Coolest racing quote?

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Jody Sheckter being interviewed by a reporter:

Rep: Jody, you've had so many accidents in your career, what do you do during an accident?

Jody: Well, first thing is you get your head down as low as you can, your feet away from the pedals and grab on to your seat belts with your hands so they don't fly outside. You wait until all the crashing and banging stops and then you count to ten before getting out.

Rep: Why do you count to ten?

Jody: Oh yea, that's in case your flying through the air!!!
"Driving a car as fast as possible (in a race) is all about maintaining the highest possible acceleration level in the appropriate direction." Peter Wright,Techical Director, Team Lotus

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Carroll Shelby at Indy in the mid-60's

"This place is all monkey-see-monkey-do. If the winner climbs out of his car with a broomstick up his ass today, next year there's gonna be 32 guys here with broomsticks up their asses."

Dale Earnhardt:

pit: We can't make it to the end on this fuel without another caution.

Dale: I'm workin' on it
Heaven: Where the cooks are French, the police are British, the lovers are Greek, the mechanics are German, and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell: Where the cooks are British, the police are German, the lovers are Swiss, the mechanics are French, and it is all organized by the Greeks.

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andrew wrote: Murray Walker: "And Prost's Ferrari is on fire as it enters the swimming pool"
James Hunt "Well that'll put it out then"
:lol:
...that one made me laugh!!

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Ciro

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Ciro Pabón wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st0mKavUv0k[/youtube]
JPM sounds like he is starting to get a drawl

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Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, I sure do hope to see'im getting one. I cudn't unnerstand a wurd he sed. Heavn, not a yankee at least.. must be from some farn country.
Ciro

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flynfrog
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I was at one of his first stock car races. I over heard similar things in the stands :) I wore my JPM shirt proud.

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Hay-oh no. Hay-oh no. Well he is from the deep south.

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Vin Diesel wrote:It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning.
I'm guessing this one has been around for longer than "The fast and the furious", though.

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"Going through a corner is all about not shaving-off too much speed"

Mario Andretti
"I spent most of my money on wine and women...I wasted the rest"

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N12ck wrote:my signature :
Hate to tell you but I believe that Gilles Villeneuve said this first.

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Couple funnies for your consideration:

Thursdays pressconferance, Brazil:
Felipe Massa: And also me and Lucas live in the same building. He never has food in his house, he’s always coming to my house to eat.
Lucas di Grassi: Hey, that’s… that’s true. Free lunch.

Martin Brundle: “How’s your car?”
Sebastian Vettel: “Blue, with black wheels on it.”

Radio to DC: "How is the car, how is the car?
DC: "Not good. Doesn't turn, doesn't stop, no traction." (dramatic pause) "Apart from that its great - having lots of fun!"

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Dr Ferdinand Porsche called (Tazio) Nuvolari "The greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future."
Those who believe in telekinetics raise my hand

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If you want to win, hire a Finn.
Heaven: Where the cooks are French, the police are British, the lovers are Greek, the mechanics are German, and it is all organized by the Swiss.

Hell: Where the cooks are British, the police are German, the lovers are Swiss, the mechanics are French, and it is all organized by the Greeks.