Subject: Sports » Auto racing

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

(1929 – ) English race car driver

With ten [laps]to go, I didn't have a code of ethics.

American auto racer

Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

American auto racer

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

Scottish auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens.

boxing writer & sports historian

Keke Rosberg is as calculating as a slot machine.

British racing executive, writer & photographer

Nigel Mansell is the last person in the race apart from the five in front of him.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The lead is now 6.9 seconds… in fact, it’s just under 7 seconds.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Speaking from memory, I don't know how many points Nelson Piquet has.

(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

Passin’ Earnhardt is like trying to take a bone out of a Pit Bull’s mouth.

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Jean Alesi is 4th and 5th.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Grand Prix motor racing is like Punch [magazine]. It is never as good as it was.

auto racing writer

Nelson Piquet looks like a jockey being strapped into his car. Alan Jones looks like a commando on his way to Vietnam.

British auto racer & executive

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.

American auto racer

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

auto racing commentator

As you look at the first four, the significant thing is that Alboreto is fifth.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Need to tie some kerosene rags around his ankles so the ants don’t eat his candy ass.

American auto racer