The reason is, of course, that Smith's 19.5 was set on a straight track.
Pushed for time and strapped for cash, the engineers laid eight miles of track straight up Big Hill, at a gradient more than twice the safe maximum.
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In the same over he should have been stumped, Pietersen advanced down the track to launch consecutive straight sixes off Hussey, and England seemed to be set fair for a score in excess of 300.
Attendance at the track fell for a third straight year from an average of 130, 000 per race to 118, 000, according to NASCAR estimates.
Residential power demand is on track to fall for the third straight year, according to the government.
In fact, this is shaping up to be the second straight year that dumb unmanaged mutual funds that simply track the U.S. stock market have creamed hedge funds.
In fact, this is shaping up (2012) to be the second straight year that dumb unmanaged mutual funds that simply track the U.S. stock market have creamed hedge funds.
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Hamilton earlier had a big off-track moment at the end of the long straight going into Turn 11, which saw the former world champion visiting the vast run off areas that run underneath the Yas Marina grandstands.
He feels he had surrendered his advantage by letting Raikkonen past on the pit straight, and he insists that he only went off the track because he had to.
You pass flaming oil wells, through the emirates of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, before the endless development withers and the straight road begins to buckle towards the Musandam border, where a cliffside track winds around the fractured coast.
Skeleton looks like something straight out of Willy Wonka: Hurtling face-first down a frozen track on a sled that resembles a cafeteria tray, Ms. Uhlaender often tops out at 80 miles per hour with her chin inches from the ice.
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Two nights after a loss in Detroit ended their 11-game winning streak, the Spurs got back on track quickly behind Parker, who fell short of his third straight 30-point game only because he was so good that he sat out the final minutes of the rout.
Hamilton is expected to return to the track on Friday following the collision, which saw the car career on straight for some 70 meters at 280 kilometers per hour.
After Collingwood top-edged a pull straight up in the air and was caught at the wicket, Shah skipped down the track to launch the first six but perished shortly afterwards when attempting another big shot and was caught at point.
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