“Nobody remembers who finished second but the guy who finished second.”

-Bobby Unser

“Now I’ve beaten these hillbillies, I’m gonna take on those European fags.”

- A.J. Foyt

“Dad taught me everything I know. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knows.”

- Al Unser Jr.

“I once thought I’d rather die than have no legs, but now I see I was wrong.”

- Alessandro “Alex” Zanardi

“It feels like home every time I get into my race car. I’m just super happy and super excited. It is really my happy place.”

- #78 Simona De Silvestro

“I must say my primary goal coming into the season was to win the Indianapolis 500.”

- Dan Wheldon

“James Hunt, he’s champion of the world, right? The problem is, he thinks he’s King of the goddamn world as well.

“He says to me, ‘We don’t overtake on the outside in F1.’ Well I’ve got news for him. I’m a racer and if I get blocked on the inside, I’ll try the outside. I’d expect it from an amateur but not from him.

“I tried the same move with Lauda a few laps later, right? Now there’s a guy with a brain in his head. He sees me there, gives me room and we both accelerate out of the turn in good shape. He didn’t lose his place doing that.

“It just amazes me that Hunt didn’t think about the consequences from his own point of view, forget me. There was just no need for him to ride me out there, the jerk. What am I supposed to do? Pick my nose and follow the king?”

- Mario Andretti speaking about James Hunt - Zandvoort ‘77