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Each time I see Harry's signature line -



My memory goes back to a story I had read about Smokey many years ago. He was challenged on the work done on the ports in his "Hudson Hornet". He simply answered, "You said I could not port and polish, but you never said anything about drawing a mixture of sand and water through them."

I also remember reading where Big Bill France parked said Hudson Hornet and surrounded it by grandstands filled with race fans. Bill's goal was to have all those fans watch Smokey to make sure he wasn't cheating. Smokey said that he was able to get every illegal piece into the new motor while the fans watched. Perhaps Smokey also had a bit of "the hand is quicker then the eye" in his makeup?

Unfortunately, a fire in Daytona Beach burned down "The Best Damn Garage in Town" a few years back. What a shame!

So what is your favorite line associated with racing? Perhaps one from a movie is your favorite. Let us know.

Not as earth shattering as Smokey's, but I can think of two that apply to most of us racers here:

1. Damn! I should have changed the braid before qualifying!
2. Damn! I should have changed the tires before the race!

Oh, and just one more, especially for us "pancake motor" HO racers:
"I should have oiled it before the race."

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all !! -- Ernie

"When involved in an accident, keep you head down in an open cockpit car. When it gets quiet, don't look up. You might be airborne."
My driving instructor at my first SCCA school in 1963.

Awesome quotes, gents!

If you win wreck the back end of the car :hand:

"This car is such a dog we should tie it to the fence and shoot it!"

"It's got about as much grip as a dog on Lino"

"The rear spoiler is about as usful as an Ashtray on a motorbike"

All Dick Johnson-isms.

Dickie was always a good one for a laconic quote.

My favorite racing quote:

"The first race was conceived when the second car was built"

Michele Mouton after winning Pikes Peak.
"If they had any balls, they'd race back down again"

"The car got me down the straights....Lord Calvert took me through the turns"

Guess :)