"If you want the possibility for a great big wreck with 30 cars, the rules work great."
Tony Stewart comments on the revised nascar rules

"After the third flip, I lost control............"
Don Roberts after crashing in the Jade Grenade at New England Dragway in 1975.

"Alcohol is for drinking, gas is for cleaning parts, and nitro is for racing!"
original author unknown, used by Gene Adams and Don Garlits among others

"We worked 80 hour weeks for 30 years to keep from having to get a real job." "T.C".
Tom Lemon's comment on the rigors of being a drag racing touring professional in the 'Golden Years' of drag racing.


"See that helmet, It will fit your head too MOTHER ****ER!"
Connie Kalitta to a strip owner with no lights at night after the finish line and insisting that Connie make a full pass in a match race. Courtesy of Roy Steffey.


Count to five and duck."
Said to Don Ewald by Fred Smith after they replaced a broken rod/piston with a counter weight on the crank to make a final round.


"I quit."
Don Prudhomme after the final round at the 1969 US Nationals when Nicoll's car was cut in half and passed in front of him.


"I know that son-of-a-[Edited by Moparts - Keep it clean] is cheatin! Cause, I'm cheatin and he beat me"!
Unknown from long ago

When building engines I have found the piston to ground clearence to be ever so critical."
Geri Tarvin