Posts Tagged ‘wins’

BMW Oracle easily wins 33rd America’s Cup

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

BMW Oracle easily wins 33rd America’s Cup
VALENCIA, Feb 15 — US challengers BMW Oracle won the 33rd America’s Cup yesterday, beating Swiss holders Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a triumph of superior design and technology. Software mogul Larry Ellison’s giant trimaran, featuring a towering wing-shaped sail, beat Alinghi by more than a kilometre in the second race off the Spanish port of Valencia …

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BMW Oracle wins America’s Cup in whitewash

Friday, February 19th, 2010

BMW Oracle wins America’s Cup in whitewash
BMW Oracle made nor ace of the duel of the space-age multi-hulls, winning the second race of the America’s Cup.

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BMW Oracle Wins the America’s Cup

Friday, February 19th, 2010

BMW Oracle Wins the America’s Cup
The two-race sweep of the defending champion, Alinghi of Switzerland, returned the oldest trophy in international sports to the United States for the first time in 15 years.

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German Loch wins Olympic luge gold

Monday, February 15th, 2010

German Loch wins Olympic luge gold
Felix Loch blazed across the finish line, dropped his feet to the track and pulled back on the front runners to brake his speedy sled, spraying ice in every direction. The gangly German punched the frosty air in triumph. Finally, luge could celebrate. Loch, gliding safely through the final curve where a fellow Olympian tragically died just two days earlier, easily won his first gold medal on …

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RX-8 vs. 500 HP BMW M5 at VIR. Mazda RX-8 wins.

Thursday, January 28th, 2010


Second session on Saturday, June 14, 2008. Finally let me pass after 1-3/4 laps. Both the BMW driver and I are advanced, high-performance driving instructors. The RX-8 is completely stock except for a B&B muffler and Hawk HP Plus pads on the front. It does not have traction control or stability control. Tires are original stock street Potenzas. No doubt the M5 is stock too, and this has more to do with weight than horsepower. Camera is a Creative Labs Vado cheapcorder stuck to the windshield with a suction cup cellphone holder. Video was recorded upside-down due to the mount, and was transcoded to rotate it. Quality suffered.

F3: Buller wins Brazilian Open F3 event

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

F3: Buller wins Brazilian Open F3 event
Will Buller kicked off his Formula 3 career by winning his debut event in the category, the Brazil F3 Open at Interlagos

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