What Is Your Favorite Racing Quote?
Spend any amount of time, in any corner of the car scene, and you’re bound to discuss motorsports at some point. And one of the first conversation starters might be a quote from a famous person associated with the sport. Or maybe an overtly dramatic fictionalization of racing?
Cheesy though it might be, this famous quote from The Fast And The Furious likely inspired countless enthusiasts of a certain era, as it has the right combination of drama, reality, and passion.
So the question is now in your court: Tell us your favorite quote in racing. Are you a Dale Earnhardt “Second place is just the first loser,” or an Ayrton Senna’s “Going for gap“? Perhaps you take quotes from automotive manufacturing moguls, like Enzo Ferrari’s “Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines” or Henry Ford when he said, “Auto racing began five minutes after the second car was built.”
No matter who said it, we want to know your favorite racing quote in the comments section below!
Dunno who said it, but probably either a NASCAR or drag racer participant: “Ain’t no substitute for cubic inches.”
And I’m not sure who said this (it might have been Colin Chapman), “you can have light weight, lots of horsepower or a healthy bank account. Pick two.”
I’ve heard the first one recited as “there’s no replacement for displacement”.
Along the same line, “You can’t beat cubic money”.
When in doubt, Bore it out!
It’s already on your comments, but I hear it on Roadkill all of the time. ‘It’s more fun driving a slow car fast than driving a fast car slow.’ I have a $1,000 car with a V6 and a 5 speed and it’s fun.
If you are on the track driving fast and everything is under control, you’re not racing.
Mario Andretti.
Rubbing is racing – Days of Thunder
With pointed finger: “Engage”
“He tried to use my brakes to stop his car.” – Emerson Fittipaldi
Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary…that’s what gets you!
_Jeremy Clarkson
The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car…he’s the one who refuses to lose!
_Dale Earnhardt
I always liked the “No Guts No Glory!” I saw on the stern of a Hydroplane.
Asphalt is for racing. Dirt is for planting potatoes
(saw it on a bumper sticker)
I’m from Idaho. That one rings true to me! 😁
“First rule of Italian driving. What’s behind me doesn’t matter. ” Raul Julia in the Gumball Rally.
“audaces fortuna iuvat”
Step on the gas and turn left.
“It done blowed up!” Sterling Martin.
Blessed lady of acceleration, don’t fail me now! Dan Ackroyd in The Blues Brothers
“If everything seems under control you are just not going fast enough.”
Mario Andrette