We’re far from having too much horsepower…[m]y definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear.

[A Bugatti Veyron is] quite the most stunning piece of automotive engineering ever created....At a stroke then, the Veyron has rendered everything I’ve ever said about any other car obsolete. It’s rewritten the rule book, moved the goalposts and in the process, given Mother Nature a bloody nose.

There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile.

She had originally agreed to appear naked, but on seeing the cars informed me that she would only appear topless—an interesting logic was at work there.

I love racing with Todd Bodine and Ted (Musgrave) and (Mike) Skinner and all these guys. They are really good drivers.

The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.