Funny Racing Quotes

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

Colin McRae

Race, Car, Racing

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Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

Jeremy Clarkson

Love, Motor Racing, Car

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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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It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.

Jackie Stewart

Racing, Self Improvement, Being The Best

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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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What's behind you doesn't matter.

Enzo Ferrari

Motivational, Motor Racing, Car

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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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Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

Hunter S. Thompson

Motor Racing, Nascar Racing, Drug

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

Henry Ford

Nascar Racing, Minutes, Motorsports

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We broke something, I think it was traction.

Carl Edwards

Thinking, Car, Racing

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Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.

Bobby Unser

Nascar Racing, Guy, Remember

Bobby Unser (2004). “Winners are Driven: A Champion's Guide to Success in Business and Life”, p.5, John Wiley & Sons

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To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.

Stirling Moss

Motivational, Motor Racing, Games

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

Damon Hill

Inspirational, Motivational, Dog

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Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.

Ernest Hemingway

Funny, Sports, Real

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To finish first, you must first finish.

Rick Mears

Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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The older I get, the faster I was.

Charles Barkley

Funny, Racing, Bikers

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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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The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

John Bingham

Inspirational, Softball, Sports

John Bingham (1999). “The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life”, p.210, Simon and Schuster

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

Mark Donohue

Two, Car, Black

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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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Turbochargers are for people who cant build engines.

Keith Duckworth

Aerodynamics, People, Car

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The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a big one.

Junior Johnson

Racing, Way, Bigs

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As far as cheating goes, they'll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it.

Smokey Yunick

Cheating, Car, Racing

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