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

topic: Sports, Worry, Risk, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

Get the hell out of my way!

- Ayn Rand

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

topic: Strength, Courage, Philosophy, Inspirational Strength, Korean War

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

topic: Racing, Safe, World, Interstate, Car Racing

The price for men in motion is the occasional collision...

- Carroll Smith

topic: Men, Racing, Occasional, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

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

topic: Joy, Racing, Speed, Car Racing, Racers

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

- Jose Froilan Gonzalez

topic: Racing, Skinny, Tire, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

The older I get, the faster I was.

- Charles Barkley

topic: Funny, Racing, Bikers, Motocross, Car Racing

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

- Peter Dunne

topic: Sports, Mph, Racing, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

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

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Motivational, Racing, Looks, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

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

- Ayrton Senna

topic: Motivational, Winning, Race, Helmet, Car Racing

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

- Murray Walker

topic: Unique, Car, Identical, Funniest Sports, Nascar Racing

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

- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

topic: Motivational, Sports, Motor Racing, Nascar Racing, Race Car

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

- Parnelli Jones

topic: Car, Enough, Nascar Racing, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Colin McRae

topic: Car, Racing, Turns, Race Car, Car Racing

To finish first, you must first finish.

- Rick Mears

topic: Attitude, Firsts, Nascar Racing, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Henry Ford

topic: Car, Racing, Minutes, Nascar Racing, Car Racing

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

- Enzo Ferrari

topic: Beautiful, Winning, Race, Race Car, Car Racing

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

- Enzo Ferrari

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

topic: Motor Racing, Aerodynamics, Car, Engines, Race Car

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

- Richard Childress

topic: Car, Never Forget, Forget It, Race Car, Car Racing

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

- Steven Wright

topic: Death, Suicide, Food, Race Car, Driving Fast

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

topic: Motivational, Car, Racing, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Dave Barry

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

topic: Nascar Racing, Literature, Upside Down, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Mario Andretti

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

topic: Motivational, Thinking, Nascar Racing, Race Car, Car Racing

What's behind you doesn't matter.

- Enzo Ferrari

topic: Motivational, Motor Racing, Car, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Ernest Hemingway

topic: Sports, Real, Fighting, Nascar Racing, Race Car

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.

- Stirling Moss

topic: Years, Car, Calling, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

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

- Hunter S. Thompson

topic: Drug, Overcoming, Thrill, Biking, Nascar Racing

It's basically the same, just darker.

- Alan Kulwicki

topic: Car, Sunday Afternoons, Daytona, Nascar Racing, Afl

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

- Jackie Stewart

topic: Being The Best, Performances, Race Car, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

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

- Stirling Moss

topic: Games, Car, Boundaries, Race Car, Car Racing

When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.

- Bobby Allison

topic: Zero, Party, Winning, Race Car, Car Racing

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

- Junior Johnson

topic: Racing, Way, Bigs, Car Racing, Funny Car Racing

The client is not always right.

- Enzo Ferrari

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

topic: Luxury, Car, Racing, Car Racing, Aerodynamics

Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.

- Junior Johnson

topic: Home, Jail, Car, Nascar Racing, Race Car