Indy Quotations

Gone are the days when you could lie on a beach between races and still be in good enough shape to compete. Gone are the days when simply wearing a brand on your firesuit was enough to justify the marketing expense of an Indy Car. Racing an Indy Car is only about a quarter of my life as a racing driver.

The pros and cons of using the apron are likely above my pay grade, but with or without it, the Indy 500 is always going to be an exciting race to watch.

If the Indy Racing League didn't have the Indianapolis 500, do you think it would have lasted more than six months? No chance.

My goal coming into this season was to win the Indy 500. When I achieved that, I had to adjust my mindset, and the goals I had for myself. Obviously, winning the championship was the next goal.

Now we're going up to Indy fully loaded. Nobody's giving us a chance. The pressure's on them, it's not on us, because they already beat us.

Last year's Freedom 100 epitomized the racing of the Indy Pro Series. We saw numerous lead changes, side-by-side racing and a late shootout for the checkered flag. To be able to showcase that type of racing at a venue like Indianapolis is extraordinary.

There are only five weekends after the Indy 500 that we aren't on the track. That puts the burden on the teams in terms of preparation, but it also provides much better storytelling from one week to the next on television.

We want to make that happen, but we want Fort Wayne to put a USHL team in the city, and that way we could throw it back at you. My thoughts are that if Indy is ever going to have another team at the pro level, it won't be me who is involved in it. The only thing I'm interested in are the American Hockey League or this level, and I don't think this market can support an AHL team.

Kim Green discovered Dan when he watched him through Formula Atlantic and Indy Lights,

I can tell you that we've been very pleased with the relationship we've had with the Indy Racing League, what we've gotten out of it today. We're not looking to leave.

For the record, I'm not getting in the car. I can't fit into no Indy car. I'm just excited about the project. I think we're going to have a lot of fun.

I don't care how it happens but I hope it does, ... I think Montreal would support a doubleheader of Indy cars and NASCAR.

I don't care how it happens but I hope it does. I think Montreal would support a doubleheader of Indy cars and NASCAR.

because we are racing for points, but we didn't have anything to lose in Indy so we tried all kinds of things during the race.

Having the Indianapolis 500 and the Watkins Glen Indy Grand Prix run on consecutive weekends will make for an amazing two weeks of racing. The history and heritage of open-wheel racing at both facilities is well known, and these events running back to back should really help create momentum for the rest of the season.

Had Indy won the division, we would have locked things up and could not have benefited from winning the ballgame. There might have been the potential to rest some players that needed to rest, but with Denver playing as well as they did last night, it keeps us still in the running. We're going to rest up the next couple of days. We're going to suck it up and get ready to play.

We swam them earlier this year, and Rolla just annihilated us. It wasn't even close. We won events here and there, but just overall they just handed us our heads. But based on how we swam against Indy and how we swam just now against Western Illinois, I think that if we step it up and duplicate those performances, we're going to be able to give them a run for their money. It will be nail-biter. It will come down to every point.

When they go to Indy and blow you away, they go up. And, to be quite honest, if they don't do well, they're going to drop.

He has the Mr. Prospector/A.P. Indy cross that's worked so well. He's a horse I think is unique in that he's going to appeal to Americans and Europeans. He's got a real loose walk, and he looks like he could go either way, dirt or turf. But he's got enough hip and he's stout enough where he could be a Derby horse, too.

My three teammates have really helped me, and I thank them for that. It's an unbelievable feeling to have this after winning the Indy 500 because that means so much to me. You think you're asking for too much for a championship. It's taken all the energy out of me.

Marco probably could hold his own in the big car on this road course. We want him to get some more experience on the ovals before he moves up (to the Indy Racing League).

Playing Center Grove during the season really taught (the players) a lot of different things. It gave them an idea of how to play their best against a tough Indy team, and it motivated them to play harder to get to where they needed to be.

I think that it will make for one heck of a weekend. We're going to have the cars that race in the 24 Hours of Daytona and cars that race in the Indy 500. I think that that makes for about as good a show as you could ask for.

I think it's much more likely that he will do an Indy movie before he does Lincoln . The Lincoln script is not as far in the development stage and...frankly, Steven may not want to do another serious movie after doing a Munich .

Those guys, particularly Scott, did just a great job. It's another good win to add to the Indy 500. It's amazing.

Those guys are good, and the elements up in Chicago make them even more scary. I look at Chicago, Tampa and Indy all running the same basic defense, and it starts with four guys up front causing problems.

