"Always bow when meeting acquaintances on the street. A curtsy is not consistent with graceful locomotion." ~ Etiquette for Women - 1882
They had such a way with words. Unlike this fellow 100 years later.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Why Auto Racing is like Combined Driving
Great quotes that may apply to how you view Combined Driving
If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough. – Parnelli Jones
To finish first, you must first finish. – Rick Mears
Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second. – Bobby Unser
The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car, it’s the one who refuses to lose. – Dale Earnhardt
You win some, you lose some, you wreck some. – Dale Ernhardt Sr.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death… – Hunter Thompson
I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s. – Ayrton Senna
To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster. – Sterling Moss
What’s behind you doesn’t matter. – Enzo Ferrari
When you win a race you’re on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again. – Bobby Allison
If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. – Mark Donohue
Why worry about death, it’ll come sooner or later. – Jim Dunn
Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you. – Jeremy Clarkson
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. – Henry Ford
You can tell that you’re in trouble when you feel the air on the back of your neck instead of in your face. – Buddy Baker
I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years. – Buddy Baker
He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner. – Buddy Baker
After the third flip, I lost control………… – Don Roberts after crashing in the Jade Grenade at New England Dragway in 1975.
If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough. – Parnelli Jones
To finish first, you must first finish. – Rick Mears
Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second. – Bobby Unser
The winner ain’t the one with the fastest car, it’s the one who refuses to lose. – Dale Earnhardt
You win some, you lose some, you wreck some. – Dale Ernhardt Sr.
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death… – Hunter Thompson
I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s. – Ayrton Senna
To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster. – Sterling Moss
What’s behind you doesn’t matter. – Enzo Ferrari
When you win a race you’re on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again. – Bobby Allison
If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. – Mark Donohue
Why worry about death, it’ll come sooner or later. – Jim Dunn
Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you. – Jeremy Clarkson
Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. – Henry Ford
You can tell that you’re in trouble when you feel the air on the back of your neck instead of in your face. – Buddy Baker
I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years. – Buddy Baker
He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner. – Buddy Baker
After the third flip, I lost control………… – Don Roberts after crashing in the Jade Grenade at New England Dragway in 1975.
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