Sentence examples for suspend race from inspiring English sources

On a day of drama in the race to become the next mayor of London it emerged Livingstone had taken the decision to contact the police and suspend race adviser Lee Jasper to halt what he described as a "disgraceful political charade".

"We had the option to suspend racing but tomorrow the weather will probably be worse.

A thunderstorm caused officials to suspend racing and evacuate the infield on Oaks Day this year, presumably to practice caution after what happened at the Indiana State Fair in August.

The California Horse Racing Board postponed Friday's scheduled meeting to discuss its ability to reassign racing dates should Santa Anita elect to suspend racing in the future.

New Hampshire International Speedway in Concord is investigating its second fatal crash in two months, and one critic said yesterday that Nascar should consider suspending races there.

They suspended racing and training last week.

Santa Anita suspended racing last week in response to the previous deaths.

Santa Anita has suspended racing and training at its 85-year-old facility for the only time since it opened, except for World War II when it served as an internment camp and a couple of labor strikes.

So treacherous were the conditions that the race started behind the safety car following a 10-minute delay, but three carefully navigated laps were completed before race director Charlie Whiting opted to suspend the race.

Track owners said the decision to suspend the race was made to save jobs and maintain daily purse levels at the East Boston circuit.

Both drivers were forced to retire, with Raikkonen taken to the circuit medical centre, but Lauda was critical of the decision to suspend the race.