In a race, I'm always scared, but what I fear most is fire.- Fireball Roberts
The Lord works miracles. He did one yesterday in front of 35,000 people.-Michael Waltrip
That week of Daytona 1988 had to be my greatest accomplishment. Maybe I'll remember it someday.- Bobby Allison
Racing is like life, if you get up one more time than you fall, you'll make it through.- Alan Kulwicki
The good Lord doesn't tell you what His plan is, so all you can do is getup in the morning and see what happens next.- Richard Petty
Driver's Quotes on the Danger of Racing
Editor's note: Through the years I've gathered a variety of books on stock racing, but one remains my favorite and it's the thoughts of the drivers on a wide variety of topics in a little book called: The Book of Stock Car Wisdom, compiled and edited by Criswell Freeman. Driver's are the reason we have racing. Like anything it takes a team but the team isn't anything without the driver. Since Drivers are in the thick of it all the time, I thought their views might be interesting regarding danger in racing, and life in general. Not to sound blasphemous, but many of their quotes were ultimately prophetic.
I'm doing what I like best. This is my life, and I'm having too much fun to retire now.- Tiny Lund
Quoted 9 days before he died in a crash at Talledega.
If racing were completely safe, everyone would do it, and it wouldn't be a sport.- Tim Flock
In 1964, Roberts had a fiery crash at Darlinton and later died of his burns.
If the lion didn't bite the tamer every once in a while, it wouldn't be exciting.- Darrell "Jaws" Waltrip
Racing is dangerous, but I've been in a lot worse situations as a pipe fitter.- Neil Bonnet
Neil died in a crash at Daytona while attempting to come back from retirement.
I look at it this way: when it's your time to go, you're going.-David "Silver Fox" Pearson
following his horrific crash in 1990 at Bristol.
When you start thinking too much about wrecks and high speeds, it's time to quit.-Glen Wood, Wood Brothers Racing
after his horrible crash at Daytona
You can't live your life in fear of what's gonna happen next.- Buddy Baker
Alan was killed in a small plane crash en route back to Bristol, 1993
Grandson Adam Petty died May, 2000 at Louden, NHIS.
Focus on others, not on yourself. If you focus on yourself all of the time, you can feel sorry for yourself very quickly.-Elisa Allison, widow of Clifford Allison
Clifford died at Michigan Speedway.
You've got to love this life. And I do.-J D McDuffie
JD died at Watkins Glen.
I realized I better enjoy and appreciate and contribute as much as I can today because all of this could be gone tomorrow.-Davey Allison
after watching replays of his horrifying Pocono crash.
I figure you get out of life just about what you put into it.-Lee Petty
Lee passed away in April 2000.
I think it's gonna be some exciting racing, gonna see something you'd probably never seen on Fox.-Dale Earnhardt
Dale's words to Matt Yokum awaiting the start of the 43rd (and his last) Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. A few hours later, Dale died in a last lap crash.
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