Mr. Majcen barely slept the night before the race up the International Commerce Center.
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Coaches waited until a day before the race to put Tyson Gay in the four-man lineup.
He was left with two handoff rehearsals with third-leg sprinter Darvis Patton before the race.
In the days before the race, the mood among the drivers tended toward eager if antsy anticipation.
"From a tragedy has come a lot of success and happiness, " Mr Singh said, before the race.
First, though, a major doping scandal has hit the Tour de France, a day before the race begins.
Polls, money, endorsements, organization, crowds -- they're all different ways of keeping score before the race actually begins.
There were no credible threats before the race, a state government official said.
They sat near each other at a Scientology-sponsored dinner event before the race.
This software mastered the tricks of collision-avoidance in a series of desert test runs conducted before the race started.
The Florida Derby winner looked the part of the public choice in his final tuneup before the race on Saturday.
Before the race, Belmont put in place a strict new set of guidelines designed to prevent any doping of horses.
"I was very confident before the race because I knew I was first in every practice, " said the Yamaha rider.
Combine that with a third-row start and it is easy to understand the concern in the McLaren garage before the race.
The question is though, are consumers willing to wait with them, or get their gratification before the race has even begun.
He will have a late medical check just hours before the race begins but is optimistic about his chances of racing.
As far as race pace goes, we're still struggling and we need to work on this and make some decisions before the race.
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At other races, for example, runners can check backpacks before the race which are picked up at a gear-check booth near the finish.
The first stirrings of Obama's momentum were visible before the race began, but no campaign could have predicted his rapid, seemingly unstoppable rise.
Penske Racing said the 35-year-old Brazilian will be back in his Toyota-powered Dallara when practice starts on Sunday, three weeks before the race.
Harris was Florida's secretary of state in 2000 when the election debacle there had to be sorted out before the race was decided.
The fat outer tire can be moved in and out on the axle before the race to achieve maximum cornering power for track conditions.
In 2004, Greg Biffle won the pole but switched engines the day before the race, sending him to the back of the starting field.
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Ferrari officials had publicly confirmed before the race that they would deliberately have Massa take the penalty in the interest of Alonso's title hopes.
The days and night before the race is spent stressing myself out about the course layout, logistics and perhaps, most important, the locations of bathrooms.
When we picked up our number bibs the day before the race, we noticed our first names were printed on them right above our numbers.
Before the race, British cyclist Tom Fruit(ph) took a break from the climb to plunge his helmet in the fountain of the tiny roadside village of Chazey-Bons.
And then, five days before the race, New Approach was declared a certain runner - provided ground conditions are good or on the soft side of good.
That year, his Eskendereya was supposed to be the Kentucky Derby favorite, but a week before the race, the horse was scratched after he was injured during training.
Olympic road race champion Sanchez (Euskatel) had been just eight seconds in arrears before the race against the clock but never threatened and lost second overall to Colom.
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