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2 unusual facts about CHAMP


Joseph Gelineau

Joseph Gelineau (Champ-sur-Layon, Maine-et-Loire, 31 October 1920 – Sallanches, 8 August 2008) was a French Catholic Jesuit priest and composer, mainly of modern Christian liturgical music.

Studebaker E Series Truck

A new Champ truck replaced the comparable Transtars in 1960, and was available in 1/2-ton and 3/4-ton models.


1979 Champ Car season

the 1979 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

1980 Champ Car season

the 1980 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

1981 Champ Car season

the 1981 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

1984 Champ Car season

the 1984 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

1989 Champ Car season

the 1989 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

1991 Champ Car season

the 1991 IndyCar season, sanctioned by CART, who would later become Champ Car

2007 Bavaria Champ Car Grand Prix

Promotional events leading up to the Grand Prix included driver appearances and track performances of a Champ Car at the Bavaria City Racing held in Rotterdam and at the Rizla Racing Days weekend at the TT Circuit.

Adele Fifield

Born in Trinity East, Newfoundland, Canada, Fifield enrolled in The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program after losing a leg to cancer at the age of 13.

Ben Townley

In 2004, riding the prototype KTM 250-SXF four stroke, Townley won the MX2 World Championship over teammates future champ Antonio Cairoli and teammates Tyla Rattray and Marc DeReuver.

He continued his good form at the Champ KTM team in 2003, and made his mark as a definite word championship contender.

Casey Mears

He ended the season by filling in for injured Champ Car driver Alex Zanardi, posting one top-10 finish in four starts.

Center for Media, Religion and Culture

Principal Investigator (P.I.): Stewart Hoover; Associate P.I: Lynn Schofield Clark; Research Associates: Diane F. Alters, Joseph G. Champ, Lee Hood, and Henrik Boes.

Château du Champ de Bataille

A baroque castle, Château du Champ-de-Bataille lies between the communes of Neubourg and Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc, and in the Campagne du Neubourg, between the river Risle to the west and the river Iton to the east.

Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers

And finally, Sean Rooney joined them, and contributed for their champ in 2006 and 2007.

Darroll Wilson

After 13 wins and a draw he fought another unbeaten prospect in light-hitting Cruiserweight Terry McGroom, a former light-heavy Golden Gloves champ.

His unbeaten opponent, 25-0 Shannon Briggs was an amateur star and being touted as a future champ, he was the main feature of the card.

Fender tweed

In 2012, Fender introduced its first "Signature series"; Eric Clapton helped design the "EC" series of three amplifiers, including the Vibro-Champ, based on the five-watt amplifier "allegedly" used for the recording of Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.

Gene Schoor

He expanded into radio, producing "Champ of the Week," "Sports Club of the Air," and "Hour of Champions," and using radio to promote client-athletes including Joe DiMaggio, Jack Dempsey, Tommy Henrich and Phil Rizzuto.

Graham Ackerman

In April 2005 he won the national championship in the floor exercise event at the 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, making him a three-time national champ.

Grand Prix of Montreal

This mirrored the name change of the Toronto Champ Car race from the Molson Indy Toronto to the Molson Grand Prix of Toronto after its sale by Molson.

Green Wheat Field with Cypress

Green Wheat Field with Cypress (French: Champ de blé vert avec cyprès) is an oil on canvas painting by a Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.

I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson

After watching several tapes of the unbeaten, and seemingly invincible heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, Fresh Prince (Will Smith) gets the strange idea that he has managed to find a way to defeat the champ, and manages to convince Don King to arrange a match in two months and DJ Jazzy Jeff to train him.

J. D. Chapman

He was trained at first by Ex Champ Michael Moorer than by Jeff Mayweather and now by Norman Wilson, his manager is the very powerful Scott Hirsch who recently netted his fighters Jameel McCline and Shannon Briggs Don King-arranged title fights.

Jardin d'Acclimatation railway

For the 1878 Exposition Universelle he proposed to use his concept for the exhibition by a line Trocadéro - Military Academy passing the Champ-de-Mars, but permission was denied.

Josué Blocus

In 2007 at age 37 he rebounded and scored the biggest win of his pro career beating Canadian champ David Cadieux on the road.

Kabi Lungchok

Sub Tropical mixed Broad-Leaved Hill Forest is the forest type in the area comprising: Alnus nepalensis (Uttis), Castanopsis (Kattus), Macaranga (Malata), Engelhardia spicata (Mahua), Michelia (Champ), Toona ciliata (Tooni), Machilus (Kawla), Symplocos (Kharane) and Cinnamomum (Sinkoli).

