Race car drivers experience

Question

Where can I find a quote/discription of a drivers experience in a race.. the feeling of the speed, power, adrenaline and excitement?

Answer 1

Here are a couple of quotes I like a lot from Ayrton Senna:

"And suddenly I realized that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension."

"The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers."

Answer 2

The drivers don't really get that excited as normal people do after going 190 mph.  To them the only experience is how hot it is inside the car, and a few close calls.

Answer 3

"the telephone poles were flying by like a picket fence"

That's a streetracing quote by me.

(you didn't say what kind of racing)

Answer 4

Do you like talking to a newspaper reporter on how your day in the office went??? There is enough coverage you can find about riding in a car, going 200 mph. So most drivers pass on the part of it.