Racing Event Quotes

The track in Abu Dhabi is special; this will be our third Grand Prix there.

It was unbelievable: competing in my home town at a grand prix I was watching when I was three years old. It was massive and a dream come true.

Monaco is a very special event in its own right, and the atmosphere is quite crazy! As a driver, you have to stay calm and relaxed and try to do your job.

I like road-course racing.

There is always going to be competition from other countries and different venues who want to host a race, but the British GP is a must have.

My first memory of motor racing - I think it was just attending a go kart race.

And the first three cars are all Escorts, which isn't surprising as this is an all Escort race.

The Dodge Charger in the late '70s at Daytona, that looked like an awesome car.

As a kid, you're like, 'Do they have Preakness everywhere or just in Maryland?' You hear people talking about it, and it was like, 'Oh, everyone goes there to hang out and party.' I didn't even know it was a race until I got older.

Maybe next season we can race.

It was reported in the paper that President Bush received a 'warm reception' from the Daytona 500 drivers. Well sure, the drivers had never met anyone who was sponsored by more oil companies than they were.

If you could call the thing a horse. If it hadn't shown a flash of speed in the straight, it would have got mixed up with the next race.

I have always watched the Race of Champions on TV every year and dreamed about participating one day. It's fantastic to be invited; I'm so happy. To represent Team Germany together with Michael Schumacher is a great honor.

If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.

The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.

Originally I was supposed to do Grand Prix, but I was under contract to 20th Century Fox at that time and Alex North was supposed to do Sand Pebbles, but he got sick, so Fox preempted me out of Grand Prix, and to my good fortune, I got to do Sand Pebbles. It was my first time working with Robert Wise and it was a great experience.

My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.

At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.

It is going to be special to drive in the Netherlands because it means I can take part in a Formula One demonstration in a country where I have a lot of family and friends.

I think we're the best road racing show in town.

The Daytona 500 is what it is because of the tradition and history of this great event. People have been coming out in February since 1950 to watch this great race. It would be hard to ever change that.

I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.

I am part of a circuit called 24 Hours of LeMons, where it's a sort of riff on 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's a poor man's weekend warrior racer event.

I am thrilled to be part of the Indianapolis 500.

Then we went across the line, and I was like 'Oh my god, we just won the Melbourne Cup.'