There have been many notable stock car driver quotes over the years. My favorite remains Joe Weatherly's response when asked the difference between the roundy round boys and the road course set. Without missing a beat, Weatherly quipped, "Stock car drivers drink whiskey and chase women while sports car drivers drink wine and chase each other!"
Have a favorite driver quote?
My favorite one was not a "public" comment but came in one of the Charlotte races...can't remember the date. Was listening to Bill Elliot's Radio channel...Ernie was spotting for Bill. There was a crash coming off turn 2 and Ernie was screaming into the radio "Bill, crash on the back stretch, go low...Bill....Bill...Bill go low!". Bill replied, "Ernie, shut the f___ up...its me!"
Another cool "non-quote" (compare this to today's drivers)...in the same race...was listening to Dale Earnhardt's radio. Not much was ever said...but coming down pit road under caution he (Dale) said to Childress, "Put two rounds in the right rear". Nothing more was said until he was going into three after the green Dale said. "Richard, did you put two in?" After a brief moment of silence... Childress said, "No, Dale, we took two out". Nothing else was said. Can you imagine what Kurt Busch would have said?
Richard Petty after winning his first Daytona 500 in 1964. Someone, I believe it was Chris Economaki, stuck the mic in the car in victory lane and asked "Richard, how do you feel winning the Daytona 500?". Richard's response was "Thirty Seven Thousand Dollars richer". I have never forgotten that for some reason. $37,000.00 in 1964 was big money. Today that isn't even the tire bill hardly. How things change in some ways but now it has all become about money. Maybe it was always. Maybe that's whey the quote has stuck with me all these years. Funny how it turns out that I'm the richest guy on the planet and it has nothing to do with bank account balances.
Tim
Bobby Unser when asked "To what do you attribute your success in racing?
Answer: "Winning"
No doubt, PKL....Buddy is the king of notable quotes. Thanks for sharing these. I think I have heard him mention all of them at one time or another.
Pkl said:
When it comes to quotable folks in NASCAR, there have been any number of them, but to me, the one that is always the most fun to quote is Buddy Baker. Buddy always had a way with words that most folks envy. Just a simple, down-home boy, but always with a twinkle in his eye. Here are just a few from Big Buddy that I've always loved, but there are hundreds...maybe thousands. I miss him!
"Ernie Irvan could go bear hunting with a switch. He ain't never afraid."
"With ten to go, I didn't have a code of ethics."
"I never lost my job while I was leading a race."
On Rick Hendrick and Felix Sabates - "Well I don't know which one has more money but I'll tell you what. Either one could burn a wet mule with hundred dollar bills."
On a newly re-paved Darlington - "The new asphalt is like putting a tuxedo on a rattlesnake."
On the Gibson Guitar Buddy himself won at Nashville - "I was like a pig with a wristwatch"
On racing at Hickory Speedway "Short track racing is by all means a contact sport"
"My wife cooked cabbage last night. I asked her, 'My Lord, how could you get an ass in a pot?"
''I was just bidin my time''.
Quote by every driver at one time or another.
When Darrell Waltrip was asked about the fans booing him back in the 80s, his response was, "those aren't boos, they are saying DEEEEEW!", refering to his sponsor Mountain Dew.
Another one was when Dale Earnhardt had a steak named after him at Western Steer he was asked if any of his competitors would have a menu item named after themhe said, "Yeah, chicken and shrimp"
Love it Billy.
Petty said that even when Jake was wrong he was right
Billy Biscoe (arustyracer) said:
Crew-chief Jake Elder to an up and comming rookie Dale Earnhardt, "Stick with me boy and we'll have diamonds as big as horse turds...."
Crew-chief Jake Elder to an up and comming rookie Dale Earnhardt, "Stick with me boy and we'll have diamonds as big as horse turds...."
Another one for Hoss, Daytona 1969. He asks Runt Pittman whom is working on the rear leaf springs what he is doing. Runt's reply, "I am trying to make this thing faster to which Hoss replies,
'' You're wasting your time I am running as fast as I want to go''!
Classic Dale Sr. addressing the other drivers concerns about high speed at Talladega in the mid 80's....
" Be sure and tie some rags dipped in kerosene around your ankles so the ants won't crawl up your legs and bite your candy asses.''
I do believe he was serious.
