Tag: track

Indy 500 Win Could Rocket Popular Driver Pato O’Ward to the Top of IndyCar on and Off the Track

INDIANAPOLIS—Pato O’Ward was supposed to arrive in front of the hotel at 8:15 a.m. the first day he’d get his car on the track for Indianapolis 500 practice. He texted he was 15 minutes late, but would try to make up time on the road. He did, of course, because O’Ward wasn’t out for a…


Amazon Launches Program to Identify and Track Counterfeiters

NEW YORK—Amazon has launched its Anti-Counterfeiting Exchange (ACX), an initiative to help retail stores label and track marketplace counterfeits as part of the e-commerce giant’s efforts to crack down on organized crime on its platform, the company announced on Thursday. Online marketplaces in the United States including Amazon face hurdles in keeping counterfeiters off their…


Hendrick Gets Big Win Off Track, Emotional Victory on Track

What a week for Hendrick Motorsports, which scored its first victory in NASCAR’s version of a courtroom and its second win on the track at Richmond Raceway. NASCAR’s winningest team had received the largest penalty ever issued to a single organization for illegal modifications to supplier-provided parts on the Next Gen car. Hendrick Motorsports appealed…


Minnesota Lawmaker Concerned Over Bill Allowing Government to Track Alleged ‘Hate and Bias Incidents’

Minnesota state Rep. Walter Hudson has taken aim at a bill that would update the way the state government responds to and tracks “hate and bias incidents,” in which no crime may have actually been committed, calling it “problematic.” The bill, HF 181, was first introduced in January this year by Rep. Samantha Vang, a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party,…


7 Ways to Set and Track Goals for Maximum Success in 2022

By Kelly Hyman Goal setting is a common January ritual. Though this month feels like the right time to dive headlong into accomplishment-setting, in my experience it’s actually better suited for reflection and planning, leaving February for taking action. That means, even if you’ve yet to set a goal list for 2022, there’s still time…


American Felix Sets New Women’s Olympics Medal Record

TOKYO—The new medal standard in Olympic women’s track has been set. American Allyson Felix stands alone at the top and still has a chance to go even higher. The 35-year-old Felix won her record 10th Olympic track medal Friday night at the Tokyo Games with a push down the home stretch of the 400 meters…


Thompson-Herah Breaks Flo Jo’s Olympic Record in Women’s 100

TOKYO—Streaking down the track, with only six steps to go until she reached the finish line, Elaine Thompson-Herah stuck out her left arm and started pointing at the clock. She knew she had the win. It was only a matter of what else would come with it. With a time of 10.61 seconds, the latest…


McLaughlin Breaks 400 Hurdles Mark on Historic Day at Trials

EUGENE, Ore.—Sydney McLaughlin looked to her left and saw the numbers “51.90.” Her first thought: “Oh my gosh!” Now, at long last, the 400-meter hurdles world record belongs to her. On Sunday night at U.S. Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced Dalilah Muhammad to earn the victory, and the record, that Muhammad kept grabbing whenever…