Subject: Sports » Auto racing (Page 6)

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

American auto racer

And Michael Schumacher is actually in a very good position… he’s in last place.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chainsaw.

American auto racer

Alain Prost is in a commanding second position.

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

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

British auto racer

Nigel Mansell is someone with about as much charisma as a damp spark-plug.

British sportswriter

I'd rather have an accident than fall in love – that's how much I love motor racing.

Italian woman auto racer

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

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

American auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

My purpose in life was to run 100%. Maybe it cost me some races, but nobody ever hired me to ride.

American auto racer

When I drove for British teams… they called me the ‘Tadpole' because I was too small to be a frog.

French auto racer

Ernie Irvan could go bear hunting with a switch. He ain't never afraid.

American auto racer

We worked 80 hour weeks for 30 years to keep from having to get a real job.

American drag racing crew chief & pioneer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator

He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner.

American auto racer

Well I don't know which one has more money but I'll tell you what… either one could burn a wet mule with hundred dollar bills.

American auto racer

Put an ordinary driver in an Indy-type race car and he'd probably crash before he got out of the pit area.

American auto racer

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

British auto racer

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

(1923 – ) English motorsport commentator