What are your favorite racing quotes?

"71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter) 12/13/2015 at 23:03 • Filed to: None

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Never Run Out Of Real Estate, Traction and Ideas At The Same Time

crowmolly > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:09

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“If you stand still, you’re going to get run over” — John Force

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:10

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scoob > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:17

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“What’s behind you doesn’t matter.” - Enzo Ferrari

tromoly > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:26

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“Wings make everything fun!”

-Almost every FSAE team who has deveoped aero packages.

Übel > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:26

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“If in doubt, flat out” ~ Colin McRae

“Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death” ~ Hunter S Thompson

“You don’t get behind the wheel of a T180 to be a driver. You do it because you are driven,” ~Racer X

Dusty Ventures > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 12/13/2015 at 23:26

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I’d love to know if the real Niki said that, or just the movie Niki

Dusty Ventures > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:29

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“Think very carefully, because if you ever start you will never be able to leave it alone.” -Donald Campbell

Urambo Tauro > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:33

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It’s more of a wrenching quote than a racing quote, but still one of my favorites: “Cheap, fast, good. You may pick TWO.”

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:34

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“Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”

“If you’re turning hard enough left, you’ll find yourself turning right.”

TheHondaBro > tromoly 12/13/2015 at 23:40

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“Carbon Fiber!!”

-Every FSAE team

Fun fact: the FSAE team at my old university hogged all the carbon fiber for themselves, so us plebes in ASME couldn’t have any.

TheHondaBro > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:40

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“bruh”

-Stirling Moss

PanchoVilleneuve ST > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:41

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I was having a shit.

TheHondaBro > PanchoVilleneuve ST 12/13/2015 at 23:43

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One of the Nissan LMP1 drivers?

PanchoVilleneuve ST > TheHondaBro 12/13/2015 at 23:44

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That was the best.

bob and john > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:47

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more of motorcyclists quote:
“never ride faster then your guardian angel can fly”
“remember, in life, its 1 down and 5 up” (if your having a shitty day, the next 5 will be great. reference to motorcycle shift patterns. 1st gear is down from neutral, 2,3,4,5,6 is up)

4 wheels move the body. 2 wheels move the soul

A friend is someone who’ll get out of bed at 2 am to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you’re broken down.

There’s something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer.

Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don’t. Some can’t.

Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside.

Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

‘Oh Shit!’ is usually the moment when your plan parts ways with reality

Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. ~Stirling Moss

Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle.

Got a $5 head? Get a $5 helmet.

Keep thy eye on the tach and thine ears on the engine lest thy whirlybits seek communion with the sun. John 4:50

You start the game with a full pot o’ luck and an empty pot o’ experience... The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson

Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence.

A zest for living must include a willingness to die. ~R.A. Heinlein

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/13/2015 at 23:57

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“The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car, it’s the one who refuses to lose.” – Dale Earnhardt

“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.” – Dale Earnhardt Sr.

“Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.” – Enzo Ferrari

“Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.” - Henry Ford

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 00:01

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“It feels normal”

-Kimi

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast 12/14/2015 at 00:01

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Isn’t that second one from the movie Cars?

tromoly > TheHondaBro 12/14/2015 at 00:02

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Not so much a saying, but whenever something cool is CNC’d / welded / layed up / 3D printed, every team member picks it up and gets very touchy-feely with the component, usually giving it a bit of a bend with the hands to see how strong it is.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > scoob 12/14/2015 at 00:02

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He’s never been to prison....

I’ll see myself out

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > tromoly 12/14/2015 at 00:02

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Future RBR employees

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 00:03

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If you ain’t first, you’re last.-Ricky Bobby

TheHondaBro > tromoly 12/14/2015 at 00:05

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Sort of a pre-FEA. Seems legit.

Urambo Tauro > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 00:08

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Two types of car lovers: those with gasoline circulating in their bloodstream, and those with oil circulating instead. - Ota Kazuo, Wangan Midnight

Kazuo claims this is a saying from “long ago”, but I’m having a hard time finding an earlier source. Nevertheless, it’s a thought provoking idea. I still haven’t decided what type I am.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 12/14/2015 at 00:11

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glad someone else thought of this too first one that came to me

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 00:12

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Agrajag > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 00:47

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It’s amazing how many drivers think the brakes are for slowing the car down.

-Mario Andretti

they-will-know-my-velocity > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 01:32

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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” - Hunter S. Thompson

dontbethatguy > tromoly 12/14/2015 at 01:44

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“Fun”. Ha. I helped make the wings for Michigan’s 2014 car. I assure you that “fun” was not a term we would use.

tromoly > dontbethatguy 12/14/2015 at 02:01

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Driving with wings is fun though, right?

