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Rally-Related Quotes


Here's a collection of short auto-sport and rally-related quotes. Many are from the Road Rally Handbook.
"There were 40 cars in that rally, and I had to compete against 39 drivers and 40 navigators!"

-- Larry Reid, A New Guide To Rallying, 1969

"It's 109 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, its dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

-- Elwood Blues, from The Blues Brothers

"Hit it ..."

-- Jake Blues, same scene, in the right seat.
submitted 10-Oct-96 by Jim Fekete

"I'm on course, are you on time?"

-- Vera Shanov, driving the 1987 Quahog Rally

"Rally Drivers Do It Sideways"

-- A car bumper sticker,
submitted 22-Nov-95 by Adam Oakman

"Navigators are driven"

-- Line from a non-existent bumper sticker

"I heard this novice say: 'You turn left here, right?
or, to put it another way: 'U-Turn, Left here, Right"

-- Steve Roberts,
submitted 13-Jan-96 by Tony Borroz

"I thought this was supposed to be a memorial,
not a re-enactment!"

-- Anonymous on the 1995 Rally of the Lost Patrol,
comment delivered by 2-way radio on frozen McKenzie River
somewhere north of Inuvik during total white-out blizzard
submitted 20-Jan-96 by Satch Carlson c/o Ben Bradley

"I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier, they wouldn't have to go so fast."

-- Steven Wright

Here's a conversation I had with my 4 year son Jacob recently.

Jacob: I'm not going racing anymore on Saturdays
Me: Why not?
Jacob: Because that's when I go rallying!

-- Paul Czarnecki, 8/2/96

Well I'm on my way,
I don't know where I'm going

-- Paul Simon, (Me and Julio), 1971

If Alcan, so can we

-- Christopher Jensen, March 12, 1990 AutoWeek article about the Alcan Winter Rally

"Deb, will you marry me?"

-- Ric Golen, Leg 2, '89 Covered Bridge Rally

"OK, we'll get married ... you're down 5 and you just missed your Left!"

-- Deb Golen, Leg 2, '89 Covered Bridge Rally

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