Quotes and One Liners

(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

Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.

Peter Dunne

sportswriter

Auto racing Entertainment Sports Television

And there’s the man in the green flag!

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on the throttle.

Bob Varsha

auto racing commentator

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

Lella Lombardi

Italian woman auto racer

Auto racing Misspokements Sports On winning the 1946 Indy 500

All I had to do is keep turning left!

George Robson

auto racer

He can’t decide whether to have his visor half open or half closed.

Auto racing Insults Sports Charisma Of British auto racer Nigel Mansell

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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Nigel Mansell is someone with about as much charisma as a damp spark-plug.

Alan Hubbard

British sportswriter

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Auto racing Misspokements Sports On racing at night as opposed to the afternoon

It’s basically the same, just darker.

Alan Kulwicki

stock car racer

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

Stirling Moss

(1929 – ) English race car driver

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

Buddy Baker

American auto racer

Auto racing Emotions Fear Sports Ernie Irvan

Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.

Juan Manuel Fangio

Argentinian auto racer

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

Jackie Stewart

Scottish auto racer

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Jacques Lafitte is as close to Surer as Surer is to Lafitte.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Buddy Baker

American auto racer

The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.

Stirling Moss

(1929 – ) English race car driver

Auto racing Education Learning Sports Juan Manuel Fangio

To finish first, you must first finish.

Rick Mears

American auto racer