Race Car Driver Quotes

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

I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don’t pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I’m pretty frugal.

The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.

As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track.

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.

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.

We should make politicians dress like race car drivers — when they get money, make them wear the company logos on their suit.

Guys are so predictable. They can’t seem to separate fantasy from reality, so I get a lot of bikers and race car drivers hitting on me. They’re all just playboys, so they don’t interest me.

Every day in life there are challenges; whether you’re an accountant, a race car driver or whatever you do.

Let me ask you. If someone called you and offered you a ride in the Indianapolis 500 and you were a male race car driver, would you turn the ride down?

A great race car driver in a bad car doesn’t make great results. A great car and a bad race car driver doesn’t make great results. You have to have both. It’s the combination of driver and car.

You think I’m a pretty good race car driver? Wait until you see my brother. He’s the best driver in the family.

To be a driver that can cross off one of those marquee events as a winner, that cements your legacy in motorsports, to be able to win the Daytona 500 is the ultimate dream of a race car driver.

Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don’t expect me to replace him because nobody ever will.

Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than others.

It seems that these phenomenal feats that race car drivers are performing are instinctive. They [require] very little mental workload.

I think fear is what keeps us from going over the edge. I mean, as a race car driver, I don’t think what makes a good race car driver is a fearless person. I think it’s somebody that is comfortable being behind the wheel of something that’s somewhat out of control.