Dale Earnhardt Jr. Quotes

I am thrilled to be part of the Indianapolis 500.

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

There is no other way to start the season than to win the Daytona 500.

The 600 is survival. It's NASCAR's longest race.

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 won at Hockenheim in 2000 and I guess we always make the first victory the most special one.

For me I'm a NASCAR driver, and I want to be able to win NASCAR championships.

I am, after all, a NASCAR fan.

I love the sport, I love getting other drivers' helmets and collecting some of the things that are special to me.

My favorite was Jeff Gordon. I just followed him growing up because I started watching racing when he came on the scene.

It was always a dream for me to come to Jordan. Of course I want to be back in Formula One.

Maybe I am the driver who got the most close to the championship in history.

It's an honor to be driving the 43.

I love Lowe's Motor Speedway, that's in Charlotte - that's my favorite track. I love going there. It's fun.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

Racing's my life.

Charlotte is a place I always enjoy racing.

Every time I jump in the car I feel very happy. Racing is what I love to do and I am very lucky I can do it.

I like the competition that Nextel Cup gives us. The schedule is difficult. But this is something I want to do for sure.

I would probably build somewhere between a half-mile and three-quarter-mile track. It would be sort of like Indianapolis Raceway Park. When I was a kid, that was my favorite track.

For sure people around me, they always say don't do ovals, we are not happy to see you doing that. I'm not saying I'm scared, I'm not scared to do ovals. But I never thought about it. I was not really planning to go to do Formula Indy.

I am happy to come back to Sahara Force India.

I love racing and I've always enjoyed racing. I love to try and go back to the local short tracks and do those races. And sometimes I do.

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

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.