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
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 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
trying failing
I'd rather try and fail than not try at all, as they say
sleep night race
I have never had problems sleeping the night before a race.
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.
son years racing
My son is racing his first 24-hour this year with Porsche.
numbers prototype daytona
There's a tremendous number of the Daytona Prototypes.
race years people
What's really hit me over the years is that you go to every race and see all the well-wishers, and you really feel like you are connected with people after all these years.
sports thinking years
Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years.
rather since talk
Ever since the split, there used to be more talk about who wasn't here rather than who was here,
admired cars everybody excited fans love people racing selfless sharing
I told them (the other drivers) I admired them and appreciated them because they're out racing these cars for people to see, ... These (cars) aren't hangar queens. They (the racers) are very selfless about sharing their love for these cars with everybody here. You could tell from the reception, with cars in the paddock area, that a lot of these fans here are excited to see these cars again.
cars great hour mile month roger shows three tight
When you think Roger is only one mile an hour off Buddy, it shows you how tight it is up front. Having three cars here has been a great month for us.
sports years people
We ran three cars last year. Unfortunately, as time went on, we did have to let a few people go, which we regretted, but just because of the situation.
sports happens injured
Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.