Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 3)

My first priority is to finish above rather than beneath the ground.

American auto racer

Some of the ravines are so deep that if you topple over, your clothes will be out of date by the time you hit the bottom.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

What you’ve got to remember about Michael is that under that cold professional Germanic exterior beats a heart of stone.

British auto racer

I want to be the fastest woman in the world… in a manner of speaking.

American woman drag racer

If I was earning £1 a race, I'd still be a racing driver – just a poor one.

British auto racer

It's hard to describe what it's like to see a stock car flying through the air knowing it's going to land on top of you.

American auto racer

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

American auto racer

If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.

American auto racer

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

American auto racer

I never lost my job while I was leading a race.

American auto racer

Colin had a hard on in practice earlier, and I bet he wished he had a hard on now.

motor racing commentator

You have to treat death like any other part of life.

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

Argentinian auto racer

You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.

American auto racer

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1929 – ) English race car driver

The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog.

British auto racer

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

sportswriter

After the third flip, I lost control…

American auto racer