The Desert Classic is the final tournament of a lucrative three-event "Gulf Swing", attracting a strong field as the Race to Dubai hots up.
When the grueling 2013 Rolex 24 endurance race kicks off at Daytona International Speedway on Jan. 26, the field will include three Mazda6 race cars powered by an unusual type of renewable fuel.
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They are not intending to field candidates in every race, but just those where a sufficiently high profile local candidate has a sufficiently decent chance of winning.
Team boss Ross Brawn said he regretted not putting Button on a different strategy that might have enabled him to get further up the field early in the race.
Wales had the first sniff of the second period as they created space on the right for Tom Shanklin to race up field, but the move eventually broke down when wing Tom James was unable to hang onto a pass fractionally behind him.
Prefontaine died in a car accident hours after running his last race at Hayward Field.
Unlike labor arbitrage, the technology playing field can still be a race to the top.
Given that there are currently 19 candidates, including those still considering running, in the field for the 2008 presidential race, the amounts raised so far are staggering.
The oldies were still stellar performers in a race that ended last year with a top field featuring many finishers in their 20s and 30, noted Iditarod race spokeswoman Erin McLarnon.
R-10 became the first diesel-powered car to win an endurance race, pipping a field of petrol-powered rivals to the post.
Dave Taylor ensured a brisk start to the men's race, taking the field through the first mile in four mins 48secs, with Smith comfortably settled behind him.
Ed Carpenter -- the stepson of Tony George, the founder of the IndyCar racing series -- sat in the advantageous pole position at the front of the field at the start of the race.
It's likely that Hamlin will drop to the back of the field at the start of the race to try avoid an early accident, but he could also risk falling out of the draft.
Any impact I'll be able to make on the human race will be in this field.
In open water races there are normally a lot of people around me and if the whole field swims slowly, in a tactical race, then I can still win.
Last week, Ford announced that the 2012 Focus Electric would be the pace car at the Richmond 400, making it the first all-electric pace car to ever lead the field for a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Mr Huntsman enters the race at the bottom of the field, and is little-known to the party's electorate.
But a poor Stefan Ratchford chip kick enabled the Dragons to race the full length of the field for Greenshields to cross in the corner.
But win Risztov did, and by doing so, she added more heft to an idea that's always been seen as daring, if not reckless: that the best way to win a long race is to blow past the field at the start and never look back.
Farah, who won gold medals in both the 5, 000 and 10, 000 at the London Games, was supposed to run in the 10, 000 at Hayward Field on Friday night but withdrew from the race a day earlier because of a stomach bug he picked up two weeks ago at a meet in California.
Del Potro, 20, is currently seventh in the race to make the eight-man field for next month's Masters Cup.
Led out, as usual, by his big brother and pace maker Bullet Train, Frankel destroyed the field with such insouciant ease that at times the race resembled a time trial.
This time around, all of the major Democrats -- former Gov. Jim Hunt and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, for example -- have bowed out of the race, leaving a fairly thin Democratic field.
While that might seem odd, a number of longtime Democrats have sought waivers or switched parties over the years to try to get the Republican ballot line in the mayor's race, rather than join a Democratic field that's usually more crowded with experienced politicians.
Behind him, Button struggled to cope with the wet conditions early on but settled into the race and slowly made his way up the field.
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Britain's Joice Maduaka, who was fourth in 7.41, was fortunate to be allowed to race after twitching on her blocks after the field had been called back for one false start.
Kansas jumped North Carolina for the No. 2 spot and Kentucky is up from No. 5 last year, but the three teams are in an incredibly tight race and blowing away the rest of the field.
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But what matters more than this one-day snapshot of the 2012 horse race are the dynamics determining the shape of the field.
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