Tony Stewart last Saturday night on the MRN broadcast of the Coke 400....
Interviewer says, "Tony, what would you have said here in Daytona in February if I told you that you would have two points wins, one All-Star race win and be leading the points, what would you have said...?"
Tony's response, "I'd tell you that you're drunk on Pabst Blue Ribbon."
I hope Rusty chokes on that $200,000!
Darrell Waltrip after being spun out of the lead with 2 to go. 1989 running of the Winston All Star Race.
After the ensuing pit road melee, on the same day, one of Wallace's crewmen, Barry Dodson, later told a reporter, "During the fight, somebody almost bit off my little brother John's ear. I think that's very unprofessional."
Source: Tom Higgins Scuffs on Thatsracin.com.
http://blogs.thatsracin.com/scuffs/
Quoted by Kirk Hooker in an Interview on the Centennial Chrysler Dodge Barrie Speedway Power Hour on Rogers Television a few years ago...
When asked How He liked the Barrie Speedway Bullring...
" I don't even like GUYS named Barry."
He ended up winning that race.
Also a Great Book on Racing Quotes from Firefly Books.
Drive Like Hell By Eric Zweig
Quote from About The Author in the back of the book,
As a boy, he (Eric Zweig) watched stock car races at Barrie Speedway and cheered for Number 36.
Just came across these ones from Paul Tracy talking about the IRL in this Toronto Sun Article.
http://www.torontosun.com/sports/columnists/dean_mcnulty/2010/04/16/13605896.html
“If you want a sh-- sandwich, don’t expect it to not taste sh---y,” he said of the series. “If u want good racing tell them u want the good drivers!!”
“I think I’m going to change my name to John. I feel like a John,” he tweeted. “Cuz every time I talk to a (IndyCar) team owner, they ask me for $$ like a hooker.”
