, the length of the current spell of high unemployment is on track to set an unhappy record.

The small but growing number of shareholder votes on diversity proposals is on pace to match or exceed the record set last year, according to data compiled by ISS Analytics, which tracks proxies.

But setting aside all of the back and forth between consultants and trustees, Bowen, Hanes has an impressive long - term track record of performance:

«We have a pretty good track record as a company of — once we set our mind to doing something, we eventually get it done,» the Facebook CEO told USA TODAY in a November interview.

During his tenure as Minister of Finance, he erased Canada's deficit which was the worst of the G7, subsequently recording five consecutive budget surpluses while paying down the national debt and setting Canada's debt - to - GDP ratio on a steady downward track.

The initiative has the tools to track and record spend that will allow the supplier diversity lead to knowledgeably set spend goals and determine capacity development needs.

Yet if we consider the show's track record as satellite channel Sky Atlantic's biggest draw, the fact that DVD box sets of the first series are lodged in every online store's top ten list, and the reports that it's «the most illegally downloaded show in television history» -LRB-!)

He scrapped tracks he recorded with studio pros and headed to his kitchen where the band set up the gear and instruments the way they wanted.

Ten days later Iron Liege won aseven - furlong race, and on Feb. 9 he made the headlines by beating his highlyregarded stablemate, Gen. Duke, and setting a new Hialeah track record for amile and a sixteenth.

Because of Wilson's track record — he was a record - setting play - caller at Oklahoma before Indiana, and he's now the coordinator at Ohio State — I assumed that the drop - off would be minimal.

Even top drivers such as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel suffered incidents, although that didn't stop the former from setting a new track record at the Red Bull Ring.

The Aussie made the most of the RB14, the hypersoft tyres, and a freshly - resurfaced circuit to set a new track record

TRACK AND FIELD — At the Knights of Columbus in Cleveland, the final indoor meet of the season, Mrs. Grace Butcher of Chardon, Ohio, 27 - year - old housewife and mother of two, set an American half - mile record with a time of 2:21.6, clipped.5 second off Helen Shipley's record set the week before at the AAU meet in Columbus, Ohio.

Indeed, Montoya had the fastest car all weekend at New Hampshire, setting the pace in every practice session, winning the pole with a track - record time on Friday and leading a race - high 105 laps on Sunday.

Jane Findling, a senior at Valparaiso (Ind.) High, set a national scholastic soft - ball throw record of 251» 10» to qualify for the first state girls» prep track meet, then won the title with a toss of 232» 9».

Young, ace of the Abilene Christian College team, had set a record that will stand at least until track officials goof again.

TRACK & FIELD — The LOS ANGELES MERCURETTES set an 880 - yard sprint medley relay record of 1:45.1 at the AAU indoor championships in Oakland (page 20).

• British quartetof runners doggedly circled wet track on blustery day at Walton - on - Thames, England, broke unofficial world record set 20 years ago by Argentina's JoseRibas for distance covered in two hours.

# 20 Jim Beatty CHARLOTTE Track standout at North Carolina set U.S. record with 3:58.9 mile in 1960; first person to run sub-four-minute indoor mile.

TRACK & FIELD — In Sydney, KERRY SAXBY of Australia finished the 5,000 - meter walk in 21:16 to lower by 10.5 seconds the women's world record set in 1986 by Guan Ping of China.

Lauren Jacobsen TOLUCA LAKE, CALIF. > Cycling Jacobsen, 52, an interior designer who took up cycling three years ago, set an age - group world record for women 50 to 54 years old at the UCI Track Cycling World Masters Championships.

This mixture has been used for some of the finest tracks in the world: the one at Oxford on which Roger Bannister ran the first four - minute mile, the 1956 Olympic track at Melbourne, the Dublin track where Herb Elliott ran his world record mile in 1958, and even the track which the Sheik of Kuwait built for his university on the Persian Gulf (no records are likely to be set there, however, because of the tendency of the temperature to climb up to the neighborhood of 140 °).

Four indoor world records were set on the shining new boards of Berlin's Deutschlandhalle in the first indoor track competition between the U.S. and Germany (page 108).

Australian Wade Cunningham has won the event three times, even setting a track record with a time of 32:29 back in 2006.

TRACK & FIELD — Australian Olympian PAM KILBORN broke her own world record for the 200 - meter hurdles with a 26 - second clocking and was one - quarter of a 220 - yard relay team that set another world mark — 1:35 — at a meet in Brisbane.

From humble beginnings walking for 18 straight hours on a high school track, Jesse Casta √ ± eda, here before Red Rock Cliff in New Mexico, has set world records and gained renown as a formidable perambulator

F1 says the race weekend set a new outright record for a championship race at the famous Spa track, with an attendance figure increase of 11.8 % compared to last year.

In high school Jackson did things like twist his ankle while winning the state title in the triple jump (48» 8 1/4») and then come back the same day to set a state record (9.54) in the 100 - yard dash; like throw a discus 149 feet without spinning his body, because he'd never been taught the proper form; like win the state decathlon crown his junior and senior years without running the mile, the final event, because «distance is the only thing I hate about track.»

He set an American record of 1:18 4/5 for 6 1/2 furlongs at Harlem Jockey Club track in Chicago aboard McChesney, the bestAmerican horse, according to Winkfield, that he ever rode.

It knew only that there was one race left, and the crowd wanted this day to end with the breaking of track's oldest world record, the 2:56.16 set in the Olympic 4 X 400 in 1968 by Vince Matthews, Ron Freeman.

San Clemente, Calif. (JSerra Catholic) 10/23/1995 (age 22.5) # 8 BACKGROUND: A three - star athlete recruit out of high school, Dante Pettis was a four - sport star at Junipero Serra Catholic, spending his time balancing baseball, basketball, football and track — set the Orange County record in the long - jump (24» 07»), running a personal - best 21.84 in the 200 - meters.

TRACK & FIELD - MAX MORINIERE, DANIEL SAN - GOUMA, JEAN - CHARLES TROUABAL and BRUNO MARIE ROSE of France set a world record in the men's 400 - meter relay with a time of 37.79 seconds at the European Track & Field Championships, in Split, Yugoslavia,.04 of a second faster than the previous mark set by the United States team at the 1984 OlymTRACK & FIELD - MAX MORINIERE, DANIEL SAN - GOUMA, JEAN - CHARLES TROUABAL and BRUNO MARIE ROSE of France set a world record in the men's 400 - meter relay with a time of 37.79 seconds at the European Track & Field Championships, in Split, Yugoslavia,.04 of a second faster than the previous mark set by the United States team at the 1984 OlymTrack & Field Championships, in Split, Yugoslavia,.04 of a second faster than the previous mark set by the United States team at the 1984 Olympics.

Bryant doesn't have the same lengthy track record as Trout, but he has a very similar skill - set despite being most known for his power.

The previous track record was a 1:06.242, set by Stephane Sarrazin in a Peugeot LMP1 car back in 2008.

TRACK & FIELD — KANSAS UNIVERSITY»S relay teams set national indoor records of 9:48.8 in the distance medley and 7:29.2 in the two - mile at the Kansas State Relays, but the school lost the university division team title by one point to Oklahoma State in Manhattan, Kans..