Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 2)

Gentlemen, start your coffins.

(1919 – 1998) American sportswriter

And here comes Mika Hakkinen, double world champion twice over.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Stewart has two cars in the top five: Magnusson 5th and Barichello 6th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

At 180 mph, when your front wheel wants to play pogo stick, you don't do nothing. You don't sneeze, you don't hiccup, you don't even breathe. All you do is point it and hang on.

American motorcycle racer

There’s no secret. You just press the accelerator to the floor and steer left.

American auto racer

I'd rather have an accident than fall in love – that's how much I love motor racing.

Italian woman auto racer

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I do not speak the English so good, but then I speak the driving very well.

Brazilian auto racer

I had to go off the circuit twice to avoid him. I don't know what Rene Arnoux is doing in Formula One racing. He should be on the beach.

Belgian auto racer

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer

The new asphalt is like putting a tuxedo on a rattlesnake.

American auto racer

Passin’ Earnhardt is like trying to take a bone out of a Pit Bull’s mouth.

American auto racer

Rally points scoring is twenty for the fastest, eighteen for the second fastest, right down to six points for the slowest fastest.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

There's enough Ferraris here to eat a plate of spaghetti.

Scottish auto racer

It's hard to describe what it's like to see a stock car flying through the air knowing it's going to land on top of you.

American auto racer

We worked 80 hour weeks for 30 years to keep from having to get a real job.

American drag racing crew chief & pioneer

It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can; relaxing your brain is fatal.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

I've never seen driving as a sexual thing – I just could never consider it in that light. I think women are interested in the drivers because of the dangers, but some of us are as dull as Old Nick.

Scottish auto racer

You can tell that you’re in trouble when you feel the air on the back of your neck instead of in your face.

American auto racer