Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games. — Ernest Hemingway
You don't race cars, you race the rule book — Smokey Yunick
I've tried everything other than jumping out of a plane, but nothing gives you an adrenaline rush like racing a car. — Nigel Mansell
To hell with safety. All I want to do is race. — James Hunt
Racing, competing, it's in my blood. It's part of me, it's part of my life; I have been doing it all my life and it stands out above everything else. — Ayrton Senna
I am focused on racing. I enjoy it. It's a great feeling to be back fighting for the title. — Valentino Rossi
Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally, physically -- and then you have to find about ten percent more and use that too. — Janet Guthrie
Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves. It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go. It helps us to find out what we are made of. This is what we do. This is what it's all about. — PattiSue Plumer
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. — Henry Ford
If I wanted to learn how to race a speed car, I'm not going to go and race with Formula One drivers. I'm going to go to a beginner's class. — Jay Shetty
In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice. — Bobby Rahal
A race track is a place where windows clean people. — Danny Thomas
Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. — Caroll Shelby
You won't catch me driving a race car that I have built. — Colin Chapman
Nascar Quotes
The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose. — Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
If you're in control, you're not going fast enough. — Parnelli Jones
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. — Hunter S. Thompson
Running away from your problems is a race you'll never win.
If I have a love-hate relationship with Martinsville, then we're missing the love part of the equation. — Tony Stewart
It's basically the same, just darker. — Alan Kulwicki
I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners. — Mitt Romney
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers, so we could identify their corporate sponsors. — Caroline Baum
Why did I take up racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal — Kyle Petty
I wish they would pass a law where all Democrats and Republicans had to wear NASCAR racing suits, because if you look at the NASCAR drivers, it tells who their sponsors are. And if they do that, we could then become informed voters, because we would know who owns them. — Jesse Ventura
If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong. — Darrell Waltrip
Auto Racing Quotes
As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. — Ayrton Senna
Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win. — Enzo Ferrari
Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you. — Jeremy Clarkson
There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games. — Ernest Hemingway
If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. — Mark Donohue
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
As far as cheating goes, they'll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it. — Smokey Yunick
It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down. — Mario Andretti
When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast. — Alain Prost
Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. — Damon Hill
Car Racing Quotes
Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers. — Colin McRae
The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts. — Ferdinand Porsche
It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance. — Jackie Stewart
Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio. — Juan Manuel Fangio
Race is only relevant when it will heighten racial tensions, so ABC doesn’t mention that the driver was black. They do, however, give you the critical detail that it was a luxury car. — Dave Smith
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes. — Emerson Fittipaldi
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough — Mario Andretti
Daytona 500 Quotes
I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500. — Dale Earnhardt
To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver. — Tony Stewart
When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck. — Jeff Gordon
The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment. — Austin Dillon
It's funny how the whole team gets quiet when you're about to win a Daytona 500. — Joey Logano
There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500. — Jimmie Johnson
Newman and I were friends. We were great teammates, and he needs to check his trophy case on that Daytona 500 trophy I helped him get years ago. — Kurt Busch
The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it. — Kurt Busch
My first Indy 500 was one of my high points. I ended up qualifying fourth and I finished fourth. I had a win in Japan a few years later, and then qualifying for Daytona was great as well. — Danica Patrick
It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona 500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were. — Jay Leno
Race Car Quotes
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough. — Ayrton Senna
Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it. — Richard Childress
Turbochargers are for people who cant build engines. — Keith Duckworth
I race historic muscle cars back in Australia, and that's my hobby. And I try to race home as soon as I've finished a movie but don't tell anyone. — Eric Bana
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that. — Jackie Stewart
The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio. — Stirling Moss
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same. — Valentino Rossi
I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing. — Valentino Rossi
Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail. — Junior Johnson
I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars. — Enzo Ferrari
Race Car Driver Quotes
I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don't think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it's somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that's somewhat out of control. — Jeff Gordon
Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others. — Ayrton Senna
I am a racer. I'm not a race car driver. I am a racer. I race. That's what I do. I don't go on vacations. I don't take my family on vacations because I don't have a family. My family is the racing family. — Tony Stewart
The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses. — Mario Andretti
The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand. — Juan Manuel Fangio
Every little kid has always wanted to be a race car driver. This gets some of that out. — David Alan Grier
