When The Monkees finished in 1969 – 70, I should have got away from Hollywood and got back into the racing game.

When you ’ re racing with the same boat, same engine, and same performance – the only difference between winning and losing is you.

When the Union Internationale Motonautique, the world governing authority for powerboat racing, introduced the World Offshore Championship in 1967 as a memorial to Sam Griffith, the American founder of modern offshore racing, the course was found to be too short at to qualify as a championship heat.

When NASCAR was first formed by Bill France, Sr. in 1948 to regulate stock car racing in the U. S., there was a requirement that any car entered be made entirely of parts available to the general public through automobile dealers.

When racing at high speed, the rider who manages to stay just behind his opponent can draft, expending less effort.

When traveling through the turns at racing speed, which may exceed 85 km / h ( about 52 mph ), the banking attempts to match the natural lean of a bicycle moving through that curve.

When the racing car passes the start / finish line the lap time and the racing position is shown on the score board.

When a car is 10 miles ( an hour ) off the pace, it's not appropriate to be racing.

When Berger died in 1974, Félix inherited his multi-million dollar thoroughbred horse racing stable.

When GT racing revived after the collapse of the World Sports Car Championship at the end of 1992, the lead in defining rules was taken by the ACO.

When not racing, Villeneuve lives between Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada.

When parimutuel betting was introduced in 1908, the racing industry turned around.

When Quarter Horse racing began, it was very expensive to lay a full mile of track so it was agreed that a straight track of four hundred meters, or one quarter of a mile would be laid instead.

When the chick hatches, it digs its way out, and once they emerge at the top of the mound are renowned for standing stationary at the top for up to twenty minutes before racing / staggering off into the bush.

When a professional Italian cycling team comes to town for a racing event, Dave is thrilled to be competing with them.

When World War II broke out in 1939, motor racing ceased and the site was turned over to war-time production of military aircraft.

When the sisters burst upon the music scene in the late 1930s, they shook a very solid musical foundation: producing a slick harmonic blend by singing at the top of their lungs while trying-successfully-to emulate the blare of three harmonizing trumpets, with a full big band racing behind them.

When Gilera and Moto Guzzi pulled out of Grand Prix racing at the end of 1957, Surtees and MV Agusta went on to dominate the competition in the two larger displacement classes.

When racing resumed, speeds quickly increased.

When Tony George ( Hulman's grandson ) inherited the track, he brought more racing to the Speedway, with NASCAR in 1994 ( the Brickyard 400, known from 2005 to 2009 as the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard ), and an International Race of Champions ( IROC ) event in 1998.

When not busy with the racing season, A. J.

When racing, the above skills need to be refined and additional skills and techniques learned, such as the application of the " racing rules of sailing ", boat handling skills when starting and when rounding marks, and knowledge of tactics and strategy.

When the two cars were equidistant from him, the station wagon started up again and the Ford gathered speed.

When the third car ’ s engine has been mounted, it then can be moved to the hood station ; meanwhile, subsequent cars ( if any ) can be moved to the engine installation station.

When examining a landscape, scale can be intuited from trees, houses and cars.

When arriving in Ghent, it is best to leave cars in Park & Ride zones next to the road.

When traveling the Presidential limousine is always accompanied by support cars ( normally BMW 5 series driven by members of the SDU ) and several Garda motorcycle outriders which form a protective convoy around the car.

When some attractive looking cars come along he stands back, not fitting the badge, since they look so good they cannot be Škodas.

When a Swedish person uses the word jänkare, it usually refers to cars from the US, but could also be used as a slang term for any US citizen.

When driver side airbags became mandatory on all passenger vehicles in model year 1995, most manufacturers stopped equipping cars with automatic seat belts.

When the 88 was retired in 1999 ( with a Fiftieth Anniversary Edition ), its length of service was the longest model name used on American cars after the Chrysler New Yorker.

When working on brake systems of older cars, care must be taken not to inhale any dust present in the brake assembly.

When the boulevard is congested ( as it normally is during the day ), motorcyclists often use a technique called " back-file ": they move between the cars inner two lanes.

When freezer cars were loaded at an ice factory, any hobo inside was likely to be killed.

When opened in 1900, the railway was operated by electric locomotives hauling cars.

* When Hurricane Frances hit South Florida on Labor Day weekend ( over 100 miles north of Miami-Dade County ), 9, 800 Miami-Dade applicants were approved by FEMA for $ 21 million in storm claims for new furniture ; clothes ; thousands of new televisions, microwaves and refrigerators ; cars ; dental bills ; and a funeral even though the Medical Examiner recorded no deaths from Frances.

When cars switched to 12-volt batteries, the same arrangement was used, with tubes with 12-volt heaters.

When they were forced by passing cars into a ditch near DeKalb, Illinois, Van de Water writes that his son, the Supercargo ( a small irate figure in yellow oilskins ), " scrambled over the door and started to walk in the general direction of New York.

When production restarted after the Second World War, the twin-cylinder engine was dropped from the range of new cars, but continued in 1005 cc form to the end of production in the commercials, now comprising a light lorry, the Bradford van, two versions of an estate car called the Utility, and chassis front-ends and kits for outside coachbuilders, many abroad.

When the sanitariums, hotels, and bath houses were full, people slept in tents, and even under their cars, in order to use the water of the lake.

When the firm wanted to sell less expensive cars, they persuaded him to add popular tunes to his repertoire in order to boost sales.

When the city pressured local insurance companies to stop insuring cars used in the carpools, the boycott leaders arranged policies with Lloyd's of London.

When the shiny fenders of the cars catch the light, the glint produces an unwanted dark halo around the glint.

When production ended in 1995, more than 1, 400, 000 second generation cars had been sold.

When drawing the track, slippery regions with oil spill may be marked, wherein the cars cannot change velocity at all, or only according to the four neighbours rule.

When brake pipe continuity exists throughout the train, failure of the brakes to apply or release on one or more cars is an indication that the cars ' triple valves are malfunctioning.