“Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built.”
– Henry Ford
Category: Quotes
“Speed has never killed anyone…..”
“You will never know….”
“Finishing second….”
“You win some….”
“Racing drivers have balls….”
“If you can’t handle me….”
“Wherever we wanted….”
“Wherever we wanted to, we could beat the GTO [with the Daytona Coupe]. Even in 1965, when Ferrari started slipping 4.0-liters in there. That old pushrod 289 blew ’em off. That’s one of the greatest accomplishments by a bunch of hot rodders. Shelby American was built around hot rodders, and Phil Remington was the king of the hot rodders.”
– Carroll Shelby, racing driver and engineer, born 11 January 1923; died 10 May 2012.