Let me ask you. If someone called you and offered you a ride in the Indianapolis 500 and you were a male race car driver, would you turn the ride down? — Janet Guthrie
The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way. — Paul Schrader
I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate. — Sterling Marlin
Motor Racing Quotes
Mansell can see him in his earphone. — Murray Walker
Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him — Murray Walker
Your luck goes up and down like swings and roundabouts — James Hunt
Motor racing can never be totally safe and it never should be in my opinion. — Murray Walker
I believe if you are doing something like competing, like motor racing, you either do well or forget it. — Ayrton Senna
Since I started in motor racing I've worked with people from all over the world. We are all here to go racing and prejudice will never play any part in that. — Kimi Raikkonen
Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position. — Murray Walker
Money is how we keep the score in motor racing nowadays. — Colin Chapman
With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is. — Murray Walker
And the first five places are filled by five different cars. — Murray Walker
Motorsport Quotes
You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are. — Juan Manuel Fangio
You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime. — Burt Munro
I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age. — Nigel Mansell
My father was a motorsports journalist and a motorbike fan. He gave me my motocross bike. — Jacky Ickx
You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it. — Alex Zanardi
I'm kind of quiet but when I put my helmet on, it's like you flip a switch. I'm ready to go. — Martin Truex Jr.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. — Joey Dunlop
No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough. — Mark Donohue
Aerodynamics is for those who cannot manufacture good engines. — Enzo Ferrari
Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands - running, fitness, training, motorsports - is all about functionality, whereas the vocabulary of the luxury business - handbags, ready-to-wear - is all about the product. — Francois-Henri Pinault
Racing Driver Quotes
If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver. — Ayrton Senna
You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood. — Ayrton Senna
Racing drivers have balls, unfortunantly, none of them are crystal — David Coulthard
The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended. — Enzo Ferrari
Ukyo Katayama is undoubtedly the best Formula One driver that Grand Prix racing has ever produced — Murray Walker
Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors? — Jim Hightower
If you are a straightforward racing driver you should always see your limits. You have to be objective and not come up with any bullshit. — Niki Lauda
By being a racing driver means you are racing with other people. And if you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win. — Ayrton Senna
Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver. — Jackie Stewart
In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it. — Jeff Gordon
It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991 — Alan Kulwicki
Kyle Busch has got to be the loneliest NASCAR driver ever. He's led so many laps he never sees anybody in front of him for two-thirds of the race. He just sees clean racetrack...He's the Maytag guy. — Kyle
Race makes things funny. A black guy driving in NASCAR: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Tide: not funny. A black guy driving a car sponsored by Aunt Jemima: hilarious. — Carlos Mencia
In this country, the most popular form of car racing is the huge multibillion dollar industry that`s called stock car racing. That`s what NASCAR is. That`s what the SC stands for in the middle of NASCAR, Stock cars. — Rachel Maddow
Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don't expect me to replace him because nobody ever will. — Kevin Harvick
Tomorrow President Obama will host NASCAR racing champion Kevin Harvick at the White House. They both said they look forward to spending an hour or two not having the slightest interest in what the other is saying. — Jimmy Fallon
NASCAR racing provides more brand awareness and interest than any of the other major sports. The opportunities to build business-to-business relationships within the racing community are endless. — David Fricke
When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock. — Kimi Raikkonen
I feel like with Indy cars, you can just show up - if you are equipped to build and make a nice car, then you could be competitive. But in NASCAR I don't see that even being possible for someone to just show up with a car. There's too much evolution of the tricks and bells and whistles and all the things it takes to be fast in stock-car racing that you wouldn't know. — Danica Patrick
Liberals don't have to emerge from the hot tub and start attending NASCAR races or - God forbid - church, but it would be nice if they'd stop lying all the time. — Ann Coulter
In the rest of the world though, particularly in Europe, the most popular form of racing is not stock cars. It`s not NASCAR. It doesn`t look anything like NASCAR. It`s Formula 1. — Rachel Maddow
I know one thing. If a NASCAR driver ever got on the court with me, they wouldn't be able to keep up. That would be like me driving a bus in a NASCAR race. — Kenny Smith
My dad knew that if I wanted to make a career out of it, I needed to go to NASCAR rather than dirt racing. Personally, I like dirt racing a little bit more. It's a little more fun. — Tanner Berryhill
Motor Racing Outreach is great. They provide a chapel service every Sunday for drivers, wives, crew members, and others in the NASCAR industry so that we can gather and celebrate our faith. It's important to me to have this time before the race on Sundays. They also provide other services such as at-track childcare and counseling. — Austin Dillon
The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events. — Denny Hamlin
If NASCAR racing gets any more exciting, I may not be able to stand it. — Roger Staubach
There was a day when you could identify a NASCAR Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge and they actually looked like "stock cars." Now they are pod machines, slick on the outside but still powered by the same Neanderthal carbureted pushrod V-8s that have been under their hoods for half a century. If this is real auto racing, then the WWF ought to be part of the Olympics. — Brock Yates
Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate; this way we can see how their sponsors really are. — Jesse Ventura
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