Sentence examples for previous race record from inspiring English sources

The Hong Kong entrant had slid as far back as ninth position after the first night but helmsman David Witt showed the experience of 17 Hobart passages in his sea boots to throttle the super maxi on the Derwent and into third position over the line and hours under the previous race record pace.

The Mark Richards-skippentranttrant had been on track to crush its previous race record and was in the lead when she made the decision to retire almost halfway through the race after suffering a broken hydraulic ram – the component which powers the canting keel on board the all-conquering yacht.

Hornish averaged 207.151 miles an hour, breaking the previous closed course race record of 197.995, set in Fontana last year by Jimmy Vasser in a CART Champ Car event.

Keep a record of your previous race times so you will have a goal to beat later.

Vettel, who already won the driving championship at the Japanese Grand Prix three races ago, has been chasing after records ever since, equaling Mansell's record for pole positions in a single season at the previous race, in Abu Dhabi two weeks ago.

Henshaw had been shocked with her performance in her heat when she set a Paralympic record, lowering the time Mark Johnson had laid down in the previous race.

Previous race winner Kimi Räikkönen finished third.

Look at the horse's race record.

Two competitors have died in previous races.

"His previous races are all good.

Race records were derived from three sources [Europe race records: The Racing Post on-line database http://www.racingpost.co.uk; Australasia and South East Asia race records: Arion Pedigrees http://www.arion.co.nz; North America race records: Pedigree Online Thoroughbred database http://www.pedigreequery.com].