Winning the Indy 500 in 1995 and the Formula 1 championship in 1997 are very special moments for me, and the people in NASCAR show me respect for what I've achieved so far in my career.

We get Wally's car from the Richard Petty Driving Experience, ... We actually ran a Petty school paint scheme on the car at Indy and they've proven to be a great partner.

We get Wally's car from the Richard Petty Driving Experience. We actually ran a Petty school paint scheme on the car at Indy and they've proven to be a great partner.

We've been fortunate to have won Indy three straight years. Each win was that much more exciting, let me tell you. It never gets old winning the U.S. Nationals How can it? It's our biggest race of the year and the most prestigious.

Who else has returned two kicks this year? Nobody. It's well deserved. Without those two kicks, it looks even worse when we play against Kansas City (45-17), and against Indy (38-20). He's definitely helped us out.

We were up with Indy for two weeks when he had pneumonia. He had an IV in. We were so worried about him.

We're less than 100 points out of first place going into Indy and that's where we're at right now. If we're a car that's capable of winning the championship, than we're in pretty good shape.

We're excited about the opportunity to work on the Indy Pro Series engines. Our goal is to make as consistent of an engine for the entrants as we can. If we have 40 engines, we want them all to be within five horsepower of each other.

Wow, this place is physical. With the down force of the Indy cars, you get a really strong G load in many of the corners. It is almost as much as some of the high-banked ovals we race. But it is different since we turning left and right. But that is why we train so hard off the track. (Meira is a tri-athlete). You need to be in as good shape as possible. Overall, we learned a lot with the car today. We'll be stronger on Saturday and be prepared for the race. Eighty laps is going to be long at a track like this place.

We're running sixth at Indy when I have a tire problem,

We're starting a cable network and a boxing venture, getting involved in Indy car racing, Warner Brothers is starting work on the 'KISS Babies' cartoon show, and the KISS Broadway musical is commencing production.

What's so special about Danica Patrick is that she's a racer, not a novelty or pr gimmick, ... She was under tremendous pressure the entire month of May in Indianapolis and she came through with flying colors. She's paid her dues and now is getting the attention she deserves. Her growing popularity with race fans everywhere is a great boost for the league and we look forward to seeing her in August with Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon and the rest of the stars of the Indy 500.

Conventional surgical robots are the equivalent of a sophisticated racecar compared to your basic family sedan. For some surgeries, you need a complex robot, but for many surgeries you do not. You wouldn't take an Indy racecar to the grocery store.

Down here in Indy at the combine, you grow up and hear about it, but you never really think it's going to happen. Now, I'm here. It's crazy, but I'm loving it and having a blast.

To join the list of names that have won championships and the Indy 500 in the same season would be pretty special, ... Those are all people I respect immensely. To be listed in the same category as them is a nice feeling.

Every race I run in is in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. Indy is the most important thing in my life. It is what I live for.

I seem to win a lot of Honda's special races, ... I hope (Honda) is going to sponsor the Indy 500 next year because I love that race.

You can't believe how excited I am. Getting to watch Marco and then competing with him at Indy . . . these are opportunities I didn't think I'd have.

Both Indy Car and Formula 1 work in the same way, although there is a greater emphasis on development and technology in Formula 1.

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I wanted to come up with something for Indy because this is the biggest race of the year and we've just been working, working, working and now we're peaking at the right time. We've got a heck of a points battle going and you've got Indy and I'm not sure which one is more important.

But on a course like that it was like an Indy car circuit. You could just sit at the back and do nothing and it was kind of pointless to ride on the front, but that?s what we do for training.

Compared to what she was running, these things are pig heavy and have no power. If I had to jump into an Indy Car, I'd be as lost as she was. Now that she's getting accustomed to the cars, we are beginning to see her potential.

That's great news. Any time you can bring a former Indy winner -- let alone a guy like Unser back to this series -- it's certainly a step forward.

Al may still go back to Indy for a day or two. Right now, he's working out and strengthening his leg.

Everything went very smoothly today, ... On the first run, the car smoked the tires instantly. We made an adjustment, went back up and I drove it to 1,000-feet and it ran 4.64. We were trying some different equipment and on the last run they said to take it to the first light at the finish line and we ran 4.55. Tomorrow I think that we'll try some different things with the engine and clutch to make our car better for Indy next weekend.

The only thing I can think of (for the Steelers being favored) is that they beat Indianapolis, which was a huge win for them. Indy was having a great, great year and is a great football team. And that popped Pittsburgh, as it should.

