1.   A warm-up lap, unlike a victory lap, could be done by telephone.

2.   He then took a victory lap around the arena.

3.   He then took a victory lap around the floor of the arena and wound up having his picture taken with Ali.

4.   The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans.

5.   And he did smile after he mounted the victory podium and beamed when he and the other Banesto riders took a victory lap on the Champs-Elysees.

6.   And so his visits home are not campaign events so much as victory laps.

7.   As his teammates unpiled and took a victory lap around the field, Abbott climbed to his feet.

8.   As if Freeman could hear, they implored her to carry the Aborigine flag on her victory lap.

9.   As Torre guided the Yankees for the first time since their victory lap, he had already predicted that they could well make it back to the World Series.

10.   At least Aikman waits until the Super Bowl to run victory laps, rather than rejoicing about a meaningless whipping of the Atlanta Falcons.