Funny Car Racing Quotes

Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.

Coo Coo Marlin

Sports, Worry, Risk

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Get the hell out of my way!

Ayn Rand

Strength, Courage, Philosophy

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2340, Penguin

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I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate.

Sterling Marlin

Racing, World, Safe

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The price for men in motion is the occasional collision.

Carroll Smith

Men, Racing, Occasional

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What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something on the edge. They love to speed because it is dangerous.

Peter Golenbock

Joy, Racing, Speed

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In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.

Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Racing, Skinny, Tire

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The older I get, the faster I was.

Charles Barkley

Funny, Racing, Bikers

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

Peter Dunne

Sports, Motor Racing, Mph

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When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

Alain Prost

Motivational, Motor Racing, Race

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.

Ayrton Senna

Motivational, Winning, Motor Racing

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

Murray Walker

Unique, Motor Racing, Nascar Racing

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The winner ain't the one with the fastest car. It's the one who refuses to lose.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing

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If you're in control, you're not going fast enough.

Parnelli Jones

Nascar Racing, Speed, Enough

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Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.

Colin McRae

Race, Car, Racing

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To finish first, you must first finish.

Rick Mears

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.

Henry Ford

Nascar Racing, Funny Racing, Minutes

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Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.

Enzo Ferrari

Beautiful, Winning, Race

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Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

Enzo Ferrari

Motor Racing, Aerodynamics, Car

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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Once you've raced, you never forget it...and you never get over it.

Richard Childress

Car, Racing, Never Forget

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I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

Steven Wright

Funny, Death, Suicide

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I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

Ayrton Senna

Motivational, Motor Racing, Car

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Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.

Ayrton Senna

Motor Racing, Littles, Limits

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Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

Dave Barry

Nascar Racing, Literature, Upside Down

Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.104, Ballantine Books

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It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

Mario Andretti

Motivational, Thinking, Nascar Racing

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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What's behind you doesn't matter.

Enzo Ferrari

Motivational, Motor Racing, Car

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