Racing Tracks Quotes

I was really into motocross. I started racing when I was 10 years old and did very, very well. That was my dream, if anything, more than drumming.

I can't remember what made my dad take us karting for the first time, I can't remember really. I was into motorsport by then and I knew everything, and every driver, it was around 2009, 2008. That's when I first properly knew about Formula One. Those were the days.

Nobody wants to lose Ferrari. And I don't think Ferrari can afford to lose Formula One.

The era of gentleman racing drivers is ended.

The banked oval tracks are obsolete tracks for Indy cars.

I'd say the late 70s were probably pretty cool. Obviously the cars weren't safe and the tracks weren't safe and all that stuff, but I think back then it was more about the driver.

I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.

However I am looking forward to the two new Grands Prixs both Shanghai and Laguna Seca are fantastic tracks and it will be good to race at them.

F1 is a very strong business and it's got enormous heritage.

When someone tells me they've never been to a race, I tell them that the first one they should go to is Bristol, Tennesee. The shape of the track, the energy, and excitement under the lights is similar to what you might get at a stick-and-ball game in college football or the NFL.

I started watching Formula 1 with my dad when I was just four or five years old. I loved cars.

I used to race at the YMCA in Crystal Lake, Illinois, they used to have a dirt track there, and there was also a track near Rockford, Illinois, that I would go to.

I really like the really high banked tracks.

I love to drive, especially on tracks, where I go a lot faster.

I've been to more racetracks than any other person I've met. Almost every track, missing only a few of the newer ones.

There's no more expensive sport than racing bloody motorbikes.

I'm a sport fan. So, I have always watched everything, and I used to watch racing. Formula One was always on. The genius about it is that it's on at lunchtime on a Sunday.

I have to accept risk as a racing driver.

Mile tracks put more emphasis on the driver. On the longer tracks, you can drive flat out all the way around, so it's more of an engineering exercise. On a mile, you can't run flat out. You're constantly in traffic, there's more driver involvement.