Kelvin Gastelum

Just before his fight, Chael Sonnen received a call from UFC women's champ Ronda Rousey, who wished Gastelum good luck on his fight and said that if he won that she would come down to the TUF gym and teach a session.

KW Motorsport Ltd

KW Motorsport Ltd have a wide range of engineering consultancy in Champ car and Le Mans series including the design of the Nasamax, Protan and Creation AutoSportif chassis that are based on Reynard Motorsports original products.

Lauryn Eagle

In September 2012, she did a promotional fight against Fox FM radio joc Matt Tilley in a 'Champ vs Chump' promotion.

Mahuari

It is surrounded by budhuvan, champ, bisunpura and Bardiha villages.

Mike Lanigan

Lanigan also took over the promoter position of Champ Car's Grand Prix of Houston in 2006 and Grand Prix of Cleveland in 2007, neither of which survived the merger to appear on the IndyCar Series schedule.

Montgomery, Ohio

Tony Yates, former University of Cincinnati basketball champ and coach for UC Bearcats

Muangchai Kittikasem

He lost the titles against another amateur star in the Russian amateur world champ Yuri Arbachakov, still in 1992.

Nikolay Puchkov

He was a sparring partner of the two-time Olympic champ Boris Lagutin.

Osmay Acosta

became the junior world champ at 75 kg/165 lbs in 2002 in Santiago de Cuba beating Russian Nikolai Galacki 10:9, Uzbek Alisher Matniazov KO, and Kazack Dmitriy Gotfrid in the final 14:8.

Paul Gentilozzi

Gentilozzi and fellow Champ Car owners Gerald Forsythe and Kevin Kalkhoven purchased the assets of Champ Car following a financially difficult 2003 season.

Pedro Nolasco

Later in the year he lost a decision to future champ Victor Callejas.

Sandy Amorós

Amorós, nicknamed for his resemblance to boxing champ Sandy Saddler, had a largely unremarkable major league career.

Saoul Mamby

He stopped former WBC lightweight champ Esteban De Jesús in the 13th round in July 1980 on the Holmes-LeDoux undercard; decisioned Termite Watkins over 15 on the Holmes-Ali undercard; won a 15-round nod over Jo Kimpuani on yet another undercard for a Larry Holmes fight (this time it was vs. Leon Spinks); went to Indonesia to decision Thomas Americo; and, in his last bout leaving the ring as champion, decisioned Obisio Nwankpa in Nigeria.

Temi Tea Garden

The floral composition of the tea estate consists of broad leaf vegetation comprising Alnus nepalensis (Uttis), Castanopsis (Kattus), Macaranga (Malata), Engelhardia spicata (Mahua), Michelia (Champ), Toona ciliata (Tooni), Machilus (Kawla), Symplocos (Kharane) and Cinnamomum (Sinkoli).

Todd Foster

Foster turned pro in 1989 and won his first 22 fights, setting up a bout with former champ Jimmy Paul in 1992.

Tyler Turner

At the seniors he was noted for his 2007 performance, a decision over 2008 Olympic alternate Kimdo Bethel and a come from behind knockout over reigning US champ Jonte Willis, in the final he was KOd himself, though, by Nathaniel James.

Victor Bisbal

His brotherGerardo Bisbal is also a boxer and National Champ of Puerto Rico, bronze medallist in 2002 in 81 kg, 2006 in +91 kg and 2010 gold medallist Central American and Caribbean Games, having participated in 2003 in 91 kg and 2007 in +91 kg Pan American Games.

Weakling

Initially, Weakling was mainly noted for featuring guitarist Josh Smith of The Fucking Champs (fellow Champ Tim Green served as producer), but a recent reissue of their material has brought their work some more attention, and the album has been hailed in some circles, and by musicians including Fenriz of Darkthrone, as a masterpiece.

World Colored Welterweight Championship

The ascension of Henry Armstrong as the world welterweight champ on 31 May 1938 (when he beat Barney Ross) seemingly made the title redundant (the World Colored Heavyweight Championship expired when Joe Louis became world heavyweight champ in 1937 and the World Colored Middleweight Championship became defunct for 16 years after Tiger Flowers won the world middleweight title in 1926), but it was still contested during Armstrong's reign.


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