bad luck, short track, stock car, race car, flying start, bowyer, sit out, call up, bodine, earnhardt, in practice, dirt track, practice session, hockey player, sauter, pole position, bounce back, biffle, move into, triple crown, bring on, second best, blaylock, break out, yorke, sports car, build on, working out, prepare for, windy city, costner, hadden, front row, albers, tough guy, slip up, foyt, dale earnhardt, head for, silkmen, track record, way out, coogan, hold off, take on, miss out, buell, bring in, henman, tammany, beaton, fall short, wait on, settle for, focused on, coming back, half mile, close out, roll on, hang on, grand national, call off, snap up, jeannette, air mass, pull off, briscoe, pile up, figure out, layne, mayberry, turn to, gaels, run in, zola, trollope, rubens, under way, brenden, montgomerie, coryell, agassi, wild west, sorenson, shape up, washed out, football team, landon, berra, green light, go down, zoeller, square off, stick with, come to, long island sound, kinnear, nolte, nurnberg, fall on, keep on, naismith

ahead, in the lead