It's like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium

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

— Mario Andretti

When you're in the back of the pack, you can gamble a little bit more.

— Michael Andretti

It's basically the same, just darker.

— Alan Kulwicki

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

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Dave Barry

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

You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the…

— Emerson Fittipaldi

When I started racing my father told me, 'Cristiano, nobody has three balls but some people have two very good ones.'

— Cristiano da Matta

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

— Enzo Ferrari

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

— Dale Earnhardt, Jr

What's behind you doesn't matter.

— Enzo Ferrari

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

— Stirling Moss

Someone I talked to who covered auto racing for a lot of years said she believed there was a 60 percent chance that Junior…

— Tony Kornheiser

There was a day when you could identify a NASCAR Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge and they actually looked like "stock cars." Now they are…

— Brock Yates

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

— Junior Johnson