Memorable Quotes!

Jim Wahl · 08-06-2007, 06:59 PM

Thought I'd start a lighthearted thread for once. Over the years I have heard some rather astute, funny or factual quotes from fellow racers. Maybe we could share a few? The best one I've heard or read.lately would be:

"NHRA is simply a market company with no product of it's own."
Bruce Noland - 8/1/07

Pete Beau · 08-06-2007, 07:05 PM

A well known, veteran stocker racer once told me that you are having a good day at the races when your name begins with 'that f__kin'...

Jim Wahl · 08-06-2007, 07:37 PM

Ex SS racer Steve Bagwell once told me:

"It's not the size of your motor....it's the size of your wallet!"

Steve had plenty of both!

REGGIE WINKLES · 08-06-2007, 09:05 PM

Raymond Beadle once said this about racing..."The luck will come to you if the money
don't run out"

Reggie Winkles
4102 J/Stick

Dave Goob Cook · 08-06-2007, 10:31 PM

"The tree activated, and I ran out of talent"

Mark Tallent · 08-07-2007, 12:21 AM

Having a Display on your dash from a RacePack that tells you where are on the "Track" is "Not Legal"
No matter what you think NHRA's job is to find it.

Randall Klein · 08-07-2007, 02:22 PM

"Anybody can put a big motor in a little car"
by an opinionated Stock Class racer commenting to the Track Announcer concerning why he runs Stock instead of brackets or Super classes

"I could die tonight, I wanna see how fast she goes..."
by an intoxicated Stock Class racer commenting on sandbagging for ladder position

"They are too dumb to know what their looking at"
by a former National Champion (Stock, again) working on his engine, pitted along side us with an obvious deviation from the rule book stating: "prohibited"...I believe commenting on tech

"Go ahead, give me six months, it's almost winter in xxxxxx"
by a guy with a wrong manifold in Stock (again) before he got a year off

"Rusk, Texas, just follow he signs" sure!
"Edgewater? sure, just down that road"

"RTV, silicone?, no, but ask any Class racer, they use it by the truckload"
Class racer looking for RTV after teardown, stupidly asking a group of Super Class racers drinking and cooking out, basically enjoying the evening

"Can you do THAT?"
sure 'til they catch it

There's tons more....how about Dan Dvorak's comment that: "sure he's fast, he's in the wrong class, he ain't any smarter"
Whatever happened to him, and Sarge

Randall Klein · 08-07-2007, 03:55 PM

Upon further reflection, one of the best has to be Larry Morgan's: "You can't fix stupid"

Travis Miller · 08-09-2007, 10:13 AM

Several years ago while teching in a well known racer's S/S car I noticed the front bumper was quite thin. In fact it was so thin I could bend it. When questioned about the condition of the front bumper the racer replied in his slow southern drawl ...

"Guess I must've laid it too close to the sea shore."

Amazingly he was able to produce a correct bumper in a very short time.

(Disclaimer: Memorable quotes passed along by me come from the archives of my mind.)

Mike Hedger · 08-09-2007, 10:50 AM

Bob Gliden told a buddy of mine who was looking for advice on his 351 Cleveland,

"the way to keep your cleveland from comming apart, don't start it"

I thought that was classic.

08-06-2007, 06:59 PM	#1
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 667 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Memorable Quotes! Thought I'd start a lighthearted thread for once. Over the years I have heard some rather astute, funny or factual quotes from fellow racers. Maybe we could share a few? The best one I've heard or read.lately would be: "NHRA is simply a market company with no product of it's own." Bruce Noland - 8/1/07 __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

08-06-2007, 07:05 PM	#2
Pete Beau Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Mo-ta City Posts: 247 Likes: 59 Liked 31 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! A well known, veteran stocker racer once told me that you are having a good day at the races when your name begins with 'that f__kin'...

08-06-2007, 07:37 PM	#3
Jim Wahl Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 5,844 Likes: 667 Liked 683 Times in 129 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! Ex SS racer Steve Bagwell once told me: "It's not the size of your motor....it's the size of your wallet!" Steve had plenty of both! __________________ Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.

08-06-2007, 09:05 PM	#4
REGGIE WINKLES Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: St. Augustine, Fla. Posts: 229 Likes: 569 Liked 39 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! Raymond Beadle once said this about racing..."The luck will come to you if the money don't run out" Reggie Winkles 4102 J/Stick

08-06-2007, 10:31 PM	#5
Dave Goob Cook Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Indy Posts: 422 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! "The tree activated, and I ran out of talent"

08-07-2007, 12:21 AM	#6
Mark Tallent Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 41 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! Having a Display on your dash from a RacePack that tells you where are on the "Track" is "Not Legal" No matter what you think NHRA's job is to find it.

08-07-2007, 02:22 PM	#7
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! "Anybody can put a big motor in a little car" by an opinionated Stock Class racer commenting to the Track Announcer concerning why he runs Stock instead of brackets or Super classes "I could die tonight, I wanna see how fast she goes..." by an intoxicated Stock Class racer commenting on sandbagging for ladder position "They are too dumb to know what their looking at" by a former National Champion (Stock, again) working on his engine, pitted along side us with an obvious deviation from the rule book stating: "prohibited"...I believe commenting on tech "Go ahead, give me six months, it's almost winter in xxxxxx" by a guy with a wrong manifold in Stock (again) before he got a year off "Rusk, Texas, just follow he signs" sure! "Edgewater? sure, just down that road" "RTV, silicone?, no, but ask any Class racer, they use it by the truckload" Class racer looking for RTV after teardown, stupidly asking a group of Super Class racers drinking and cooking out, basically enjoying the evening "Can you do THAT?" sure 'til they catch it There's tons more....how about Dan Dvorak's comment that: "sure he's fast, he's in the wrong class, he ain't any smarter" Whatever happened to him, and Sarge

08-07-2007, 03:55 PM	#8
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! Upon further reflection, one of the best has to be Larry Morgan's: "You can't fix stupid"

08-09-2007, 10:13 AM	#9
Travis Miller Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 478 Likes: 1 Liked 276 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Memorable Quotes! Several years ago while teching in a well known racer's S/S car I noticed the front bumper was quite thin. In fact it was so thin I could bend it. When questioned about the condition of the front bumper the racer replied in his slow southern drawl ... "Guess I must've laid it too close to the sea shore." Amazingly he was able to produce a correct bumper in a very short time. (Disclaimer: Memorable quotes passed along by me come from the archives of my mind.)

08-09-2007, 10:50 AM	#10
Mike Hedger Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kemah TX Posts: 93 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Memorable Quotes! Bob Gliden told a buddy of mine who was looking for advice on his 351 Cleveland, "the way to keep your cleveland from comming apart, don't start it" I thought that was classic. __________________ Mike Hedger S/C 4646 MPH Racing and Fabrication