Overview
""Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Get the hell out of the race car if you have feathers on your legs or butt."" - Dale Earnhardt Sr. NASCAR racing is fast, furious and filled with colorful characters who have lots to say -- sometimes at the most inopportune times. Drive Like Hell celebrates the wit and wisdom of the NASCAR circuit. Race fans of all ages will love this entertaining collection of quotes and quips from today's stars and the legends of auto racing. Here's a small sampling of the more than 400 quotes: They name streets after guys like that -- One Way and Dead End. (Tony Stewart on Greg Biffle) I'll apologize to them after they get me to the front! (Dale Earnhardt Sr. on being told by his crew that he was hurting his tires) If I dig any deeper, I'll be in China. (Kyle Bush, when told by his team to ""dig in"" during the latter stages of a race) Drive it like you stole it, homie. (Crew chief Chad Knaus' advice to Jimmy Johnson during the final race of the 2006 Chase) Why did! take up racing?! was too lazy to work and too chicken to steal. (Kyle Petty) We go six times faster. (NASCAR CEO William C. France, when asked why deaths in auto racing were six times more common than deaths in football)
Full Product Details
Author: Eric Zweig
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd
Imprint: Firefly Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781554072736
ISBN 10: 1554072735
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 11 October 2007
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
More than 400 jabs, jibes, retorts and other remarks from Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and other NASCAR stars create a crisp, colorful cross-section of observations on jinxes, fans, family, money, stereotypes and other aspects of their fast-lane lives.--Neil Pond American Profile (6/25/2008 12:00:00 AM)
A crisp, colorful cross-section of observations on jinxes, fans, family, money, stereotypes and other aspects of [Nascar stars'] fast-lane lives. -- Neil Pond American Profile (06/25/2008)
More than 400 jabs, jibes, retorts and other remarks from Jeff Gordon, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and other NASCAR stars create a crisp, colorful cross-section of observations on jinxes, fans, family, money, stereotypes and other aspects of their fast-lane lives.--Neil Pond American Profile (06/25/2008)
Author Information
Eric Zweig is an author and journalist who edited three other Quotes and Quips books: Par for the Course; Gentlemen, This is a Football; and Home Plate Don't Move.
