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The Triple Truck Challenge is a bonus program for race winners for designated races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series each season that is designed to give attention to series regulars.
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with ...
In Top Gear, a BBC motoring show, one of the show's regular features since 2002 is various forms of racing the presenters undertake, either against each other or against invited guests. The show has featured a number of epic races, where one of the presenters — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, and occasionally The Stig — drives a car in a race against the others in another form ...
The 1994 Australian Touring Car season was the 35th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.
It is one of the most prestigious off-road races in the world, having attracted competitors from six continents. [1][2][3][4] The race was founded by Ed Pearlman in 1967 and is sanctioned by SCORE International. [5][6] The race is the final round of a four-race annual series, which also includes the San Felipe 250, the Baja 400 and the Baja 500.
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge is an international rally raid race held in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates since 1991. The race is points scoring for the World Rally-Raid Championship and is organized by the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), [1] headed by the event founder Mohammed bin Sulayem.
The spinifex pigeon is a small and compact pigeon, which weighs 80–110 g (2.8–3.9 oz), has a mean body length of 200–235 mm (7.9–9.3 in), and has a wingspan of 300–350 mm (12–14 in). Males are slightly larger than females, and generally difficult to visually differentiate. [3][4] The plumage is distinctively rufous-brown with thin black bars on the wings and back. The forehead ...
The Up North Combine is an amalgamation of 23 pigeon racing Federations founded in 1905. Its headquarters are located at Sappers Corner in Greatham, Hartlepool, and the radius of serving federations go from Staithes (south) to Berwick (north). The combine is affiliated to and governed by the rules of the North of England Homing Union (NEHU). The organisation was featured in a 1969 documentary ...