Car Racing Quotes - Page 2

Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

Dave Barry

Nascar Racing, Literature, Upside Down

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.104, Ballantine Books

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It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

Jackie Stewart

Racing, Self Improvement, Being The Best

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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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Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

Jeremy Clarkson

Love, Motor Racing, Car

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If lightning strikes while you're in the car it's your fault.

Doc Bundy

Car, Racing, Lightning

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The older I get, the faster I was.

Charles Barkley

Funny, Racing, Bikers

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Racing is the constant search for the weakest link.

Duane Bailey

Racing, Links, Weakest Link

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The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line.

Stirling Moss

Past, Racing, Yards

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Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.

Mario Andretti

Car, Giving, Racing

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I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

Valentino Rossi

Motivational, Sports, Winning

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

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Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.

Jackie Stewart

People, Racing, Brake

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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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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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The price for men in motion is the occasional collision.

Carroll Smith

Men, Racing, Occasional

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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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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 get.

Gary Player

Inspirational, Motivational, Work

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

Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Racing, Skinny, Tire

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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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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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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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The harder you work, the luckier you become.

Carl Karcher

Wrestling, Golf, Bodybuilding

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Second place is the first loser.

Dennis Anderson

Racing, Firsts, Dirt Bikes

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