Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 4)

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

American auto racer

Jenson Button is in the top ten… in eleventh position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Alesi is in second place, and Hill is in second place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

My purpose in life was to run 100%. Maybe it cost me some races, but nobody ever hired me to ride.

American auto racer

I wonder if Watson is in the relaxed state of mind he's in.

(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

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

With two laps to go then the action will begin, unless this is the action, which it is.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

My dad once said that you meet a much nicer class of person there, but I'm not sure.

British auto racer

The gap between the two cars is 0.9 of a second, which is less than one second.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I feel safer on a racetrack than I do on Houston's freeways.

American auto racer

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.

Italian motor racing driver & entrepreneur

Cale Yarborough would have to call a service station to get a tire changed, but he's as good as anyone who ever drove a race car.

American auto racer

Ernie Irvan could go bear hunting with a switch. He ain't never afraid.

American auto racer

All I had to do is keep turning left!

auto racer

And as Mansell comes into the pits, he’s quite literally sweating his eyeballs out.

To win in the slowest possible time.

Australian race car driver