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Heavy snow forces cancellation of men's downhill at Wengen

Edit Boston Herald 15 Jan 2017

WENGEN, Switzerland — The World Cup men's circuit lost one of its defining races Saturday when heavy snowfall forced the classic Lauberhorn downhill to be canceled ... Organizers previously said they would not try to race the downhill on Sunday when a slalom is scheduled ... The Wengen race, in its 87th year, traditionally opens back-to-back downhill classics with the Hahnenkamm race next Saturday at Kitzbuehel, Austria....

Bryan Clauson remembered at Chili Bowl

Edit The Miami Herald 15 Jan 2017

39 that Clauson drove to victory in the very same race a year earlier and just months before he died of injuries from a crash in Belleville, Kansas ... "Driven 2 Save Lives," a nod to the team's Race to Save Lives campaign to increase the number of organ and tissue donors ... He was one of the most successful dirt-track racers of all time, with 112 United States Auto Club race victories, and he was chasing the all-time wins mark....

Lindsey Vonn's WCup comeback race delayed due to snowfall

Edit Boston Herald 15 Jan 2017

ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria — Lindsey Vonn's return to World Cup skiing has been delayed for at least a day after snowfall forced the cancellation of downhill training and the race itself on Saturday. Organizers moved the program to Sunday, with the race set for an 1115 GMT start ... "Unfortunately the weather is not helping us," Vonn said shortly before the race was called off for the day....

Mark Martin inducted into Ozarks Hall of Fame

Edit The Miami Herald 15 Jan 2017

After graduating from high school, Martin moved to Springfield for the summer and went to work at Phillips' race shop ... The 57-year-old won 40 races on NASCAR's top series, with 453 top-10 finishes. He has enjoyed success on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, with seven wins and 20 top-10s in 25 races, and the Xfinity Series, with 49 victories and 152 top-10s in 236 races....

Francome criticises Kempton proposals

Edit Sporting Life 15 Jan 2017

The Jockey Club, which operates 14 racecourses in Great Britain, hopes to invest £500million into the sport in a 10-year plan - with the end of National Hunt and Flat racing at Kempton its most radical proposal ... "Given the choice, I'd move it to Ascot, a much more suitable venue from a racing point of view as it is an outstanding jumps track with excellent facilities and the necessary infrastructure to accommodate a large crowd....

Rick Lee's Oaklawn Park selections and analysis Post time 1:30 p.m.

Edit Arkansas Online 15 Jan 2017

QUINN MURPHY finished second in consecutive route races at Remington, and she picks up budding superstar rider Jose Ortiz and is also treated with bleeder medication Lasix for the first time ... The 50-cent Pick-3 starting in race 2 is hittable. The second race can be covered with three horses, and a big number is likely in the third race, which drew a wide-open field of 9....

Ken Roczen races to second straight Supercross win

Edit The Miami Herald 15 Jan 2017

In a format change this season, the 450 races ... Previously, the 450 races were 20 laps and the 250 events 15 laps....

Irish sailor vows to complete round-the-world challenge

Edit Belfast Telegraph 15 Jan 2017

An Irish sailor forced out of a solo round-the-world race has vowed to complete the epic challenge ... An Irish sailor forced out of a solo round-the-world race has vowed to complete the epic challenge ... Enda O'Coineen was towed to safety from the Southern Ocean, hundreds of miles from New Zealand, after the mast on his 60ft racing yacht snapped in a squall on New Year's Day....

Repilov extends luge World Cup lead as Russians dominate

Edit The Oklahoman 15 Jan 2017

Repilov secured the sprint title with victory in Sunday's race in a time of 27.585 seconds, finishing 0.025 seconds ahead of Pavlichenko and 0.057 ahead of Austria's Wolfgang Kindl ... It had been Pavlichenko on the top spot in the first race, which he won with a combined time of 1 minute 35.715 seconds over two runs, beating Repilov by 0.141 seconds....

Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists: Maxine Beneba Clarke's 'hard sell'

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 15 Jan 2017

Maxine Beneba Clarke's memoir The Hate Race and short-story collection Foreign Soil is shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2017. Photo ... She is working on another collection of stories, and adapting The Hate Race for the stage with journalist Erik Jensen for the 2018 season at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre....

DNC chair contenders seek unified front against Trump

Edit CNN 15 Jan 2017

Then there's Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who proudly boasts that -- unlike Ellison, who endorsed Sanders in the Democratic primary, and Perez, who was close to Clinton -- he had nothing to do with the 2016 race ... They and four other candidates to become the next Democratic National Committee chair officially kicked off the race with a forum here Saturday....

What other downhillers say about Lindsey Vonn’s desire to race against men

Edit Denver Post 15 Jan 2017

Professional ski racers talk about Lindsey Vonn’s desire to race against the men ... “I think Lindsey’s desire to race Lake Louise against the men would be fantastic ... I’m going to ski my women’s races and try to get inspired (watching) when the men are racing. I have been training with the men so many times ... Women who have competed with the men....

Trainer DaCosta saddles historic 2,000th winner

Edit Jamaica Observer 15 Jan 2017

All-time leading trainer by wins, Wayne DaCosta took the spotlight by saddling his 2,000th career winner on the 10-race programme at Caymanas Park yesterday. Winner of the trainer’s ... Powell won aboard Chief Prospect for trainer Johnny Wilmot in the fourth race before he completed his double with a well-timed ride aboard Traditional Storm....

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