Sentence examples for proper race from inspiring English sources

My first proper race was the Scottish under-15 cross country champs.

Opposition candidates are thus gearing up for what they see as their first chance in a proper race.

This is a Group One and it looked a proper race as well, any one of eight or 10 could have won.

Heavy rain turned the Brazilian Grand Prix into a proper race, full of the kind of excitement and unpredictability that have been virtually banished from modern Formula One.

"But actually, putting together that team, now that we have a proper race to lead the party, of course, me and others are looking very carefully at who is the best leader and if colleagues come to me over the coming days and say 'look, David, why don't you put your [hat in]' I will look at it".

"Rarely does a race work out so easily, especially here," said jockey Dane O'Neill, enjoying his biggest success, while the winning trainer, Charlie Hills, added: "This looked a proper race – any one of 10 could have won – but he did it in such great style and he's still improving.

Only when the team were sold, and the cars were renamed and painted in proper racing colours, did they fulfil their ambitions.

3.30pm They are riding up towards the Champs-Élysées, and the proper racing is about to begin, only three hours after they first put rear to seat.

Driving sim fans have been waiting months to hear the roar of this game's superbly sampled engines, and that's been hard – particularly for PS4 owners, who haven't yet had a proper racing simulation to play on their 18-month-old machine.

Red Bull's headline lap times have not been that impressive - world champion Sebastian Vettel was fifth fastest overall in Barcelona last week - and he has not done a proper race-simulation run that corresponds with his low-fuel times.

Later, he was a given a proper racing bike from his first trainer Merv Norton.