qualifying race

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qualify
verb
uk
/ˈkwɒl.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈkwɑː.lə.faɪ/
to successfully finish a training course so that you are able to do a job; to have or achieve the necessary ...
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race
noun
uk
/reɪs/us
/reɪs/
a competition in which all the competitors try to be the fastest and to ...
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Lead drivers drive secondqualifyingrace.
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Since 2003, only onequalifyingracehas been run.
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The event began with aqualifyingraceover 3000m.
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He then wrecked out of the firstqualifyingrace.
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Firstqualifyingraceis for non-regular co-drivers.
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The team qualified 39th but failed to make the race after thequalifyingrace.
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The top five finishers in the two heats advance to aqualifyingrace.
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He timed in fourth in individual qualifying trials, and finished sixth in the secondqualifyingrace.
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Available prize money to professional triathletes forqualifyingraceranges from $25,000 to $125,000.
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Caution laps in the qualifying races are not scored, and five trucks will transfer from eachqualifyingrace.
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Once entries have filled, most tracks will run a specialqualifyingraceto fill out extra entries.
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The top non-exempt truck in eachqualifyingraceadvances to the feature along with exempt trucks.
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The remaining spots, 40 to 43 were filled by top qualifying times of those not already in the field from thequalifyingrace.
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However, she soon required surgery for a knee injury, and a back ailment forced her to drop out of thequalifyingrace.
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The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lapqualifyingracethat decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race.
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Competitors gain points in both rowing and sculling by winning aqualifyingrace(a regatta race with more than 2 entries).
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Those who rank with an odd-numbered speed are assigned to the firstqualifyingrace, and those with an even-numbered rank to the second race.
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An engine change between first qualifying practice and thequalifyingracemeans the team must start in the back for that race only.
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Further, the winner of thequalifyingracewould earn 10kg lb of success ballast for the next event in the championship, while second place was given 5kg lb.
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The first race of each weekend is aqualifyingrace, the results of which determine the starting grid for the second race awarding full championship points.
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The ninth place finisher in thequalifyingracewould lose 5 kg of success ballast, while any car finishing tenth or lower had 10 kg removed.
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Once again the car won the shortqualifyingraceto earn pole position and went on to lead every lap of the main event, winning by an eleven-lap margin.
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The pole-sitter in thequalifyingracealso received one point, entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points.
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