Car Racing Quotes

The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing

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What's behind you doesn't matter.

Enzo Ferrari

Motivational, Motor Racing, Car

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Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.

Henry Ford

Nascar Racing, Funny Racing, Minutes

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Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Colin McRae

Race, Car, Racing

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When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.

Bobby Allison

Zero, Party, Winning

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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

Mario Andretti

Inspirational, Funny, Life

"Driving With Mario Andretti, Who at 76, Still Refuses to Slow Down". Interview with Sam Smith, www.roadandtrack.com. June 24, 2016.

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What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something on the edge. They love to speed because it is dangerous.

Peter Golenbock

Joy, Racing, Speed

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Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

Ernest Hemingway

Funny, Sports, Real

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If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough

Mario Andretti

Hands, Racing, Trying

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl who can back up a trailer.

Michael Martin Murphey

Girl, Guy, Racing

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The client is not always right.

Enzo Ferrari

Aerodynamics, Luxury, Car

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.

Junior Johnson

Home, Nascar Racing, Jail

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Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.

Juan Manuel Fangio

Thinking, Track, Scare

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I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate.

Sterling Marlin

Racing, World, Safe

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The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Gary Player

Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.

Coo Coo Marlin

Sports, Worry, Risk

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In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.

Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Racing, Skinny, Tire

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Second place is the first loser.

Dennis Anderson

Racing, Firsts, Dirt Bikes

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Get the hell out of my way!

Ayn Rand

Strength, Courage, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2340, Penguin

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The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one.

Junior Johnson

Racing, Way, Bigs

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And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

Murray Walker

Car, Racing, Important

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The harder you work, the luckier you become.

Carl Karcher

Wrestling, Golf, Bodybuilding

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

Peter Dunne

Sports, Motor Racing, Mph

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The price for men in motion is the occasional collision.

Carroll Smith

Men, Racing, Occasional

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To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.

Stirling Moss

Motivational, Motor Racing, Games

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