Robby Gordon Quotes

Every NASCAR driver watches Formula One in the morning; they are well informed.

Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.

There's only eight cars that make the Daytona 500.

I love coming to America to race. Maybe that's because I'm a big fan of NASCAR as well.

In this country, the most popular form of car racing is the huge multibillion dollar industry that's called stock car racing. That's what NASCAR is. That's what the SC stands for in the middle of NASCAR, Stock cars.

When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.

I've never seen a NASCAR race; I've seen an Indianapolis 500 race.

James Finch has always had pretty stout cars for the restrictor-plate races and I know we'll be very competitive at Daytona.

There are some people who watch NASCAR for the highly skilled driving - but most people watch it for the crashes.

I don't think that American drivers going to NASCAR are taking the easy way out because as I said, the racing is amazing; it's just that it's easier to adapt to what you grow up with. American drivers grow up with NASCAR, they know NASCAR, and that's where they want to go.

The France family is locked and loaded in its dedication to Nascar.

Talladega is one of the macho tracks on the circuit and when I was a kid, I remember everyone wanting to go watch this race because the cars go so fast on the circuit; there were so many great battles.

When someone tells me they've never been to a race, I tell them that the first one they should go to is Bristol, Tennesee. The shape of the track, the energy, and excitement under the lights is similar to what you might get at a stick-and-ball game in college football or the NFL.

I would love to do a one-off race somewhere - NASCAR would be awesome.

We're going to do whatever it takes to bring that NASCAR style of racing on the track to full fruition. That's simply what we have to do.

The 1979 Daytona 500 was awesome. It was almost like the first race that Ken Squier ever did. And so he was sort of introducing himself as well as the sport.

I am, after all, a NASCAR fan.

I love stock-car racing and NASCAR. I kind of take offense to anybody who has any cross words about it. It's kind of like your brother. You can talk all the crap you want about him, but you won't let anyone else do it.

I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.

NASCAR fans are very knowledgeable and very passionate.

NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get.

The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it.

The Daytona 500 is a career-winning race. It defines careers for drivers, crew members, crew chiefs and race teams. It has that power.

I've never been to a race car race before.

I've loved car racing all my life. I watch NASCAR regularly, and drag racing because we have Raceway Park in New Jersey. I think I got it from my father.