Sentence examples for race standards from inspiring English sources

It then relaxed its race standards for runners 45 and older, and the field grew to 25,283 this year.

The Hairpin, the Bungalow and the Gooseneck all need repair work to bring the surface up to race standards.

Yet it's likely that a relative newcomer, by race standards, could beat him there.

Brakes and suspension are not quite up to racing standards.

A bizarre crash, even by auto racing standards, involving a racecar and a jet dryer truck led to a huge jet fuel fire across the track that seared the asphalt.

It is not, however, a high-speed course by elite racing standards, with racers topping out around 75 miles an hour, or about 10 miles an hour slower than on some top World Cup downhill courses.

On Day 2 of Monmouth's Elite Summer Meet, considered by many in horse racing as one of the sport's boldest experiments, the crowd was big by modern racing standards (8,500), the betting dollars were pouring in and track management was elated that its plan to revive New Jersey racing was exceeding even its most optimistic projections.

The pick six investigation began on Oct. 27 when it was discovered that a single bettor had used an unusual and, by racing standards, illogical configuration to pick the winner of six consecutive Breeders' Cup races, and that he held the only winning tickets in the country.

The Breeders' Cup pick six investigation began on Oct. 27 when it was discovered that the previous day a single bettor had used an unusual and, by racing standards, illogical configuration to pick the winner of six consecutive Breeders' Cup races and that he held the only winning tickets.

Its stock 4.7-liter Ford V-8, although not up to racing standards, has been little exercised and is still capable of a prodigious 380 horses at 6,500 rpm.

First, Bode is not, by ski racing standards, a young man.