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The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality.
Oct 1, 2025
Going to car racing school was phenomenal.
Every time my cameras go out on a movie, we learn something new and then we take what we learn and we put it into the next generation of the cameras so we're constantly improving. It's kind of like building a race car, racing it, then running back to the shop and working on the engine some more and tinkering with it to improve it.
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.
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.
Formula 1 is a huge international phenomenon even if an otherwise car racing obsessed American public has always found Formula 1 to be a little weird.
The truth is, when you're at the track, it was an interesting thing about stock car racing as a sport, is you almost get more out of it watching it on TV.
It's great to learn more about sports I'm probably less familiar with - stock car racing, rodeo, e-sports - and realize that a lot of the people at the center of those sports bring the same level of passion, commitment and disciple that I try to with football. Sports is a way of life for billions of people around the planet.
Guys, you can date whomever you want, but marry a girl who can back up a trailer.
I feel safe when I'm on the racetrack, I really do. I know that I'm surrounded by the best drivers in the world. That's something you can't say when you're driving down the interstate.
Wrecks are going to happen in this business, that's just a risk of the sport. If you can't keep from worrying about it, then you're in the wrong line of work.
In the old days drivers were fat and tires were skinny.
Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.
The price for men in motion is the occasional collision.
Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway I get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.
What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something on the edge. They love to speed because it is dangerous.
The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line.
Sometimes you have to bring back only the steering wheel so the car owner will know that you're giving it all you have.
Racing is the constant search for the weakest link.
If lightning strikes while you're in the car it's your fault.
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough
I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.
Straight roads are for fast cars, turns are for fast drivers.
Each thing I do, I rush through so I can do something else. In such a way do the days pass - -a blend of stock car racing and the never ending building of a gothic cathedral. Through the windows of my speeding car I see all that I love falling away: books unread, jokes untold, landscapes unvisited.
Oh yes. It's not when you brake but when you take them off that counts. Most people don't understand that.
The Showdown is a great way to bring attention to these historic Virginia tracks where many NASCAR drivers cut their teeth in stock car racing, including myself. Tracks like South Boston and Langley are the heart of the sport and draw a great crowd to our Showdown events.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
The harder you work, the luckier you become.
Second place is the first loser.
I feel like with Indy cars, you can just show up - if you are equipped to build and make a nice car, then you could be competitive. But in NASCAR I don't see that even being possible for someone to just show up with a car. There's too much evolution of the tricks and bells and whistles and all the things it takes to be fast in stock-car racing that you wouldn't know.
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.
Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.
And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.
The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.
When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again.
Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.
I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.
If you're in control, you're not going fast enough.
What's behind you doesn't matter.
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.
The older I get, the faster I was.
Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.
Get the hell out of my way!
It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance.
Indy car racing is much more aggressive.
It's basically the same, just darker.
The client is not always right.
Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.
If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.
I can't blame the drivers for making the move, and I can't blame the owners for being upset. Keep in mind, this ain't like the real world where you work somewhere and you can stay 40 years. Being able to see where you are going just a few years ahead is a pretty cool deal, and it doesn't happen too often in any sport, much less stock car racing.