Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 5)

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

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

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

Frentzen is taking… er… reducing that gap between himself and Frentzen.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

English actor & television personality

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

American drag racing crew chief & pioneer

Villeneuve is now twelve seconds ahead of Villeneuve.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Tambay’s hopes, which were nil before, are absolutely zero now.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

(1940 – ) Italian-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

It’s like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium.

American auto racer

If a man can f**k and drive race cars… man… I mean, what else-is there?

American auto racer

And there’s the man in the green flag!

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

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

(1929 – ) English race car driver

You might not think that’s cricket, and it’s not; it’s motor racing.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.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

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer

There is nothing wrong with the car except that it is on fire.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

When I drove for British teams… they called me the ‘Tadpole' because I was too small to be a frog.

French auto racer