Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 3)

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.

British auto racer

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

American auto racer

Wally Dallenbach's like a kite without a tail out there.

American auto racer

You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.

American auto racer

Nigel Mansell is the only man who goes to Nick Faldo for charisma lessons.

English actor & television personality

What you’ve got to remember about Michael is that under that cold professional Germanic exterior beats a heart of stone.

British auto racer

He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner.

American auto racer

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn’t surprising as this is an all Escort race.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

After the third flip, I lost control…

American auto racer

I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years.

American auto racer

I didn't want my Mom to know I was drag racing for 20 years so I told her I was in prison.

American drag racing crew chief & pioneer

You get more than one of them things and you call them Loti.

American auto racer

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

Brazilian auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

To win in the slowest possible time.

Australian 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

I never lost my job while I was leading a race.

American auto racer

Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

It’s like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium.

American auto racer

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

boxing writer & sports historian

And he’s done that in a whisker under 10 seconds, call it 9.7 in round figures.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator