Coolest racing quote?

[strad]

Not a driver, but Roebuck on Gilles
http://www.stradsplace.com/SOUNDS/nroeb ... faster.mp3

[alvinkhorfire]

During BBC preview before 2011 Canadian GP, Schumacher said to Vettel: "At least I can overtake you once this weekend." It is at 1m 43s of the video.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Hh2ofZxjt8[/youtube]

[Ciro Pabón]

More cool people, from Reader's Digest (that is, Google and me).

You steer the car with your feet; the steering wheel is used only to present the car to the corner.
Stirling Moss

If you don't succeed at first, then drag racing is not for you.
Shirley Muldowney

Any suspension, no matter how poorly designed, can be made to work reasonably well if you just stop it from moving.
Colin Chapman

...when something on a Lotus broke, Chapman said make everything else lighter.
Parnelli Jones

Oh, we're just looking for the ear.
Niki Lauda (when asked why he was revisiting the site of his famous accident)

What part of Porsche Racing did you think was going to be cheap?
Mark Donahue

The car is such a dog we should have tied it to the fence.
Dick Johnson

The track is my canvas. My car is my pencil.
Graham Hill

And that is Ralf Schumacher, son of Michael.
Murray Walker

My game is going wrong, the star is setting.
Ascari to Fangio (four days before his final accident)

Are you here to race or to crash?
Chico Landi (at a meeting about driver safety).

Boss said to win the race or bring the car home in a bucket.
Boris Said (after crashing on a daring last-lap pass attempt)

I'm 70 years old. I got nothin' to prove.
Tom Fowler Sr (still racing at 70, which I wish to do)

Reporter: "So Mark, how well does the 917 get up the start/finish straight hill?"
Mark Donahue: "What hill?"

I'm just trying to maintain a pulse.
Paul Newman (when asked why he was still racing)

If you're determined to be brave and daring, you should also try to be very lucky.

One of the comforting things about racing is that the clock doesn't lie. You either rule or you suck - end of story.
Lisa Kosglow (pro snowboarder)

Full throttle until you see God, then brake.

... he's on him like a leopard on a tethered goat.
Boris Said

My biggest error? Something that is to happen yet.
Ayrton Senna

Instructor: "When in a spin, both feet in"
Fellow driver I overheard: "Unless you have ABS, then your fvcked up"

I saw these three gems at a tuning center in Cali, Heaven's Branch:

"No fat chicks or the car will scrape".

"I've spent all my money on women and racing. The rest I just wasted".

"We are Colombian and racers. So, don't try to impress us, because you can't. And don't try to scare us, because we already are".

Final one, I swear.

...and another thing, when I gun the motor I want people to think the world is coming to an end.
Homer Simpson

[strad]

IF you race fast cars, one of the risks you take is that one day you might cop it.
Kay Petre..female racing star early 1900s

[Sebp]

Could you stop talking to me while I'm racing?!

[tathan]

Brundle: That was a dog you gave me in '96

Jordan: You wrote it off more often than it had wheels on it

Brundle: Yeah, it had more grip upside down, that's why


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jht8DVGUtUk[/youtube]

[HampusA]

Coulthard is funny as hell

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sY7cfROScE[/youtube]

[xpensive]

"What's it made of, unobtanium I think."

Mark Donohue on his Porche 917-30

[Crafty]

Unknown drag racer:
"Alcohol is for drinking, gas is for cleaning parts, and nitro is for racing!"

Smokey Yunnick (I think)
"I know that son-of-a-bitch is cheatin! Cause, I'm cheatin and he beat me"

Dale Earnhardt
"You win some, lose some, and wreck some."

[jon-mullen]

"Gimme a drink, gimme a drink, gimme a drink. Did we really win?"
-- James Hunt needs convincing, a drink. Fuji, 1976.

[Sebp]

The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year.
- Elwood Blues

[bettonracing]

"Bianchi's either got a brain problem or a brake problem"
-Commentator Eurosport coverage of GP2 Abu Dhabi 2010

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE9ADvPJ8so#t=1m18s[/youtube]
~1:24 into the video.

Regards,

Kurt

P.S. Ciro, that Homer quote just became my personal slogan.

[megz]

Sorry... the big what now?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjbR21DvwRU[/youtube]

[xpensive]

"Not bad, for a vintage car."

James Hunt on his McLaren M26 after taking third in the French GP 1978.

[Robbobnob]

If you aint first, you're last - Ricky Bobby