Why, did he say something? No, we talk, but they are their own people. You know, we were all good on that Wednesday (before the Indy game), then he comes out on Thursday and does his thing. I mean, what are you going to do? He respects everyone. It's just that sometimes it doesn't come out right.

The one thing I do disagree with the IRL on is the fact that they are pushing Danica solely. ... Do you hear about Buddy Rice, who is the 2004 Indy 500 champion? Do you hear about my teammate, Tony Kanaan, who is the 2004 IndyCar Series champion? You really don't. With the momentum they've created, they shouldn't be pushing one person solely at this point. ... Because if Danica should happen to disappear and do something else, then you've lost that momentum and you haven't used the momentum you've got at the time to push other people.

A few years ago we had the chance to sponsor an Indy car, and this homeboy thought that was about the coolest thing. But I had no idea how big we could really go.

You run the whole season, and then you run Indy. It's that special that it separates itself from the rest of the season. We're having a good year, but if we can win Indy or the Skoal Showdown, it will be a great year.

I know they wanted Indy to win the game and everybody in the world loves Peyton Manning, but come on, don't try to take the game away from us. That's just not right.

I knew Pittsburgh would come in and aggressively play the 3-4. It always gave Indy fits.

I never had very good luck here, ... In an IROC car I crashed, blew a tire in an Indy car, and a Formula 5000 car I ran here I thought I won the race. It was in the rain and the records got washed away, so they took it away from me.

Indy is the next race and it's part of the championship and ... it's kind of special. I know the team and everything is going in the right direction, but it's too early to get emotional.

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

Indy wasn't afraid to take some risks. All three of them performed well against the most talented field they've faced so far this season.

I'm just looking forward to a chance to make the team out of spring training. If I don't, I want to go to Indy and show them I do belong in Pittsburgh. Just being there late last year gave me a lot to think about. It gave me enough experience to know what I need to do to be up there and be successful.

If you could imagine, you have this Indy car that (is) suddenly missing. It didn't feel good, I got to tell you that.

I hope they'll be back. I really do. I want them back. But we have to see a lot of things. One is will there be any effect on us by no longer being the race after the Indy 500.

The ball is in our court. We've been saving it ever since Indy to take it to California.

In one sense, this is the most demand for me since I've been in an Indy car and that feels really, really good, but I don't want to get too excited if nothing comes together. I want to make sure I'm there at the right time to get the right opportunity.

I gave Robby an unlimited budget for Indy and he managed to exceed that.

He's very and athletic, and he has good bone. He's perfect mix of A.P. Indy and Storm Cat (the sire of his dam).

It was like trying to drive in the Indy 500 with your brakes on. You burn up.

After Indy it was like 'engrave the trophy and give it to him,' ... We just wanted to keep working real hard. It's very seldom that a driver gets good luck all year long and we still had the capability to come back.

The Indy 500 was on (TV) every year and my dad used to watch it. I used to watch the start, maybe, then fall asleep. It was too long.

A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.

The commissioner told the coaches and the GMs in Indy over the weekend to expect to hear by Wednesday at 4, either we have a deal in principle or we don't. I think everyone on both sides feels like there's too much to lose. If I were betting, I'd bet there would be a deal by Wednesday.

You can't take stretches of weeks off, especially coming out of the Indy 500, or you lose your momentum. TV promotes a week out. The IRL will be there when its season starts in April and ends at Labor Day.

You know, most of these girls were in third, fourth, fifth grade. Even at that age, though, they experienced the excitement of going down to Indy with their parents. That's where these things start, you know? That's when kids start dreaming.

This is my assumption. Someone came to steal the trailer and when they opened it realized, 'Oh, now I've got an Indy car. Now what?' So I'm going to make the assumption it's going to surface somewhere here in the next few days. But you never know.

It's the human-interest factor. You root for her at Indy and you want her to do well here. It's good for her to branch out and prove herself in front of a wider audience.

It's not, ?If beat Indy we can beat anybody. We know what type of game we're going to get -- we've got to be ready. Denver presents a different challenge because we haven't played them this year.

That last win at Indy probably helped us more than anything else because it allowed us to prepare for the noise we had to deal with on the road in the playoffs.

You don't get a mix of ovals and road/street course racing with this level of competition and speed anywhere other than Indy Car, and I think that's why it has remained a popular choice for so many young drivers.

To have won the Indy 500 and the championship is very special.

It means a lot. It would've been very hard to go into Indy 0-1.

Indy car racing is much more aggressive.