"You aint leading the race boy, you're fixin to go a lap down." "That cars as fast as steam raising off a manure pile." "Putting a Chevy motor in a Ford is like transplanting a pigs heart in a human."
by me ; Asked by center track crew if I'd rejoin the race; "I can't get it to start,the darn starter cable was cut by a rod." I told a guy "You were driving fine tell ya hit your rear bumper." I get ask,why my hot rod has no hood?; "It's hot rod cleavage"
When you got 'em by the balls their Hearts and Minds will follow"-Smokey Yunick "There are three things I never have been able to understand or live with-a Drunk (and I was one), a damn good liar, and a pissed off woman"-Smokey Yunick "If it don't go fast, chrome it"
When I was a kid I remember my uncle telling me "If it don't go,chrome it...And if it goes,chrome it anyways and confuse the fuck outta them."
"Honey, can I borry one of them Marlboro's? These damn Winstons give me a headache and everytime one of them Winston guys sees my Marlboros, they smash the shit out of 'em!" Harold Kinder, longtime NASCAR (Grand National, Winston Cup) Flagman/Starter at Turn 6 infield Riverside International Raceway 1980- something. In the same conversation, one of Buddy Baker's crew described a problem with a tight fitting component as being as hard as "sticking a turnip up a wild hawg's ass." Damn, I mss real racing and real racers.
A.) Wanna race for pinks? B.) Naw, my old lady said if I bring home another piece of shit, she'll throw me out.
The government wants their tires round and black, and they don't care about the black part. Bud Harvey (RIP)
Can`t remember who said it, but from over the radio from the Nascar stocker at high speed on the high banks with tons of smoke pouring out of it ... `The bitch blowed!!!!!`
"YOUR'E NOTHING BUT a PACK of ARSEHOLES.." Jim Richards, on the podium, glaring at the post race crowd. He'd just won the biggest race in Australia (8 hour Bathurst 1000 km) in the Nissan GTR, and the Ford / Holden fans were jeering the Kiwi champion. >>>>> Not so famous, but this from my young uncle, whose temper I inherited- Failing to start his '38 V8 Ford, and with hammer striking at the headlights.. " Well, if ya won't GO, then you won't SEE!"
"If you ain't first, Your last!" Ricky Bobby "Gas, Grass or Ass...Nobody rides for free." Anyone American
I couldn't help but put down all of the quotes I have from my FaceBook.. All of these came out of Hot Rod Magazine. I'm an avid reader of it.. Hope that doesn't turn y'all off to some of these quotes. "That was a favorite combination of mine: a 283 Chevy with dual quads, Duntov cam, and T10 four-speed transmission. And those original little chrome Corvette air cleaners just made the look in my book." -Pat Ganahl, former HOT ROD editor "There are absolutely no negatives at all about running a tunnel-ram on the street." -Gary Powell "Excess is good." -Gary Powell "Chicks get giddy over this Mopar and beg for rides, I hate when that happens." -Gary Powell "Above 240 in a Camaro, there's a fine line between hero and idiot." -Todd Ryden "I think every car looks better with big tires in the rear, but it also has to be able to earn them." -Darren Tedder "If you try to operate an organization in a manner that is going to avoid criticism or anybody's dissatisfaction, then you can't do anything." -Wally Parks, HOT ROD, Feb '81 "We respect tradition, but we're not bound by it." -Troy Ladd "If you think you're going to make money in this, you're in it for the wrong reason. You've got to love it, because you're not walking out of here with a lot of money in your pocket." -Troy Ladd "500 mph is definitely achievable." -Tom Burkland "Real land speed record cars should have pistons." -Gene Burkland "The driver can't make the car any better. All he can do is screw it up." -Alan Johnson "With panel work, unlike most things in life, you can make it better by hitting it with a hammer." -Andrew Murray "My design criteria: bare minimum overkill." -Andrew Murray "Although he did very well for his family, money didn't mean anything to my dad (Mickey Thompson). It was just a tool to finance his next project." -Lyndy Thompson "He (Mickey Thompson) was basically an uneducated man: he had a high school diploma. It was pure talent." -Danny Thompson "Well, sure. Every street car should have a parachute." -Bill McGuire, looking over the F-Bomb Camaro "No, every street car should need a parachute." -David Freiburger "You can have all the people in the world tell you how it feels, but until you make a 6-second pass yourself, you don't know." -Tim O'Hare "There's this chassis dyno out in Salinas, so I made an appointment for a Saturday. All these drifter guys with tattoos were hanging around. When it went into Third gear I stomped on it, and they all went running out of the shop, screaming!" -Tim Cunha
if you dont win bring back the steering wheel i only had 1 beer officer it felt like it was losing power i looked at the tach and it was a 9000 rpm thats when i saw i was upside down
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