Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 4)

It’s basically the same, just darker.

stock car racer

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

(1863 – 1947) automobile industrialist

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

I've never seen driving as a sexual thing – I just could never consider it in that light. I think women are interested in the drivers because of the dangers, but some of us are as dull as Old Nick.

Scottish auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

American auto racer

I feel safer on a racetrack than I do on Houston's freeways.

American auto racer

It’s like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium.

American auto racer

There are four different cars filling the first four places.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(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

It’s lap 26 of 58, which unless I’m very much mistaken is half way.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

The faster he goes, the quicker he’ll get to the pits; the slower he goes, the longer it will take.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

auto racing commentator

Some drivers grow the fruit. Others just come in and pick it.

British auto racer

Grand Prix driving is like balancing an egg on a spoon while shooting the rapids.

British racing driver

Brundle is driving an absolutely pluperfect race.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Speed has never killed anyone – suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.

English broadcaster, journalist & writer

Schumacher has made his final stop three times.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator