Articles related to "1978"

Unless they broke down, Andretti and Peterson seemed unstoppable in their Lotus 79s. Reutemann managed to win at Brands Hatch but the JPS cars were soon back on top.

The 1978 F1 season was dominated by Lotus and their ground-effect cars. Brabham produced the BT46 fan-car but it was banned. Mario Andretti became World Champion.

Two extraordinary F1 cars emerged during the 1978 Grand Prix season. The Lotus 79 and the Brabham fan-car. The Brabham only raced once before it was banned.

Mario Andretti won the F1 World Championship at Monza, but it came at a terrible cost. His team-mate Ronnie Peterson crashed at the same event and subsequently died.

The Phillies, the Red Sox, the Angels and the Cubs have all choked miserably in historic playoff races. Here are their stories. And one bonus tale about the 2004 ALCS.

Argentina won their first World Cup title in history and became the fifth host nation to claim the trophy with a 3-1 victory in the final over the Netherlands.

George Romero's sequel to "Night of the Living Dead", "Dawn of the Dead", was released in 1978. It still holds up as a great zombie movie after thirty years.

There are always rivalries in thoroughbred racing. Affirmed and Alydar took their six-race juvenile battle to the Kentucky Derby as three-year-olds. Fans liked Alydar.

Although Affirmed beat Alydar three times in as many tries in the 1978 Triple Crown races, Alydar did best the champ twice in 1977. Alydar was the bigger, favored colt.

Ingmar Bergman wrote and directed Autumn Sonata, and as is implicit in the title, the film establishes a tone of somber reflection, on life, loss, and regret.

Halloween is the quintessential horror movie. Despite the string of increasingly tepid and repetitive sequels that followed, it is as frightening today as it was in 1978.

This novelization of John Carpenter's Halloween should delight fans of the movie; it follows the movie to the letter, fleshes out the characters, and expands the story.

Referred to as the daddy of all slasher movies, Halloween set the standard for slasher films to come.

Ronnie Peterson just failed to win his home Grand Prix. The six-wheeled Tyrrell and Brabham fan-car both won at Anderstorp.

The novel is based in India, one of Britain's erstwhile colonies. It is the story of forbidden love between a British officer and an Indian princess, in the British Raj

The Yankees came all the way back from a 14 game deficit to tie the Sox at the end of the season, setting up the greatest one-game playoff contest in baseball history.

The toast of Belmont town is Big Brown, in line to win the first Triple Crown since 1978 when Affirmed scalded his usual rival, Alydar, at the wire.

If today's playoff structure were used in 1978, the differences would have been beyond radical.

Ronnie Peterson drove for March, Tyrrell and Lotus during his final three Formula 1 seasons. He died in 1978 after a crash during the Italian GP at Monza.

Fred reviews Season One on DVD. Giant metal spiders anyone? ... Just Kidding

Soccer World Cup Golden Boot award winners from 1962 to 1978. Player statistics, World Cup top scorers & Golden Boot award winners from soccer World Cup history.

Rindt wins posthumously, Stewart retires, Lauda survives, Williams victorious at last and Villeneuve makes his mark.

In 1977, jockey Steve Cauthen was 17 when he was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Cauthen won a record $6 million that year riding Thoroughbreds.

These five best picture winners from the 1970s include a satire, a feel-good boxing story, a tale of social angst, a Vietnam study, and a look at divorce.

Psychic mediums are sometimes called upon to help the police crack difficult criminal investigations. One such case involved the murderer known also as the Killer Clown.

Residential wind turbines represent a green and renewable energy technology and a way for the homeowner to lessen dependence on the electrical power grid.

Born William Martin Joel on May 9, 1949, Billy Joel has created a portfolio of unique melodies and lyrics recognized around the world.

Spotlight articles and Snapshot blogs bring America's eleven thoroughbred Triple Crown champions into larger focus. Learn more about the champs' historic lives.

A lineage society commemorates colonial clergy for their roles as founders and leaders of the first American communities.

Big Brown trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. is certain his horse will win a Triple Crown title despite a quarter crack, the favored post position, and Japan's Casino Drive.

On its 70th birthday, the National Film Board of Canada has uploaded its treasure chest of favourite Canadian films including the Vignette series of the 70s & 80s.

Europe's top soccer clubs have one major goal in mind in late Spring 2011 - playing in London's Wembley Stadium, which will be hosting the UEFA Champions League final.

Connecticut's young wine industry not ready to challenge America's top wine producing states, but its wine trail indicates the Constitution State is making progress

Project Gutenberg provides thousands of legal eBooks, audio books, pictures, and sheet music for the public at no cost.

Ronnie Peterson was a March Formula 1 driver in 1971 and 1972. For the next three seasons he drove for the JPS Lotus team alongside Emerson Fittipaldi and Jacky Ickx.

No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed did it in 1978 and only 11 have ever won it in the last 89 years.

Knowledge of the law is important because many parents don't understand how to involve themselves in their children's lives to find out about their friends.

What is leading to fatalities in the Triple Crown races? Thoroughbred fans are hoping for a safe Preakness Stakes May 17 and the possible crowning of a new TC champ.

E Z Warrior, Nobiz Like Shobiz, and Notional won five races among them, placed once, and brought in one show in eight starts in 2006, their two-year-old seasons.

Ronnie Peterson's early racing career was undertaken in home-made machinery, but his talent ensured he made it all the way to Formula 1 with March, Lotus and Tyrrell.

Triple Crown champions Affirmed and Secretariat won best two-year-old and best three-year-old Eclipse Awards. They raced in the same decade, but took different paths.

Blazing across the sky, the Snowbirds have represented Canada's military with displays of dangerous and exacting aerial maneuvers

Princess Margaret's and Lord Snowdon's lives are under the microscope in a documentary about their tumultuous marriage and scandalous divorce.

Since 1978 the racing world has anxiously awaited the next Triple Crown coronation and post Big Browns failed delivery, continues to wait.

Arturo Merzario showed incredible resilience by designing and building his own Formula One car, competing against far better funded Grand Prix teams.

Starting in 1978, Deng Xiaoping's reforms opened the Chinese economy and were the major causes of China's economic growth.

Brief biography of Anglo-Irish author, philosopher, and playwright Iris Murdoch, an important writer of her generation, known for The Bell and Under the Net.

The 2009 Under-21 UEFA European Championship kicks off on June 15. Here a look at the history and background of the biannual tournament.

Paolo Rossi's scoring touch guided Italy to their third World Cup crown as they beat West Germany 3-1. The third championship evened Brazil for the all-time mark.

Diego Maradona got some help from a higher power as he guided Argentina to their second World Cup triumph in eight years by beating West Germany 3-2 in the final.