Daytona 500 Quotes

• I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500.

  Dale Earnhardt

  Morning, Believe, Stills

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• It's basically the same, just darker.

  Alan Kulwicki

  Nascar Racing, Afl, Rugby

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• NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get.

  Rick Santorum

  Nascar, Daytona

  "'Santorum strategy' at Daytona?" by MJ Lee, www.politico.com. February 27, 2012.

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• The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Team, Winning, Race

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• To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.

  Tony Stewart

  Dream, Winning, Race

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• When you've got the Daytona 500 out there at stake and everything riding on the line, guys go for it, and the guys that go for it are the ones that are either going to win or they're going to wreck.

  Jeff Gordon

  Winning, Guy, Riding

  "Daytona Duel: Race two winner's press conference". www.motorsport.com. February 16, 2007.

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• The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it.

  Kurt Busch

  Race, People, Events

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• I've been waiting to get back in the Miller Lite Ford since Homestead. The team at the shop have put a lot of effort into building me a fast Ford Fusion for Speedweeks. Being in the Unlimited gives us a chance to see what we've got to work with for the Daytona 500. I think both myself and Joey in the No. 22 will be fast down here. I'm ready to go.

  Brad Keselowski

  Team, Thinking, Giving

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• There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Winning, Way, Seasons

  "Jimmie Johnson wins Daytona 500", www.foxnews.com. February 24, 2013.

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• The start of my rookie season when there was so much pressure, so many expectations, and so much excitement surrounding the return of the No. 3 to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and then we went out and won the pole for the Daytona 500. That was a very special moment.

  Austin Dillon

  Expectations, Special, Pressure

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• As we go forward in attempting to control bump drafting in those areas, there's going to be some very subjective calls being made. That's the reason we'd like to get this under way as quickly as possible. ... Hopefully we don't have to make a call. But if we do make a call in the twins, it wouldn't be quite as painful as having to make it in the Daytona 500.

  John Nelson Darby

  Bumps, Way, Twins

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• If you look at the record books, Dale Earnhardt's done everything, except win the Daytona 500. Now they can't have that riding over him. Now they're just going to say, 'Dale Earnhardt, 1998 Daytona 500 winner,' and his shoulders are going to get lighter every time.

  Ernie Irvan

  Book, Winning, Riding

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• It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona 500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were.

  Jay Leno

  Oil, President, Paper

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• I felt like a car that had only been operated by one driver… a car its new prospective buyer was determined to take to the Daytona 500.

  Charlaine Harris

  Car, Determined, Buyers

  Charlaine Harris (2009). “Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set”, p.866, Penguin

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• It's funny how the whole team gets quiet when you're about to win a Daytona 500.

  Joey Logano

  Team, Winning, Quiet

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