Smoky If you show up with enough things wrong they won't catch them all. Jenkins Race cars are white- because of less body work to look good.
My old man about 1989 while dynoing a high revving smallblock "the spring in my wrist watch has more torque than that motor".
But, when Richard was asked recently if he missed racing, he said "A little, but what I really miss are the women."
unknown : thats about as subtle as a wet fart in white pants. coach : what do you know norm ? norm : it's a dog eat dog world ,and i'm wearing milk bone underwear
''Solid as the rock of Gibraltar & 130 MPH faster" … Tom McCahill describing the '55 Chrysler 300 ...
“Why buy a part for $20, when you can make it for $200!” Overheard in my neighbors shop, Loren Richards master metal shapper
You don't race cars, you race the rule book. Smokey Yunick Any car which holds together for a whole race is too heavy. Colin Chapman "Its a piece of shit" Niki Lauda to Enzo after testing the 1974 Ferrari 312 F1 car
Junior Johnson to Bill France over breakfast when NASCAR Grand National had low car counts and Johnson was running a limited schedule. Bill France "You need to be more committed to auto racing." Junior "I would consider getting more involved." France "What's the difference?" Junior "The hen was involved in these eggs, the hog that gave the bacon was committed!"
" Left and carried the wheels way out there then proceeded to smoke the tires and smacked into the guardrail, shot across the track and smacked the other guardrail backwards then started rolling over and over". Me, then what?? That's about the time I lost control of it. Frank O.
There are only three sports bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing. The rest are merely games -Ernest Hemingway
Saw this one the other day, and I definitely like it! I don't think it's relating to vehicles, but I think it applies to alot of things "Don't let perfection get in the way of good enough"
LOL the guy that says this next quote is not a famous car guy but prefers to wrench to drive. "You can teach a monkey to drive"
Rae Gabelich Collection Hello, One summer in Bixby Knolls, I was hanging around with Gary Gabelich. He knew my brother and that group of teenagers. They went to the same high school during those late 1957-59 days. After our drag racing days were winding down, things were changing. For the old school group in the cruising scene at the local drive-in restaurant parking lots, as well as our new generation of arriving teenagers. We could see that the “old guard” was leaving and getting scarce. The new generation of hot rod/cruisers was arriving and filling up the spaces weekly with their versions of hot rods as well as stories. Lions Dragstrip 1959-60 We had met at the drive in, had some recollection of meeting at Lions Dragstrip in the pits. My brother was always impressed with the stuff that Gary Gabelich was doing. We were involved in racing the 58 Impala, Gary Gabelich was racing an Altered Coupe. (at age 17-18) We had finished building a 671 SBC Willys Coupe, he was racing dragsters. He was very skilled and what seemed like lightning quick reactions in any race car at Lions. "Fearless" was another impression he gave to most on lookers. Bakersfield Smokers March Meet 1960 1959-60 Gabelich Jnaki While we were hanging around that Summer, I showed him the 16mm color movies that I took of his Blue Crossley Altered at Lions Dragstrip and the 2nd annual Bakersfield Smokers March Meet. He was impressed. His classic comment was: “That’s cool…” Thanks, Gary... LEGEND OF LIONS
My buddy had a problem one season getting past first round. He found every way possible to loose first round that year. When you asked him how he did...he just started saying " first round runner up".
Not me, but I knew the guy: "I'm going to get higher performance out'ta this engine build. What color should I paint it?" Crusty, old racer who'd been there and done it: "There's only one high-performance color, and that's black."
That is close to what an instructor stated to me in helicopter flight school. He said that anyone "could teach a monkey to fly an airplane." As I struggled to learn to hover I then asked him about monkeys ability to fly helicopters. He stated that it "just takes a little smarter monkey."
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