FAMOUS RACING QUOTES
“When you win a race you’re on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.” -Bobby Allison
Nothing good has ever been written about the full rotation of a racecar about its roll axis. – Carroll Smith
You steer the car with your feet; the steering wheel is used only to present the car to the corner.-Stirling Moss
“At some point in every racer’s life he has to make his peace with cheating. I do not approve of cheating … at all. Of course, like every successful racer, I differentiate between taking advantage of loopholes in the regulations, stretching the grey areas and outright cheating. In any given racing series I will not start the cheating. If someone else starts it, I will appeal to them and to the officials to stop it. If my efforts do not succeed, then I’ll show them how it is done ….” — Carroll Smith, Drive to Win
“Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that’s just a risk of the sport. If you can’t keep from worrying about it, then you’re in the wrong line of work.” -Coo Coo Marlin
“You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.” -Ayrton Senna
“After the third flip, I lost control…………” Don Roberts after crashing
“What’s behind you doesn’t matter.” -Enzo Ferrai – explaining the lack of a rear view mirror.
The racing driver needs to be fed a diet of other racing drivers. – Carroll Smith
When building engines I have found the piston to ground clearence to be ever so critical.” – Geri Tarvin
“Never race anything that you are not prepared to push off a cliff.” -Will Hartje
“Everyone behind me is an incredibly talented driver – Everyone in front of me is cheating!” -Bill Haney
“Money is how we keep the score in motor racing nowadays.” – Colin Chapman
“Simplify and add lightness” – Colin Chapman
“Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy.” – Colin Chapman
“You won’t catch me driving a race car that I have built.” – Colin Chapman
“You win some, lose some, and wreck some.”- Dale Earnhardt Sr.
“I love this kind of racing, (but) these guys sure change their personalities in race mode. They’re like Doberman pinschers with a hand grenade in their mouths.”- road racer Boris Said speaking of NEXTEL Cup drivers.
“Aerodynamics are for people who cannot build engines.” – Enzo Ferrari
“All I had to do is keep turning left! ” – George Robson – Winner of the 1946 Indy 500
“Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all the others are games.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.” – Stirling Moss
“The cost of racing hasn’t increased in 30 years. Back then, it took everything you had. And it still does.” – unknown
“Fast cars drag race, fast drivers road race.” – unknown
“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death…” – Hunter Thompson
“Friends don’t let friends apex early.” – unknown
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