Yahoo Autos 10 of the Most Memorable Driver Quotes in NASCAR History
NASCAR competition has produced a dictionary full of bland quotes over the years.
“I’ve got to give credit to the boys back at the shop,” is an all-time favorite.
Followed closely by, “I want to thank Goodyear, GM Goodwrench, Coca-Cola, Preparation H, etc., etc.,” and similar sponsor-heavy mentions.
And the familiar, “What happened? It blowed up.”
But racing also has hosted a long line of characters across its 75-year history, and, at any moment, they might say something you’ll want to repeat to the gang at the office the next day.
10 memorable NASCAR quotes:
Dale Earnhardt
“If you’re not a race car driver and not a racer, stay home. Don’t come here and grumble about going too fast. Get out of the race car if you’ve got feathers on your legs or butt. Put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won’t climb up there and eat that candy ass.”
— Seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt, who clearly had grown tired of some drivers and some officials complaining about increasing speeds at some tracks.
Junior Johnson
“I had to go in the house and get some shoes.”
— Junior Johnson, who was plowing barefoot on the family farm when he was invited to drive a race car for the first time.
Joey Logano
“He probably didn’t mean to do it. After all, his wife wears the firesuit in the family. She probably told him to do it.”
— Joey Logano, commenting on the at-track fashion sense of Kevin Harvick’s wife, DeLana, after the two drivers had had a spat. DeLand often wore a firesuit while sitting on the team’s war wagon during races. The Harvicks and Loganos eventually patched up their differences.
Ward Burton
“Do you have a brother?”
— Ward Burton, after finishing second to his brother, Jeff, in a March 1999 race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. A reporter had asked Burton if finishing second to his brother made losing particularly worse.
