Sentence examples for race maintained from inspiring English sources

The center-left, which governed 11 regions to the center-right's 2 going into the race, maintained its hold on seven regions, but lost key votes in Piedmont and Lazio by a few percentage points.

Now he pays his lawyers and leaves the race maintaining his innocence.

"I think it's important that the race maintains that American heritage and I feel comfortable that a U.S. port will be part of the course," Van Liew said via phone from Los Angeles.

Red Bull Racing maintained their lead in the Constructors' championship as rival teams chose not to follow through on the threat of their pre-race protest, while Kovalainen finished thirteenth to see Caterham overtake Marussia for tenth place.

Many experts in racing maintain that both Fallon and Fox were guilty of nothing worse than incompetence, but in both cases it is impossible to ignore significant amount of money made from their "mistakes".

Over time his family's firm became central to racing, maintaining the general stud book a registry of thoroughbred horses and acting as a central administrator and bank to the industry.

Edwards led Stewart by eight points entering the race, but maintained just a three-point advantage after Sunday's result, with two races remaining in the chase.

After the final pit stops, Busch became the leader of the race and maintained the position to lead a total of 116 laps, and to win his first race of the season.

At the time, however, despite taking confidence from improving his time with each race, he maintained that Burrell and Mitchell were favourites.

Leading the Race David Wright maintained his lead in the voting to be the National League's starting third baseman at the All-Star Game.

Starting the race, Wendlinger maintained the lead and pulled clear of a first-lap clash that wiped out four cars, with the DBR9 going on to cross the line eight seconds ahead of the second-placed Phoenix Carsport Corvette Z06 of Mike Hezemans and Fabrizio Gollin.