Related Clues:

• Played for time when engine stopped
• Like a horse perhaps that's stopped running
• Was, first to last, strange: was evasive
• At last turn was front runner but broke down
• Stuck on a shoulder, say
• Bought time
• *Played an impeding role
• Temporarily conked out
• No longer moving
• Delayed deliberately
• Was deliberately vague in order to gain more time
• In need of a jump start, maybe
• Seized up
• Delayed evasively