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 03:01

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Fear slows you down. Fear of the machine. Fear for the machine. Fear for yourself. To be able to drive at 10/10ths of your talent all of this must be conquered. You cannot fear the machine. You must respect it and know the limits of it, but you cannot fear it. You cannot fear for the machine. This does not mean to drive recklessly or intentionally do things that can damage it, but you cannot fear damage to the car. You cannot fear for yourself. This does not mean to drive without thought to safety. Take as much care to protect yourself as you deem necessary, then trust in the equipment. When the fear is gone, the mind is free to focus on the speed.

As an instructor getting into a car for the first session with a student:
“don’t try and impres me, you won’t.” “don’t try and scare me, I already am.”

If and when you start making bigger power, you will find you will do things less “Your way” and more the “right way” or you will spend a lot of time making repairs you can avoid. - JeffMcKC

Experience is the name given mistakes, after you’ve survived the event.

The best way to make a small fortune in racing is to start with a large one and work down from there

“Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.” -Colin McRae

“It’s not a throttle-it’s a detonator.” -Jeremy Clarkson

“Racing is the best way to convert money into noise” - unknown

“To finish first, you must first finish” – unknown

Under steer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Over steer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.

“Oversteer scares passengers, understeer scares drivers.” -unknown

Newman’s first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you’re upside down. -Paul Newman

If the car feels like it is on rails, you are probably driving too slow. -Ross Bentley

Jackie Stewart: It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance

Experience is something I always think I have enough of until I get more.

“Racing!! Because football, basketball, and baseball only requires one ball.”

Professional athletes need to be athletes if they want to be competitive. They need to maintain high levels of both strength and cardio fitness, as well as have the exceptional reaction times and body awareness that other professional athletes do. It’s just that for many athletes that is where the requirements stop, and for the driver, they begin...

Nothing in my racing life annoys me more than to hear someone say “we can’t race on that.” Racers are racers. I don’t care if you give them a tricycle and a track in a swimming pool. If the prize is big enough, you will race. - Parker Kligerman

We broke something, I think it was traction… – Carl Edwards after getting spun out by Dale Jr. at Michigan

Once you’ve raced, you never forget it…and you never get over it. - Richard Childress

If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough. – Parnelli Jones

“Life may begin at 30, but it doesn’t get real interesting until about 150.” -unknown

When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round. - Hans Stuck

The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses. – Mario Andretti

If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

Racing costs today exactly the same as it did twenty years ago.. it takes every penny you have. - Unknown

I was doing fine until about mid-corner when I ran out of talent - Unknown

“Never race anything that you are not prepared to push off a cliff.”
-Will Hartje

“Everyone behind me is an incredibly talented driver - Everyone in front of me is cheating!” - Bill Haney

“Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports... all the others are games.” - Ernest Hemingway

“Horsepower has this tendency to break things. If you’re not breaking anything you’re not going fast enough.” -unknown

Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl who can back up a trailer. - Michael Martin Murphy

“I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.” -unkown

My drinking team has a racing problem !!

Danimalk - Drives a Slow Car Fast > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 12/14/2015 at 07:52

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Yup!

gear5 > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 10:50

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“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough” - Mario Andretti

dontbethatguy > tromoly 12/14/2015 at 11:29

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Haha i don’t know. I didnt drive. I just know that i was in the shop from 5pm-430am for 5 straight days building the aero kit for that car with 3 other people. so basically class -> shop -> homework -> half hour nap if im lucky -> class for 5 days. We were proud of the final product thats for sure. It was pretty heavy (~460lbs IIRC) but it could keep up with almost anyone.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > TheHondaBro 12/14/2015 at 11:49

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Kimi during a live interview.

tromoly > dontbethatguy 12/14/2015 at 11:52

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I’ve only done a little Carbon work, it is tedious. Though when your team built a wing larger than some team’s cars, it kinda comes with the territory ;)

Joking aside, your team got a lot of people talking about your car, hat’s off to you guys for thinking well outside the box.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 12/14/2015 at 11:52

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“I was carrying more speed than I had talent.” - Travis Pastrana in an interview discussing this crash at the Colorado Cog rally. Unfortunately I can’t find the interview anymore, so the wording may not be exactly correct.

Also from the actual crash itself:

TP: “Are you alive?”
CE: “I’m fine, how are you?”
TP: “Are you really alive?”