Bobby Rahal
Bobby Rahal
Robert "Bobby" Woodward Rahalis an American auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. He also won the 2004 Indianapolis 500 as a team owner for the winning driver, Buddy Rice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth10 January 1953
CityMedina, OH
CountryUnited States of America
cars drivers quality strong
You have 20-22 really strong cars and the quality of the drivers is awfully good.
atlantic came car dreamed drive formula october race watched win
I came up here for my first Formula Atlantic race in October of 1974 and watched that car win the race, and I thought, 'Man, there is nothing better than that,' ... I dreamed that when I got to Formula One I could drive a car like that.
black great
Obviously, this is a very black day for us. This is a great tragedy.
sports racing dice
In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.
giving fans judgment
The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.
giving missing racing
I guess it is the sense of personal satisfaction that racing gives you that I am probably going to miss, because in racing you get that feedback very quickly
missing-you taken home
I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.
team winning firsts
The place where I had so much success as a driver would be where I had my first win as a team owner.
trying failing
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say
bigs competitiveness big-things
Competitiveness has been a big thing for me.
people want remember
I don't want people to remember me going through the motions.
sleep night race
I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.
people want welcome
I'd seen people overstay their welcome and I didn't want that to happen at all.
average prize-money competition
In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.