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Grand Prix notes: American LeMans leader Jeannette touts his series as 'mayhem or chaos'
Before qualifying started for Saturday's American LeMans Series race, points leader Gunnar Jeannette took the time Friday to explain what makes a sportscar race in the series so exciting and why people coming to the track should take the time to watch the...Tags: Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Pratt Street, Parkville, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Ministry offers spiritual services to IndyCar Circuit
IndyCar driver Helio Castroneves said before Sunday's Baltimore Grand Prix that as a religious man he prays for everyone's safety. And if, God willing, there's an opportunity to quickly get by a competitor in the race, he prays for that as well.
"Well,...Tags: ABC (tv network), Grand Prix of Baltimore, Television, Dancing, Dance
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Baltimore's Grand Prix comes with risks and rewards
The city invested nearly $7 million in the Grand Prix at a time of cutbacks in neighborhood services. It tied up downtown traffic before, during and after a long holiday weekend, less than two weeks before voters go to the polls for a mayoral election....Tags: Culture, Public Officials, Catherine E. Pugh, Transportation, Government
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Baltimore Grand Prix forces adjustments downtown
The Baltimore Grand Prix lurched toward its starting line Thursday as downtown was consumed by the chaos of last-minute preparations for the three-day event. Wide-scale road closings began to take effect, preparing the race course along downtown...Tags: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Constellation Energy Group, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Public Transportation, Transportation
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Baltimore Grand Prix fans flood city for practice runs
Some pressed against chain-link fences, straining for a better view of the hurtling cars. Others mingled in white tents, struggling to be heard over thundering engines. And an elderly woman perched on the edge of her car, craning for a better view of...Tags: Grand Prix of Baltimore, Festive Events, Ellicott City, Peter Hermann, Pratt Street
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A jubilant finish line for the Grand Prix
Tens of thousands of spectators trooped through crowded paddocks and grandstands, clutching ear plugs and checkered flags. Auto-racing teams praised the exciting twists and straightaways through roads normally choked with harried commuters.
And the cars,...Tags: Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Pratt Street, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Severna Park
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Cleanup under way after Grand Prix
Baltimore's party is over – and it was a grand one. A Grand Prix one, to be exact. But now it is time to put the carpet and the furniture back where they belong.
Even before the last fan made it home from Baltimore's inaugural three-day IndyCar...Tags: Pratt Street, Grand Prix of Baltimore, Traffic, Championship Racing Teams, Metal and Mineral
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Group to seek state funding for convention center, arena project
Backers of a proposed Inner Harbor arena linked to an expanded convention center expect to ask the state to provide funds for preliminary planning and design for the project's $420 million public portion. The Greater Baltimore Committee, the business...Tags: Donald C. Fry, Corporate Officers, Maryland Stadium Authority, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Tourism and Leisure
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Baltimore Convention Center expansion: Questions remain
The Greater Baltimore Committee's idea for an expansion of the downtown convention center coupled with a new, attached arena and expanded Sheraton hotel tower is generating understandable excitement among the group's leaders. It would solve a number of...Tags: Public Officials, Donald C. Fry, Government, Maryland Stadium Authority, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Table Tennis championships return to Baltimore
First off, the game's table tennis; please don't call it by the antiquated name pingpong. And if you think it's easy to play just because you can beat your siblings in heated basement matches, you could be in for a rude awakening. "People just dink...Tags: Tom Hanks, Table Tennis, Johns Hopkins University, Richard Lee
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Table tennis draws players, fans from around the world
The Baltimore Convention Center buzzed with the sounds of table tennis balls hitting rubber paddles as nearly 200 teams competed this weekend in a competition drawing players from around the world.
Roughly 800 men and women of every skill level and age...Tags: Table Tennis, College Sports
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Best week ever: Plan your week with our guide to what's new in Baltimore events, movies, music and more
MOVIES OPENING
A Better Life
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part
The Trip
Winnie the Pooh
NOTABLE TV
Eureka (season premiere, 8 p.m. Monday, Syfy)
MLB Home Run Derby (special, 8 p.m. Monday, ESPN)
Warehouse 13 (season premiere, 9 p.m. Monday, Syfy)...Tags: Artscape, Lifetime (tv network), Festive Events, Damages (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company
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