Racing Excitement Quotes

If we think we can make winning more important and the racing more exciting, that's what we'll do.

I don't understand why everybody can't remember how exciting the Daytona 500 has been over the years when Richard Petty and David Pearson and Darrell Waltrip ran just the three of them racing for the win. Why do you have to have 40 cars in a pack to say it's exciting?

After 10 weeks away from Formula One, when they started the engine here at Valencia and everything was vibrating, I found myself sitting in the RB7 and smiling.

I'm good at separating my personal life from racing. When I'm at track, it's race time; when I'm away from it, other than the fact I'm training to be fit for it, there is nothing at home that makes me even want to think about racing. I just want to enjoy my life, and by the time the next race comes around, I'm ready and excited for it.

The Daytona 500 is a big race, and Darlington is just as big of an event, and a lot of people get excited for it.

I saw MotoGP on TV first, before I saw F1 and other types of car racing. It's what I got more into. It was cool, there was good, exciting racing.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.

Personally, I would go back to V12s, which make a tremendous noise, and have open cockpits and make the drivers heroes again.

Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.

Since I was kid, what's drawn me to racing is the feeling inside of me, the passion I have for the sport, the feeling I have while competing and doing what I do in a car, on a bike, whatever it's been.

The racing is quite boring, sometimes. It's hard to see how it pulls in fans.

I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.

I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breath taking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most.

People go to car races to watch the crashes.

When drivers are going at their best, trying their hardest, taking chances and doing amazing things, that's what fans love.

Before, when Bolt was in the race, it was about who's going to get second. You just come and want to watch Bolt run, it's always exciting because you know he always puts on a show.

I just love the American spirit of racing. It feels just great to get involved with that.

We have to keep our fans watching not just at home on TV but here at the racetrack too. This is where you sell people on the speed and excitement of racing.

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet.

It's a special feeling when you are blasting through the park along the Monza straights, and there are so many really enthusiastic fans there. I have to admit, though, it's not only the racing I'm looking forward to, as Italian cuisine is superb.

Overtaking is nearly as fun as winning races. The rush you get from it is awesome.

You look at Moto3, the races are very exciting. Moto2 is fantastic, and then MotoGP is boring.

F1 always feels unreal until you arrive and get your first seat.

For me, triathlons were something that was down to me and my fitness. Now, I really enjoy the pain in the triathlon of chasing someone down. It's a bit like chasing down Nico Rosberg in the last few laps at Silverstone - it makes you feel alive.

It's fantastic to have the opportunity to race at home, so I wouldn't miss it.