71.   Michael Andretti thrust himself into the IndyCar championship race Sunday with a dominating victory in the Vancouver Molson Indy.

72.   Rossi, a teenage rider, had a victory and a second place in the previous championship races this year.

73.   Saturday was not a good day for drivers involved in the PPG Cup championship race.

74.   Second-placed Feyenoord needs at least a draw from its Monday match with Rotterdam rivals Sparta to keep the championship race alive.

75.   She had never competed in a senior world championship race until last year.

76.   That has caused some baseball officials to suggest that teams mathematically eliminated from the championship races supply a player or two to the U.S. team.

77.   That same year, he won the world championship time trial and placed second in the world championship road race.

78.   The clubs would be unwilling to release their players for a later date when the domestic championship races would be entering the homestretch.

79.   The game had no impact on the national championship race.

80.   The side wings, considered by some experts as an ugly appendix, already have been used in championship races by the Tyrrell, Jordan and Sauber teams.