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"..I would rather red-light, than lose because I was late.." -- S.B.

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Joey, you forgot to post the best Quote erer. Pauly DelVeccio Indy 1973.

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"You cant set that record. Thats my class and my record." '...Oh yea...what's your name...'minimum' ????"

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Beard said one time '' He wanted a refund on His shoe polish cause it was defective,,,,,,,,,it has the wrong numbers in it !!!"

the best Ive heard,,,,,,,years back,,me and a friend was standing in the front of the lanes at a local track and this guy walks up, who had been beaten by my friend the week before chuckling and said,,,,"I sure owe you one from last week" my friend replied,,,"pull on down here and you`ll owe me two"

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Red lights:

"...I won a whole lot more races with a .600 light than I have with a .400 light..."
Larry Mohar SS/IA

Another favorite quote from Josey Wales:

"...Don't piss down my back and tell me its raining..."


Andy Stone B/S 1102

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"If you want to make it in Drag racing all you need is time and talent or money which happens to be a good substitute for both" :)

"If you wanna make a small fortune in Racing all you have to do is start with a large one"

"Did you get a free bowl of soup with that haircut?"

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Jerry Stein is under the old black Husky 64 Ply pulling the trans and I think it was Frank Lupo who walks up and says what's going on. Jerry yells out I can't get the starter off the ****in blower. Frank with a weird look on his face says what, Jerry yells out twice as loud I can't get the ****in starter off the ****in blower.

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I'd rather run you than have a bye-run...From a local racer here at home track....

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Hanging in the tower at Beaver Springs Dragway:

"Definition of a Drag Racer: A person who spends money he doesn't have on parts he doesn't need to impress people he doesn't know." - Grumpy Jenkins.

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after helping a friend thrash in between rounds..."All you could see was asses and elbows!"

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"Close enough... never is" followed by "you can go home now"

Val Headworth 1984 - response to "can't we put the short block together now?"

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"If you can't dazzel them with knowledge, baffel them with bull *****"

As told to me by an old man I know (Ford Fanatic) about country living . On a Quiet night I can hear a Chevy Rust!

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"That barrel is going to win me Class at the US Nationals..." - Anonymous Super Stock racer pointing to a barrel of racing fuel in his trailer - a few hours later he won his class!

"This may be the .01 that I need to win Class at Indy." - another anonymous Super Stock racer after pulling a beaker of some fluid out of the microwave in his trailer. He had the mad scientist look going on for sure!

"Never lift on a dragster." - This was repeated by a buddy of ours after he lost in the semi's of a $5K race. The opponent in the dragster had stalled and never left the line. After watching our bud break out by .003, the dragster driver re-fired and idled down the track for the win. OUCH!

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How about the old classic:

"winning isn't everything, it's the only thing!"

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Nothing to do with racing, but here goes...."Hotter than a snake's *** in a wagon rut" or "Hotter than 2 mice screwin' in a wool sock"